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Title

Engineering characteristics of arid soils : proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Engineering Characteristics of Arid Soils, London, UK, 6-7 July 1993 / edited by P.G. Fookes, R.H.G. Parry.

Author

International Symposium on Engineering Characteristics of Arid Soils (1st : 1993 : London, England)

Publication

Rotterdam ; Brookfield, [VT] : A.A. Balkema, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Fookes, P. G.
• Parry, R. H. G.

Description

x, 441 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Arid soils > Congresses
• Soil mechanics > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• General report: Arid environments and description of arid soils / A. Warren -- Overview of geotechnical problems in Basilicata, Italy, resulting from extensive desiccation of clay strata / E. N. Bromhead, M. Del Prete, H. M. Rendell and L. Coppola -- Keynote lecture: Salt attack on buildings and other structures in arid lands / A. S. Goudie -- Corrosiveness of the arid saline soil in China / Hong Naifeng -- Playas: New ideas on hostile environments / A. Millington -- Rivers and their deposits - Cinderella's of the arid realm / I. Reid -- Sand dunes: Highly mobile and unstable surfaces / A. Warren -- General report: Classification of arid soils for engineering purposes / J. H. Atkinson -- The FAO/UNESCO outline soil map for Africa - A possible basis for geotechnical classification / Al Bashir Assallay and I. J. Smalley -- Geotechnical soils mapping for construction purposes in Central Saudi Arabia / J. S. Griffiths, P. G. Fookes, A. D. Hardingham and R. D. Barsby.
• Technical note: Development of an engineering description of cemented arid soils and calcrete duricrusts / A. D. Hardingham -- Engineering characteristics of arid soils / Izhar-ul-Haq and Sohail Kibria -- Classification of expansive soils in arid regions: Thermogravimetric investigation of smectite content / I. Jefferson and I. J. Smalley -- Keynote lecture: Classification of arid soils for engineering purposes An engineering approach / C. D. F. Rogers, T. A. Dijkstra and I. J. Smalley -- Classification of arid soils for engineering purposes: A pedological approach / I. J. Smalley, T. A. Dijkstra and C. D. F. Rogers -- Classification of arid soils for specific purposes / I. J. Smalley, T. A. Dijkstra and C. D. F. Rogers -- Engineering soil classification of the loess of Gansu, China - Based on sedimentary properties: Relationships to geotechnical behaviour / Wang Jingtai and E. Derbyshire -- General report: Engineering behaviour and properties of arid soils / S. J. Wheeler.
• Keynote lecture: On the mechanical behaviour of arid soils / E. E. Alonso and A. Gens -- Deposition and the behaviour of partially saturated silt / T. Amirsoleymani -- An alternative approach to the understanding of the collapse mechanism in desert sands, loess and other collapsing soils / M. E. Barton -- Keynote lecture: The geotechnical behaviour of arid and semi-arid zone soils Southern African experience / G. E. Blight -- Collapse of soil structure / J. Feda -- Mechanical behaviour of an unsaturated loam on the oedometric path / J. M. Fleureau and S. Taihi -- Expansive soils: TRL's research strategy / C. S. Gourley, D. Newill and H. D. Schreiner -- An investigation into the use of dune sand in concrete / E. A. Kay and J. P. H. Frearson -- Keynote lecture: Some engineering behaviour and properties of arid soils / A. Komornik -- Mechanical properties of gypsum soils / V. P. Petrukhin -- A new device for the direct measurement of soil suction over a wide range / A. M. Ridley and J. B. Burland.
• Soil suction measurement with the transistor psychrometer / J. A. Woodburn -- General report / S. L. Houston -- Drilling expansive mudstone in an undeveloped arid area / A. W. Cook -- A foundation code for problematic arid soils / A. M. Elleboudy -- Geotechnical characteristics of some carbonate sands in the Fezzan Sahara / P. G. Fookes and J. S. Gahir -- The unique Lisan soils as engineering materials / D. J. Knight -- Field wetting tests on a collapsible soil fill / A. Kropp, S. Houston and D. McMahon -- TRL research on road construction in arid areas / D. Newill and M. J. O'Connell -- Experience of arid soils on the Great Man-made River Project in Libya / Z. M. Nyirenda and H. R. Samuel -- Expansive clay road embankments in arid areas: Moisture-suction conditions / M. J. O'Connell and C. S. Gourley -- Collapse of an aeolian sandy clay caused by seepage / R. H. G. Parry -- Technical note on the investigation of a building failure on swelling soils / A. D. Robinshaw.
• The Teton Dam failure (Idaho, USA, 1970) / C. D. F. Rogers, T. A. Dijkstra and I. J. Smalley -- Wind-blown fine sand in sub-Saharan Northern Nigeria and its influence on dam design and performance / C. J. Sammons -- In-situ investigations of horizontal subsidence deformations / A. Y. Shmuelyan -- Expansive clay soils and their effects on a factory building in the Sudan / N. A. Trenter -- Problems on saline soil foundations in arid zone of China / Xu Youzai.

ISBN

9054103655

OCLC

ocm30805723

Owning Institutions

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