Embankments on organic soils

• Other Authors: Hartlén, Jan., Wolski, Wojciech.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam [The Netherlands] ; New York : Elsevier, 1996.
• Series: Developments in geotechnical engineering ; 80.
• Subjects: Embankments.; Histosols.; Soil mechanics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780080530819; 0080530818; 9780444882738; 0444882731
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 424 pages) : illustrations

More and more civil engineering constructions are being built on soft soils. As areas with better foundations are used up the necessity to be able to build structures on soft soils increases. The most troublesome of soft soils are organic soils due mainly to their high compressibility (much higher t...