John Dunnicliff (Lexington Geotechnical Instrumentation Consultant

Geotechnical Instrumentation for Monitoring Field Performance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book on the subject written by a practitioner for practitioners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1386g
• ISBN-13: 9780471005469
• ISBN-10: 0471005460
• Artikelnr.: 22015495

Autorenporträt

JOHN DUNNICLIFF is a geotechnical instrumentation specialist who has served as a consulting engineer on numerous projects both in the U.S. and overseas. He received master's degrees in soil mechanics and foundation engineering from Oxford and Harvard Universities, respectively.

Inhaltsangabe

Partial table of contents:

Behavior of Soil and Rock.

PLANNING MONITORING PROGRAMS.

Systematic Approach to Planning Monitoring Programs UsingGeotechnical Instrumentation.

MONITORING METHODS.

Instrumentation Transducers and Data Acquisition Systems.

Measurement of Deformation.

GENERAL GUIDELINES ON THE EXECUTION OF MONITORING PROGRAMS.

Calibration and Maintenance of Instruments.

Collection, Processing, Presentation, Interpretation, and Reportingof Instrumentation Data.

EXAMPLES OF INSTRUMENTATION APPLICATIONS.

Embankments on Soft Ground.

Excavated and Natural Slopes.

THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

The Key to Success: The Chain with 25 Links.

Appendices.

References.

Index.