Duncan C. Wyllie

Rock Fall Engineering (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rock falls can be a public safety issue; this book provides comprehensive information on the identification of these hazards related to geology, climate and topography, and the design and construction of protection structures. It sets out the theoretical background to rock fall behaviour in terms of impact and trajectory phases of rock falls, and applies this to the modeling of falls and the design of high impact energy capacity attenuator fences. The theory is supported by information from five carefully documented rock fall case studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040075180
• Artikelnr.: 72519053

Autorenporträt

Duncan C. Wyllie has a physics degree from the University of London and engineering degrees from the University the New South Wales, Australia and the University of California, Berkeley. He is a principal with Wyllie & Norrish Rock Engineers in Vancouver, Canada, and a registered professional engineer in British Columbia. Duncan Wyllie has lectured widely and has also authored or co-authored a number of textbooks on applied rock mechanics including Foundations on Rock (1st and 2nd editions in 1989 and 2001), and Rock Slope Engineering, Fourth Edition (2002), both published by Taylor & Francis.

Inhaltsangabe

Rock Falls-Causes and Consequences. Documentation of Rock Fall Events. Rock
Fall Velocities and Trajectories. Impact Mechanics. Coefficient of
Restitution. Energy Changes during Impacts and Trajectories. Rock Fall
Modeling. Selection of Protection Structures. Design Principles of Rock
Fall Protection Structures. Rock Fall Protection I-Barriers, Nets, and
Fences. Rock Fall Protection II-Rock Sheds. Appendices: Impact
Mechanics-Normal Coefficient of Restitution, Impact Mechanics-Impact of
Rough, Rotating Bodies, Energy Loss Equations, Conversion Factors.
References.