Handbook of Dredging Engineering. This item is unavailable.Handbook of Dredging Engineering

Contains information on today's theory and practice of dredging engineering, including up-to-date facts on equipment and how to choose the right machinery for a given job, major dredging methods, new data on handling dredge spoil - a critical environmental problem, dredging project management and planning and coverage on dredging inland waterways, navigation channels, underwater construction and offshore facilities.

John b. Herbich, Ph.D., P.E. is Professor Emeritus Ocean and Civil Engineering, former Head of the Ocean Engineering Program and former Director of the Center for Dredging Studies at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. One of the leading experts in coastal and ocean engineering education and research in the world, Dr. Herbich is a Fellow and life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and has served on panels and committees of the Marine Board, the National Research Council, Academy of Sciences, and is on the board of directors of the Western Dredging Association. He