Foundations on Rock: Engineering Practice, Second Edition - Hardcover

Wyllie, Duncan C.

 
9780419232100: Foundations on Rock: Engineering Practice, Second Edition
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0419232109 ISBN 13: 9780419232100
Publisher: CRC Press, 1999

Synopsis

This second edition of the successful Foundations on Rock presents an up-to-date practical reference book describing current engineering practice in the investigation, design and construction of foundations on rock. An extra chapter on Tension Foundations has been included. The methods set out are readily applicable to high rise buildings, bridges, dams and structures subject to uplift and turning loads.

Foundations on Rock differs from the many texts and handbooks on soil foundations in that it focuses on the effect of geology on the stability and settlement of rock foundations. While the intact rock may be strong, defects in the rock such as faults, joints and cavities, and the deterioration of the rock with time, will have a significant effect on foundation performance. Methods of detecting such defects are described, and their implications for foundation design and treatment are elaborated.

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Duncan C. Wyllie

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Publisher
CRC Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0419232109
ISBN 13 
9780419232100
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
424

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