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21. Ground Gas Handbook

    By Steve Wilson, Geoff Card, Sarah Haines

    This handbook provides practical guidance on assessing ground gas risk and the design of appropriate protection measures. It discusses the assessment of ground gas for Part II A sites and also includes information on the assessment of vapours. It provides information on gas generation and the...

    Published June 22nd 2009 by CRC Press
22. In Situ Testing in Geomechanics

    The Main Tests

    By Fernando Schnaid

    Demanding a thorough knowledge of material behaviour and numerical modelling, site characterisation and in situ test interpretation are no longer just basic empirical recommendations. Giving a critical appraisal of the understanding and assessment of the stress-strain-time and strength...

    Published December 14th 2008 by CRC Press
23. Very Soft Organic Clay Applied for Road Embankment

    Modelling and Optimisation Approach, UNESCO-IHE PhD, Delft, the Netherlands

    By C. Limsiri

    In this book strategies for using very soft organic clay as a fill material for road embankment constructions are compared, and an optimisation scheme is presented. Computer programs for simulation of evaporative drying, for simulation of consolidation, and for slope stability calculation were used...

    Published October 31st 2008 by Taylor & Francis
24. Evapotranspiration Covers for Landfills and Waste Sites

    By Victor L. Hauser

    New, natural, self-renewing, and low-cost, evapotranspiration (ET) covers for landfills provide a solution to landfill waste that is clean, green, and economical. Evapotranspiration Covers for Landfills and Waste Sites examines the concept theory and the practical proof, then explains the...

    Published October 21st 2008 by CRC Press
25. Geotechnics of Soft Soils: Focus on Ground Improvement

    Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop held in Glasgow, Scotland, 3 - 5 September 2008

    Edited by Minna Karstunen, Martino Leoni

    Natural soft soils are very complex materials. As construction activities increasingly take place in poor ground conditions, ground improvement is often required. However, design practices for ground improvement were for long at best crude and conservative, and at worst unsafe. Although new...

    Published August 24th 2008 by Taylor & Francis
26. Decoding Eurocode 7

    By Andrew Bond, Andrew Harris

    Decoding Eurocode 7 provides a detailed examination of Eurocode 7 Parts 1 and 2 and an overview of the associated European and International standards. The detail of the code is set out in summary tables and diagrams, with extensive. Fully annotated worked examples demonstrate how to apply it to...

    Published August 18th 2008 by CRC Press
27. Structures and Granular Solids

    From Scientific Principles to Engineering Application

    Edited by Jian-Fei Chen, J.Y. Ooi, J.G. Teng

    This volume features 29 invited papers presented at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 1-2 July 2008 by colleagues, collaborators, students and friends of Professor J. Michael Rotter (FREng, FRSE, FICE, FASCE, FIStructE, FIEAust) in honour of his 60th birthday. The articles published in this volume...

    Published June 22nd 2008 by Taylor & Francis
28. Unsaturated Soils. Advances in Geo-Engineering

    Proceedings of the 1st European Conference, E-UNSAT 2008, Durham, United Kingdom, 2-4 July 2008

    Edited by D.G. Toll, C.E. Augarde, D. Gallipoli, S.J. Wheeler

    Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering comprises 136 contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners, presented at the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (Durham, UK, 2-4 July 2008). The papers report on the latest advances in geo-engineering aspects of...

    Published June 22nd 2008 by Taylor & Francis
29. Slope Stability Analysis and Stabilization

    New Methods and Insight

    By Yung Ming Cheng, Chi Keung Lau

    A number of methods currently exist for the analysis and design of slopes. This book provides a critical review of these and offers several more appropriate approaches for overcoming numerical convergence and the location of critical failure surfaces in two-dimensional and three-dimensional cases....

    Published May 29th 2008 by CRC Press
30. Education and Training in Geo-Engineering Sciences

    Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics

    Edited by Iacint Manoliu, Nicoleta Radulescu

    In recent years the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), the International Association for Engineering Geology and Environment (IAEG), and the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) have concluded a Cooperation Agreement, leading to the foundation...

    Published May 19th 2008 by Taylor & Francis