Prediction versus performance in geotechnical engineering
Subtitle: proceedings of the Symposium on Prediction Versus Performance in Geotechnical Engineering, Bangkok, 30 November-4 December 1992
By: edited by A.S. Balasubramaniam ... [et al.].
Contributors: Balasubramaniam, A. S.; Asian Institute of Technology.; Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society.
Publisher: A.A. Balkema
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Rotterdam; Brookfield, VT, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Soil mechanics -- Congresses.; Earthwork -- Congresses.; Engineering geology -- Congresses.; Soil mechanics -- Asia -- Congresses.
Other titles: Geotechnical engineering.
Description: This volume deals with the Prediction versus Performance in Geotechnical Engineering which was the subject of discussion during the symposium held in Bangkok last December 1992. Among others, the presented papers deal with studies conducted in Japan, Italy, Malaysia, Korea, India, Thailand and Germany related to modelling and/or field investigation of flexible sluiceway, spliced piles, levee in the Po Delta, Italy, geogrid reinforcements, and mechanically stabilized earth in various kinds of soft and compressible soils. Also included are techniques on ground improvement and earth reinforcement such as geomembranes, vertical drains, micropiling; coal-ash treatment of asphalt subgrade; computer grouting; reinforced and steel grid mechanically stabilized embankments, and embankments of sand columns; testing of granular pavement with the Accelerated Loading Facility (ALF); analysis of rockfill dams; and earth structures, mines and slopes. Finally, included are investigations of the ground failures in Japan and Iran during earthquakes. It is hoped that the thirty two valuable papers will be of great use to researchers, academics, practitioners among civil engineers, geologists, and others who are interested in prediction and performance evaluation of geotechnical engineering structures.
Notes: "Annual Geotechnical Symposium sponsored by the Asian Institute of Technology and the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.