Earth pressure and earth-retaining structures

Bibliographic Information

Earth pressure and earth-retaining structures

by C.R.I. Clayton, J. Milititsky and R.I. Woods

Spon Press, 2005, c1993

2nd ed

Available at  / 1 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

This ed. originally published: London : Blackie Academic & Professional, 1993. - Previous ed.: / C.R.I. Clayton and J. Milititsky. Glasgow : Surrey University Press, 1986

Includes bibliographical references and index

Transferred to Digital Printing 2005

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 uncertainty of parameters and partial factor issues that underpin recent codes (e.g. Eurocode 7), and comprehensive coverage of the principles of the geotechnical design of gravity walls, embedded walls and composite structures. It is written for practising geotechnical, civil and structural engineers; and forms a reference for engineering geologists, geotechnical researchers and undergraduate civil engineering students.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Fundamentals 1. Soil behaviour 2. Soil properties 3. Wall construction and movement, and the development of earth pressure 4. Water and retaining structures 5. Global and local instability Part 2: Design 6. Wall selection 7. Introduction to analysis 8. Avoiding failure 9. Gravity walls 10. Embedded walls 11. Composite walls 12. Appendix: `classical' earth pressure theory 13. Appendix: earth pressure coefficients

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top