Tropical Residual Soils Engineering
Focused on tropical areas and their unique problems and issues, this work examines all aspects of residual soils engineering, including both theoretical and practical aspects. This book gives the practitioner a thorough understanding of the characteristics of these soil types, their formation and their material properties, while guidelines on appli
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Tropical Residual Soils Engineering
Focused on tropical areas and their unique problems and issues, this work examines all aspects of residual soils engineering, including both theoretical and practical aspects. This book gives the practitioner a thorough understanding of the characteristics of these soil types, their formation and their material properties, while guidelines on appli
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Tropical Residual Soils Engineering

Tropical Residual Soils Engineering

Tropical Residual Soils Engineering

Tropical Residual Soils Engineering

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Focused on tropical areas and their unique problems and issues, this work examines all aspects of residual soils engineering, including both theoretical and practical aspects. This book gives the practitioner a thorough understanding of the characteristics of these soil types, their formation and their material properties, while guidelines on appli

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781135289959
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: 06/15/2004
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 258
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

B.B.K. Huat, See Sew Gue, Faisal Haji Ali

Table of Contents

1. Origin, formation and occurence of tropical residual soils ; 2. Sampling and testing of tropical residual soils ; 3. Index, engineering properties and classification of tropical residual soils ; 4. Unsaturated residual soil ; 5. Slope failures in tropical residual soil ; 6. Slope assessment and management ; 7. Guidelines for development on hill-sites ; 8. Characterization of tropical soils in the design of material as natural foundation and fill ; 9. Stabilization of tropical residual soils ; 10. Slope stability and stabilization ; 11. Soil erosion and sedimentation assessment, control and management plan for the tropical region ; 12. Geoenvironmental aspects of tropical residual soils ; 13. Development and appliation fo a spatial databse for residual soils ; 14. Country case study: engineering geology of tropical residula soils in Malaysia.
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