Roy E Hunt

Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This updated second edition is a comprehensive guide to collecting samples, performing laboratory analysis or "in situ" characterization, and formulating design criteria based on the results of the analysis. The author relies on his 40 years of professional experience, emphasizing identification and description of the elements of the geologic environment, the data required for analysis and design of the engineering works, the physical and engineering properties of geologic materials, and procuring the data. By using a practical approach to problem solving, the book helps engineers consider geological phenomena in terms of the degree of their hazard and the potential risk of their occurrence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 1102
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 265mm x 181mm x 59mm
• Gewicht: 2068g
• ISBN-13: 9780849321825
• ISBN-10: 0849321824
• Artikelnr.: 21722713

Autorenporträt

Roy E. Hunt

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Investigation Methods and Procedures.
Exploration. Measurement of Properties. Field Instrumentation.
Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations. Rock and Soil:
Identification and Classification. Rock-Mass Characteristics. Soil
Formations: Geologic Classes and Characteristics. Water: Surface and
Subsurface. The Geologic Hazards. Landslides and Other Slope Failures.
Ground Subsidence, Collapse, and Heave. Earthquakes. Appendices. Appendix
A: The Earth and Geologic History. Appendix B: USGS Quads and Aerial
Photographs in Book. Appendix C: Conversion Tables. Appendix D: Symbols.
Appendix E: Engineering Properties of Geologic Materials: Data and
Correlations. Index. Color Plates Section.