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Codes and standards are rapidly developed to satisfy the need for harmonization of Geotechnical Engineering Practice. Recent trends in Geotechnicalcodes and standards are to follow the limit state design, reliability design and performance based design. Codes and standards differ in different parts of the world such as Eurocode in Europe, LRFD in USA etc. In this section related publications for Codes and standards are provided.
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NEW DIRECTIONS IN LRFD FOR SOIL NAILING DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS (2003)
<p>In the last decade, the use of soil nailing in the United States has increased significantly as a method to construct retaining structures in cut applications (top-down construction). Under favorable soil conditions, soil nail walls present advantages over ...
Filed under: Codes and Standards -  USA
Reference: LSD2003: International Workshop on Limit State Design in Geotechnical Engineering Practice, Phoon, Honjo & Gilbert (eds) © 2003 World Scientific Publishing Company
ACI 309.5R-00 COMPACTION OF ROLLER-COMPACTED CONCRETE (2000)
Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) is an accepted and economical method<br>for the construction of dams and pavements. Achieving adequate compaction is essential in the development of the desired properties in the hardened material. The compaction depends on ...
Filed under: Codes and Standards -  USA
Reference: ACI 309.5R-00 became effective February 23, 2000.American Concrete Institute.
UNITED STATES BUILDING CODE APPROACH TO VARIATIONS IN REGIONAL SEISMICITY (1999)
This paper describes the background and basis for the new seismic design criteria of the 2000 IBC, and how these criteria address the large variation in seismic harzard across the United States.
Filed under: Codes and Standards -  USA
Reference: Bulletin of the New Zealand society for earthquake engineering, Vol. 33, No. 1, March 2000
EVOLUTION OF SAFETY FACTORS AND GEOTECHNICAL LIMIT STATE DESIGN (1994)
<p>The historical development of limit state design in geotechnical engineering is reviewed. Total and partial factors of safety used for the design of land-based and offshore structures are compared. It is found that the factors of safety in different codes ...
Reference: The Second Spencer J. Buchanan Lecture, Texas A&M University, U.S.A., 4 November 1994, Evolution of Safety Factors and Geotechnical Limit State Design
LIMIT STATE DESIGN IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (1981)
<p>During the past decade a new fashion has emerged in the presentation of design calculations demanded by codes of practice in the field of structural engineering. The roots of this innovation may perhaps be traced to the widespread rethinking of the whole ...
Reference: Ground Engineering, September 1981
EUROCODE 7: GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN
<p>Eurocode 7 is Europe&rsquo;s first geotechnical design code to share a common philosophy with the design methodology for structures. It is divided into two parts, the first covering General Rules and the second Ground Investigation and Testing. Part 1 is ...
Reference: GEOTECHNICS 313174
WHAT ARE PARTIAL FACTORS FOR?
<p>Partial factors have emerged witin limit state design methodology as a means of adjusting parameters so that appropriate values are derived for design calculations. They have become associated with uncertainty, but their proper use in geotechnical engineering ...
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