Monitoring of Soil-Structure Interaction: Instruments for Measuring Soil Pressures / Edition 1

by George Lazebnik, Gregory Tsinker

Overview

Gregory Tsinker brings his extensive knowledge of structural engineering and geotechnical design to his translation of George E. Lazebnik's work on soil-structure interaction. Monitoring of Soil-Structure Interaction is aimed at professional geotechnical and foundation engineers who deal with soil-foundation interaction, soil pressure distribution, or ground monitoring instruments. This book will incorporate original data and emphasize practical, mathematical models for measuring soil pressure on the foundations of a structure. Readers will be able to compare their calibrated measurements to the data presented in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780412074318
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	10/31/1997
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

1 Soil Pressure Measurement Methods: Measurement Specifics and Instruments.- 1.1 Direct and Indirect Methods.- 1.2 Some Specifics of Soil Pressure Measurement.- 1.3 Hydraulic Multiplicator.- 1.4 Orientation Effect on Cell Performance and Design.- 1.5 Cell for Measuring Both Static and Dynamic Soil Pressures.- 2 Contact Soil Pressure Measurement Techniques.- 2.1 Conventional Approach and Experimental Verification.- 2.2 Stress Deviator and Its Effects on Variation in Soil Pressure Cell Readings.- 3 Calibration Apparatuses and Calibration Methods of Soil Pressure Cells.- 3.1 State-of-the-Art Review.- 3.2 Improved Calibration Devices and Investigation of Their Performance.- 4 Stiff Contact Pressure Cells.- 4.1 Stress-Strain Measuring Systems: General.- 4.2 Developing of Contact Pressure Cells.- 4.3 Contact Pressure Cell With Vibrating Wire Type Transducer for Mass Production.- 4.4 Effects of Cell Size on Scatter in Results of Soil Pressure Measurement.- 5 Errors in Measuring Soil Contact Pressures by Means of Nonstiff Pressure Cells.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Instruments and Devices Used in Experiments for Determining the Errors in Soil Pressure Measurements by Nonstiff Cells.- 5.3 Changes in Properties of Cohesionless Soils That Occur Due to Effects of Compression.- 5.4 Effect of Distance Between Adjacent Soil Pressure Cells on Instrument Performance.- 5.5 Effect of Depth of Soil Above Instrument’s Pressure-Bearing Membrane on Instrument Performance.- 5.6 Errors in Soil Pressure Measurements by Nonstiff Soil Pressure Cells.- 5.7 Soil Stress State Investigation at Soil Pressure Cell Contact Surface.- 5.8 Results of Investigation of Systematic Relative Error in Stress Measurements in Soil Performed with Nonstiff Instruments.- 6 Full-Scale and Field Experiments: Monitoring ofIn Situ Soil/Structure Interaction.- 6.1 Arrangement (Layout) of Pressure Cells and Installation Procedures.- 6.2 Effects of Misalignment of Cell Contact Surface with Surface of the Structure.- 6.3 Influence of Size of Soil Grains on Cell Performance.- 6.4 Interaction Between Adjacent Pressure Cells in a Mass of Soil.- 7 Contact Stresses at Interface Between a Stiff Foundation Block and Foundation Soil: Large-Scale Model Tests.- 7.1 Round Stiff Concrete Block 1.1 m in Diameter.- 7.2 Round Stiff Concrete Block 2.2 m in Diameter.- 7.3 Stiff Rectangular Concrete Block 3 × 1 × 0.6 m.- 8 Field Investigation. Case Histories.- 8.1 Round Concrete Foundation for Cylindrical Concrete Shaft to Support a Cable Roof System.- 8.2 Cellular Square Footing Constructed on Granular Foundation Soils.- 8.3 Cellular Square Footing Constructed on Hard Foundation Soil.- 8.4 Foundation of a Tall Building.- 8.5 Foundation Slab to Support Loads from Turbine and 300-MW Generator.- 9 Stiff Foundations on Cohesive and Nonhomogeneous Soils.- 9.1 Perforated Stiff Foundation System on Cohesive Soils.- 9.2 Solid Concrete Slab Constructed Upon a Nonhomogeneous Foundation Soil.- 9.3 Soil Pressure from a Water Reservoir.- 9.4 Influence of Nonuniform Densification on Shape of Soil Reaction Diagram.- 10 Lateral Earth Pressure “At Rest”.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Experimental Determination of K0 in a Granular Soil Mass.- 10.3 Coefficient of Lateral Soil Pressure, K, at Interfaces with Stiff Walls.- 10.4 Comparison of K0 with K and Proposed Formula for Determining K0.- 11 Soil Pressure on Retaining Walls.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Large-Scale Investigation of a Single-Anchored Sheetpile Wall.- 11.3 Soil Pressure Against Nonyielding Retaining Wall.- 12 Vertical Distribution of Stresses Within Soil Massat the Central Part of a Stiff Slab.- 12.1 Stiff Rectangular Concrete Block 1.8 × 0.6 × 0.7 m.- 12.2 Stiff Rectangular Concrete Block 2.85 × 0.7 × 0.7 m.- 12.3 Stiff Round Concrete Block 1.1 m in Diameter.- 12.4 Conclusions.- References.

Editorial Reviews

Incorporating original data and the results of hundreds of large- scale experiments conducted by the author, a senior scientist at the Research Institute for Investigation of Structures and head of the "Energoproect" state institute in Kiev, this volume focuses on the equipment and methods for developing, calibrating, and installing soil pressure measuring devices, as well as presenting significant experimental results. Lazebnik also addresses the results of some important investigations on soil-structure interaction carried out in the past 30 to 40 years in the republics of the former USSR, many of which are largely unknown outside the region. Translated from Ukrainian. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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