The Essence of Geotechnical Engineering : 60 Years of Geotechnique

This book marks the 60th anniversary of ICE's world leading journal, Géotechnique. It includes a set of seminal papers published in Géotechnique over the past 60 years as well as all the papers from the specially commissioned June 2008 Diamond Jubilee issue.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEORY AND PRACTICE

The book highlights the important contributions that Géotechnique has made, and continues to make, to the theory and practice of ground engineering and provides a glimpse into the future.

Since it was first published in 1948, the journal has continued to ignite international interest, providing readers with the best original papers and technical notes on soil and rock mechanics, engineering geology and environmental geotechnics.

THE SOURCE OF MODERN GEOTECHNICS

Nine seminal Géotechnique papers from 1950-1990 have been reproduced in their original format alongside the discussions that they provoked. Many of these papers set the direction of modern geotechnics and the origins of current theory and practice can be retraced to them.

Preface
Editorial

Geotechnique : Past, Present and Future
Chapter 1 : Geotechnique 1948–2008 : More Than Just a Journal
Chapter 2 : The Founders of Géotechnique
Chapter 3 : Geotechnical Publications Before Geotechnique
Chapter 4 : Geotechnics : The Next 60 Years

Contributions to Geotechnique 1948–2008
Chapter 5 : Foundation Engineering
Chapter 6 : Retaining Structures
Chapter 7 : Slope Stability and Embankment Dams
Chapter 8 : Tunnelling
Chapter 9 : Ground Improvement
Chapter 10 : Constitutive and Numerical Modelling
Chapter 11 : Physical Modelling
Chapter 12 : Laboratory and Field Testing
Chapter 13 : Soil Behaviour
Chapter 14 : Groundwater
Chapter 15 : Soil Science and Interdisciplinary Aspects of Geotechnical Engineering
Chapter 16 : Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
Chapter 17 : Dynamics

Seminal Papers and Discussion : 1950–1990
Chapter 18 : The Measurement of The Shear Strength of Soils
Chapter 19 : The Sensitivity of Clays
Chapter 20 : The Movement and Distribution of Water in Soils
Chapter 21 : The Use of The Slip Circle in The Stability Analysis of Slopes
Chapter 22 : Stability of Strutted Excavations in Clay
Chapter 23 : On The Yielding of Soils
Chapter 24 : A Discrete Numerical Model for Granular Assemblies
Chapter 25 : A Computer Model for The Analysis of Ground Movements in London Clay
Chapter 26 : A Constitutive Model for Partially Saturated Soils

Index