A Look Back for Future Geotechnics

by S. Wu (Editor), Z. Wohua (Editor), R.D. Woods (Editor)

Overview

This text covers topics in soil and granular mechanics, such as: slope protection and erosion control; ground behaviour during earthquakes; environmental geotechnic problems caused by underground engineering activities; and morphology, ageing and engineering behaviour of sands.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789058092182
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

S. Wu, Z. Wohua, R.D. Woods

Table of Contents

Biotechnical slope protection and erosion control, D.H. Gray; ground behaviour during earthquake and its effects on foundation piles, K. Ishihara; the leaning Tower of Pisa - present situation, M.B. Jamiolkowski; structure - medium dynamic interaction, Z.-P. Liao; deep compaction of granular soil, K.R. Massarsch; The fourth tidal wave of geotechnical engineering, Q.-H. Qian; recipe to define near-field earthquake motion for structural design, T. Sato; environmental geotechnical problems caused by underground engineering activities, J. Sun; quay walls of the port of Rotterdam, A.F. van Tol; vibration screening with wave barriers, R.D. Woods; Rayleigh wave dispersion and its applications, S.-M. Wu; Morphology, ageing and engineering behaviour of sands, J.Th. Yudhbir, A. Rahim.

Editorial Reviews

The 12 lectures survey the achievements of geotechnical engineering during the 20th century to encourage young colleagues to continue improving and innovating. They highlight the maturing of many sub-disciplines, such as the stability of earth masses, foundation engineering, ground improvement, soil-structure interaction, soil dynamics and earthquake engineering, off-shore engineering, applying numerical methods, the constitutive modeling of soils, sophisticated laboratory and in-situ testing, and geo-environmental engineering. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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