Earth pressure and earth-retaining structures

"Retaining structures form an important component of many civil engineering and geotechnical engineering projects. Careful design and construction of these structures is essential for safety and longevity. This new edition provides significantly more support for non-specialists, background to u...

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Main Authors Clayton, C. R. I. (Author), Milititsky, J. (Author), Woods, Rick I. (Author), Bond, Andrew J. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014]
EditionThird edition.
Subjects
Retaining walls > Design and construction.
Earth pressure.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781482206616
1482206617
9781523107285
1523107286
9781466552111
1466552115
Physical Description1 online resource (xix, 588 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Soil behaviour
  • Soil properties
  • Factors affecting earth pressure
  • Water and retaining structures
  • Global and local instability
  • 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.

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