In our own backyard: Principles for effective improvement of the nation's infrastructure: National Research Council (Albert A. Grant and Andrew C. Lemer, eds.). 1993. National Academy Press.

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 96 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0886-7798
• DOI: 10.1016/0886-7798(94)90046-9

✦ Synopsis

Guidelines in the book present current practices for those who must plan or implement geotechnical instrumentation programs. The book is divided into four basic sections:

1. The planning of monitoring programs, which covers specifications for instrument procurement and contractual arrangements for field instrumentation.

2. Methods of monitoring such aspects as ground water pressure, total stress in soil, deformation, and load and strain in structural members.

3. General guidelines on the execution of monitoring program.q.

4. Various examples of applications, including braced excavations, underground excavations, embankments on soR ground, and excavated and natural slopes.