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Engineering geology : principles and practice / David George Price ; edited and compiled by M.H. de Freitas.

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Engineering geology : principles and practice / David George Price ; edited and compiled by M.H. de Freitas.
Author
Price, David George
Publication
Berlin : Springer, c2009.

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De Freitas, M. H.
Description
xviii, 450 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
This book is written to explain the influence ground conditions can have upon engineering with rocks and soils, and upon designing, analysing and executing an engineered response to the geological and geomorphological processes acting on them; these subjects form the essence of Engineering Geology. The text is written for students of the subject, either geologists or engineers, who encounter the challenge of idealising the ground and its processes for the purposes of design and of quantifying them for the purpose of analysis. With this in mind the book describes how geology can dictate the design of ground investigations, influence the interpretation of its findings, and be incorporated into design and analysis. The reader is constantly reminded of basic geology; the "simple" things that constitute the "big picture", a neglect of which may cause design and analyses to be at fault, and construction not to function as it should.
Subject
  • Engineering geology
  • Geology
  • Hydraulic engineering
  • Regional planning
  • Civil engineering
  • Geosciences
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
  • Applied Geosciences
  • Hydrogeology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-428) and index.
Contents
The basis of engineering geology -- Part I - Investigating the ground -- Geological materials -- Geological masses -- Maps -- Recovery of samples -- Field tests and measurements -- Organisation, design and reporting of site investigations -- Part II - Ground behaviour -- Ground response to engineering and natural processes -- Withdrawal of support by surface excavations -- Withdrawal of support by underground excavations -- Static loading of the ground -- Dynamic loading of the ground -- Ground reaction to changes of fluid and gas pressures.
ISBN
  • 9783540292494 (hbk.)
  • 3540292497 (hbk.)
LCCN
^^2008937486
OCLC
  • 276910389
  • SCSB-10485068
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library