Landmarks in soil mechanics : the Rankine lectures, 1981-1990

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    • Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)

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Landmarks in soil mechanics : the Rankine lectures, 1981-1990

T. Telford Services, c1992

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Summaries in French

On cover: Institution of Civil Engineers

Lectures given 1981-1990 and published annually in Géotechnique

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The British Geotechnical Society annually commemorates the great engineer and physicist, William John Macquorn Rankine - 1820 - 1872), by holding a lecture in London presented by a distinguished soil specialist. This volume constitutes the third set of ten Rankine lectures and feature some of the most widely acknowledged experts in soil mechanics and foundation engineering from around the world.

Table of Contents

Geotechnical engineering and frontier resource development * N R Morgenstern * Strength of jointed rock mass -E Hoek * Geology, geomorphology and geotechnics - D J Henkel * The interpretation of in-situ soil tests - C P Wroth * Soil models in offshore engineering - N Janbu * On the embankment dam - A D M Penman * Failure - R F Scott * Uplift resistance of soils - H B Sutherland * Pile behaviour - theory and application - H G Poulos * On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays - J B Burland.

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  • NCID
    BA19972260
  • ISBN
    • 0727719084
  • LCCN
    93108355
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    440 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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