Monitoring of Soil-Structure Interaction: Instruments for Measuring Soil Pressures [Paperback]

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.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 Perf