New Technology for Foundation Reinforcement

Author: Gao Daizhao
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Publish Date: 2002-02-14
Features: This book combines the technical requirements of the "Technical Specification for Ground Improvement of Buildings" (JGJ79-91) of the People's Republic of China, and provides a detailed introduction to the new technologies for ground reinforcement both domestically and internationally. The main contents include: principles and classification of ground treatment, sand (or sand-gravel, crushed stone) cushion, plain soil (or lime soil, lime-fly ash) cushion, fly ash cushion, slag cushion, dynamic compaction, crushed (sand) stone piles, lime piles, soil (or lime soil, lime-fly ash) piles, cement-fly ash-aggregate piles, surcharge preloading, vacuum preloading, grouting, cement-soil mixing method, high-pressure jet grouting, reinforced earth, geosynthetics, soil nail walls, and the theory of composite foundations, etc. It also explains the reinforcement mechanisms, design calculations, construction techniques, quality inspection, and new developments of the above various ground reinforcement methods.