Forensic Geotechnical Engineering [Hardcover]

In this edited volume on advances in forensic geotechnical engineering, a number of technical contributions by experts and professionals in this area are included. The work is the outcome of deliberations at various conferences in the area conducted by Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu and Dr. V.V.S. Rao as secretary and Chairman of Technical Committee on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMGE). This volume contains papers on topics such as guidelines, evidence/data collection, distress characterization, use of diagnostic tests (laboratory and field tests), back analysis, failure hypothesis formulation, role of instrumentation and sensor-based technologies, risk analysis, technical shortcomings. This volume will prove useful to researchers and practitioners alike.                                                                     

A Framework for Forensic Foundation Engineering.- Forensic Geotechnical Engineering Theory and Practice.- Guidelines for Forensic Investigation of Geotechnical Failures.- Caisson Failure Induced by Wave Action.- Forensic Geotechnical Engineering Investigations: Data Collection.- Diagnosis of Geotechnical Failure Causes Using Bayesian Networks.- Back Analyses in Geotechnical Engineering.-Back Analysis of Slope Failures to Design Landslide Stabilizing Piles.- Back Analyses in Forensic Geotechnical Engineering.- Instrumentation and Monitoring for Forensic Geotechnical Engineering.-Analysis of the Causes of Undue Movements of a Retaining Wall used to form a Deep Basement in Sandstone and Consequent Damage to an Adjacent Canal.- Failul³#