Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures - 3th Edition

"Retaining structures form an important component of many civil engineering and geotechnical engineering projects. Careful design and construction of these structures is essential for safety and longevity. This new edition provides significantly more support for non-specialists, background to uncertainty of parameters and partial factor issues that underpin recent codes (e.g. Eurocode 7), and comprehensive coverage of the principles of the geotechnical design of gravity walls, embedded walls and composite structures.It is written for practising geotechnical, civil and structural engineers; and forms a reference for engineering geologists, geotechnical researchers and undergraduate civil engineering students"--

List of contents

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.

Report

"It offers a comprehensive introduction to the mechanisms of earth pressure and provides a thorough guide to the design requirements for retaining structures." - Librairie Lavoisier

Product details

• Authors: Andrew J. Bond, Andrew J. (Geocentrix Ltd Bond, Bond Andrew J., Chris R. I. Clayton, Chris R. I. Milititsky Clayton, Chris R.I. Clayton, Chris R.I. (University of Southampton Clayton, Jarbas Milititsky, Jarbas (Engineering Consultant Milititsky, Milititsky Jarbas, Ri Woods, Rick I. Woods, Rick I. (University of Surrey Woods, Woods Rick I.
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.2014
• EAN: 9781466552111
• ISBN: 978-1-4665-5211-1
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural, Structural engineering, pore;water;wall;bulk;unit;weight;effective;stress;sheet;pile