Geotechnical engineering handbook. Volume 2, Procedures

Smoltczyk Ulrich

ISBN 10: 3433014507 / ISBN 13: 9783433014509

Published by Ernst & Sohn; Wiley, 2003

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Mark of ownership. xviii, 679 pages : illustrations (certaines en couleur) ; 25 cm excavation (process) grouting (process) drilling (process) piles (structural elements) Civil engineering--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Excavation. Shoring and underpinning. Anchorage (Structural engineering) Boring. Piling (Civil engineering) Traduction de : Grundbau-Taschenbuch. Comprend des références bibliographiques. English Volume 2 of the Handbook covers the geotechnical procedures used in manufacturing anchors and piles as well as for improving or underpinning foundations, securing existing constructions, controlling ground water, excavating rocks and earth works. It also treats such specialist areas as the use of geotextiles and seeding. Ground improvement -- Grouting in geotechnical engineering -- Underpinning, undercutting -- Ground freezing -- Ground anchors -- Drilling technology -- Driving and extraction -- Foundations in open water -- Ground dewatering -- Construction methods for cuttings and slopes in rock -- Microtunnelling -- Earthworks -- Geosynthetics in geotechnical and hydraulic engineering -- Slope protection by bioengineering techniques.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Geotechnical engineering handbook. Volume 2, Procedures
• Publisher: Ernst & Sohn; Wiley
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3433014507
• ISBN 13: 9783433014509
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
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Synopsis

Volume 2 of the Handbook covers the geotechnical procedures used in manufacturing anchors and piles as well as for improving or underpinning foundations, securing existing constructions, controlling ground water, excavating rocks and earth works. It also treats such specialist areas as the use of geotextiles and seeding.

About the Author

Ulrich Smoltczyk is editor of the German Grundbau Taschenbuch. He was Professor for geotechnical engineering in Stuttgart and sat on numerous national and international committees responsible for norms and standards.

The second volume was written by 21 authors, including renowned experts from Austria, Italy, the USA, U.K., Netherlands, Australia and Germany.