Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities

by ASCE Specialty Conference on Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities Staf, American Society of Civil Engineers Staff, A. J. Lutenegger, Don J. DeGroot

Overview

Proceedings of a Specialty Conference on Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities, held in Amherst, Massachusetts, April 9-12, 2000. Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE.

This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 37 papers reporting on the performance confirmation of constructed geotechnical facilities. Geotechnical engineers can access both short-term and long-term performance feedback that is necessary to validate design approaches, reinterpret property assessment, and improve the design process.

Topics include:

• performance and evaluation of shallow and deep foundations;
• performance and evaluation of fills, embankments, and slopes;
• statistical analyses;
• performance and evaluation of roadways and railways;
• grouting in geotechnical engineering; and
• performance and evaluation of tunnels, excavations, and retaining structures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780784404867
Publisher:	American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Series:	Geotechnical Special Publications , #94
Pages:	584
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Invited Plenary Papers
	Representativeness and Statistics in Field Performance Assessment	2
	Geoenvironmental Performance Monitoring	21
	Managing Large Amounts of Geotechnical Performance Data for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project	41
	Performance and Evaluation of Shallow and Deep Foundations
	Defect Detection and Examination of Large Drilled Shafts Using a New Cross-Hole Sonic Logging System	66
	Settlement of Pile Supported Mat Foundations	84
	Soil Set-up, Variable Concrete Modulus, and Residual Load for Tapered Instrumented Piles in Sand	98
	Deep Foundation Capacity: What Is It?	115
	Performance Evaluation of an Instrumented Test Pile Cluster	124
	Visual Observation and Measurement of Aerial Stress Distribution Under a Rigid Strip Footing	148
	Effect of Different Surface Finish Methods Applied to Bearing Soil Layer on Performance of Highway Bridge Spread Footing	170
	Lateral Load Prediction and Testing of 3.05m Diameter Shafts	184
	Rammed Aggregate Piers Defeat 75-Foot Long Driven Piles	198
	Performance and Evaluation of Fills, Embankments, and Slopes
	Monitoring the Cut-Off Wall Performance of Upper Huia Dam	212
	Design, Construction, and Performance of Rock Test Fills at Saturn Corporation	228
	Bureau of Reclamation Experience with Instrumented Rolled Earth Fill Dams	240
	Mitigation of Slope Creep by Subsurface Drainage	253
	Development and Relaxation of Compaction Induced Earth Pressure of a Clay Backfill at Tongue River Dam, Montana	263
	Settlements of a Preloading Embankment on Prefabricated Vertical (PV) Drain-Improved Chewelah Clay	277
	Statistical Analyses
	Statistical Implications of Limited Field Data	298
	Statistical Considerations in Calibrating Performance Models with Field Data	307
	Reliability of Measured Geotechnical Properties	322
	Performance and Evaluation of Roadways and Railways
	The 'Bow-Wave' Effect in Soft Subgrade Beneath High Speed Rail Lines	338
	Geosynthetic Capillary Barriers in Pavements	350
	In-Place Stiffness and Modulus Measurements	365
	Geotextile Separators for Hike and Bike Trail	377
	Comparative Evaluation of Stabilized Subbase Courses	388
	Resilient Modulus Backcalculation Techniques for Track	401
	Grouting in Geotechnical Engineering
	Design Verification into the Grouting Program	412
	Geotechnical Investigations for Grouting in Soil	427
	Verification of Jet Grouting for Structure Rehabilitation	441
	Performance and Evaluation of Tunnels, Excavations, and Retaining Structures
	Performance of Segmental Retaining Walls (SRW) Supported by Geogrids and Jet Grout Columns	456
	Y2K Ground Imaging Technology for Geotechnical Performance Evaluation	467
	Case Study of Excavation Base Stability in Deep Marine Clay	480
	Tunnel and Ground Support Performance of the Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain	496
	Soldier Pile Tremie Concrete (SPTC) Wall with a Large Unbraced Length	516
	Performance of Geogrid-Reinforced Retaining Walls at the South Carolina State Ports Authority's Wando Terminal	531
	Drift Scale Test at Yucca Mountain: Description and Updated Results	544
	Subject Index	565
	Author Index	567

Editorial Reviews

These 37 papers presented at the April 2000 conference are divided into six sections: performance and evaluation of shallow and deep foundations; performance and evaluation of fills, embankments and slopes; statistical analyses; performance and evaluation of roadways and railways; grouting in geotechnical engineering; and performance and evaluation of tunnels, excavations, and retaining structures. Topics include defect detection and examination of large drilled shafts using a new cross-hole sonic logging system, mitigation of slope creep by subsurface drainage, geotextile separators for rails- to-trails, segmental retaining walls supported by geogrids and jet grout columns. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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