Edward N. Bromhead

Reflections on Slope Stability Engineering (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Through the detailed reflections of a seasoned consultant and academic, this thought-provoking practitioner guide to landslides and slope problems and their investigation, analysis, and remediation considers both natural and man-made slopes and earthworks, in an informal style without the need for the usual equations and illustrations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000938203
• Artikelnr.: 68493758

Autorenporträt

Edward N. Bromhead is a retired Professor from Kingston University, UK, and a former consulting engineer. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer, a Fellow of the Geological Society, a former Glossop Lecturer and was awarded The Varnes Medal in 2023. He is author of The Stability of Slopes (CRC Press) and many journal and conference papers.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Landslide recognition, description, classification and mapping. 2. Ground investigations. 3. Things that cause landslides to occur or move, from geology to human stupidity. 4. The development of ideas in slope stability analysis. 5. Modern methods and back analysis. 6. Water, mainly inside the ground. 7. Surface water in motion: scour, transport and deposition. 8. Dealing with the landslide problem without stabilization. 9. Remedying landslides. 10. Epilogue.