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Compressibility of Ultra-soft Soil
The formation of an alluvial clay deposit normally goes through sedimentation and consolidation. This book describes the compression behavior of ultra-soft soil upon additional load application. It al...
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Underwater Embankments on Soft Soil
Ground improvement is an established technique in foundation engineering. In recent decades, modern methods of ground improvement have utilised explosives, impact energy, thermal treatment of the soil...
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Strength of Materials
Strength of Materials is ideal for students pursuing degrees in civil and mechanical engineering, as well as computer science, electronics, and instrumentation. Topics include combined stresses, centr...
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Groundwater in Fractured Rocks
The hydrogeologic environment of fractured rocks represents vital natural systems, examples of which occur on every continent. This book discusses key issues, methodologies and techniques in the hydro...
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Internal Erosion of Dams and Their Foundations
Internal erosion and piping in embankments and their foundations is the main cause of failures and accidents to embankment dams. For new dams, the potential for internal erosion and piping can be cont...
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Handbook of Geotechnical Investigation and Design Tables
This practical handbook of properties for soils and rock contains, in a concise tabular format, the key issues relevant to geotechnical investigations, assessments and designs in common practice. In a...
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Improving Sustainability through Reasonable Risk and Crisis Management
Riskope International Book design by Le Jardin Secret de Yorokobi An impenetrable aura of complex mathematics, myths and impervious literature may be the root cause of many professional’s misleading...
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Soil Sampling And Methods of Analysis
Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition of the bestselling Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis presents several new chapters in the areas of biological and physical analysis and soil sam...
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Reuse of foundations for urban sites. Proceedings of the International Conference
Redevelopment and regeneration of urban areas have left a legacy of old foundations, congested underground space and archaeological artefacts. This legacy compromises new developments and the project...
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Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing
This working manual covers the basic tests for the classification and compaction characteristics of engineering soils. The book includes the use of flow diagrams, and sets out test data and calculatio...
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