Chris R I Clayton, Rick I Woods, Andrew J Bond

Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Effectively Calculate the Pressures of Soil When it comes to designing and constructing retaining structures that are safe and durable, understanding the interaction between soil and structure is at the foundation of it all

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Longman Publishing Group
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1025g
• ISBN-13: 9781138427297
• ISBN-10: 1138427292
• Artikelnr.: 48950661

Autorenporträt

Chris R.I. Clayton, Rick I. Woods, Rick I. Woods, Jarbas Milititsky

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Fundamentals. Soil behaviour. Soil properties. Factors affecting
earth pressure. Water and retaining structures. Global and local
instability. Part II. Design. Wall selection. Avoiding failure.
Introduction to analysis. Gravity walls. Embedded walls. Composite walls
and other support systems. Appendix A: Classical earth pressure theory.
Appendix B: Earth pressure coefficients. References. Index.