Ice Core Concepts

Geotechnical Engineering
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-7277-5859-0
Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Core Concepts in Geotechnical Engineering is a practical introduction to soils and rocks, site investigation, and ground improvement techniques. It presents the core concepts of several geotechnical structures such as shallow and deep foundations, retaining structures, slopes, embankments, earth dams, machine foundations, buried structures and tunnels. It also focuses on pavements, and geotechnical structures with geosynthetics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shukla, Sanjay Kumar

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Boden- und Felsmechanik, Geotechnik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geotechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Site investigation
3. Ground improvement techniques
4. Shallow foundations
5. Deep foundations
6. Retaining structures
7. Slopes, Earth dams and embankments
8. Machine foundations
9. Burried structures and tunnels
10. Highway, airport and railway pavements
11. Geotechnical structures with geosynthetics

Über Autor(innen)

Shukla, Sanjay Kumar
Dr Sanjay Kumar Shukla is an Associate Professor and Program Leader of the Discipline of Civil Engineering in the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He has over twenty years’ teaching, research and consultancy experience in the field of Geotechnical and Geosynthetic Engineering.