The main goal of this introductory course is to demonstrate how
basic concepts in soil mechanics can be used as a "forensic" tool
in the investigation of geotechnical failures. This, in turn,
provides a good opportunity to show how to use available procedures
in the formulation of useful simple geotechnical models.
Geotechnical failure is understood here in a broad sense as the
failure of a structure to function properly due to a geotechnical
reason.
Some of the geotechnical failures selected are well known for
their impact on the geotechnical community. Others are closer to
the authors' experience. They have been organized into three main
topics: Settlement, Bearing Capacity and Excavations. They cover a
significant proportion of every day activities of professional
geotechnical engineers. No attempt has been made to create a
comprehensive handbook of failures. Instead, the emphasis has been
given to creative applications of simple mechanical concepts and
well known principles and solutions of Soil Mechanics. The book
shows how much can be learned from relatively simple approaches.
Despite this emphasis on simplicity, the book provides a deep
insight into the cases analyzed. A non-negligible number of new
analytical closed-form solutions have also been found. Their
derivation can be followed in detail.
In all the cases described an effort was made to provide a
detailed and step by step description of the hypothesis introduced
and of the analysis performed.
Each of the eight chapters of the book addresses a certain type
of failure, illustrated by a case history. The chapters are
self-contained. They provide a review of soil mechanics principles
and methods required to understand and explain the failure
described. In some cases the analysis offered provides a
non-conventional application of basic principles. All chapters are
completed with a summary of lessons learned from the failure and
its analysis. They also include a short account on advanced topics
to help the interested readers to go beyond the approaches used in
the book.
Readers are expected to be familiar with the basic concepts of
soil mechanics and foundation engineering. The target audience is
graduate students, faculty and practicing professionals in the
fields of civil and geotechnical engineering.
This textbook profits from experience accumulated in teaching a
course in forensic engineering at the ETH Zurich.
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