Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures

Effectively Calculate the Pressures of Soil

When it comes to designing and constructing retaining structures that are safe and durable, understanding the interaction between soil and structure is at the foundation of it all

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.

About the author

Chris R.I. Clayton, Rick I. Woods, Rick I. Woods, Jarbas Milititsky

Summary

Effectively Calculate the Pressures of SoilWhen it comes to designing and constructing retaining structures that are safe and durable, understanding the interaction between soil and structure is at the foundation of it all

Product details

• Authors: Andrew J. Bond, Bond Andrew J., Chris R.I. Clayton, Chris R.i. Woods Clayton, Jarbas Milititsky, Milititsky Jarbas, Rick I. Woods, Woods Rick I.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138427297
• ISBN: 978-1-138-42729-7
• No. of pages: 608
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Architectural structure and design, Civil engineering, surveying and building, pore;water;wall;bulk;unit;weight;effective;stress;sheet;pile