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1. Installation Effects in Geotechnical Engineering

   Edited by Michael A. Hicks, Jelke Dijkstra, Marti Lloret-Cabot, Minna Karstunen

   Installation effects in geotechnical engineering contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Installation Effects in Geotechnical Engineering (Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 24-27 March 2013), the closing conference of GEO-INSTALL (FP7/2007-2013, PIAG-GA-2009-230638), an...

   Published March 4th 2013 by CRC Press
2. Geotechnics of Soft Soils: Focus on Ground Improvement

   Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop held in Glasgow, Scotland, 3 - 5 September 2008

   Edited by Minna Karstunen, Martino Leoni

   Natural soft soils are very complex materials. As construction activities increasingly take place in poor ground conditions, ground improvement is often required. However, design practices for ground improvement were for long at best crude and conservative, and at worst unsafe. Although new...

   Published August 24th 2008 by Taylor & Francis