Practical Designing of Taining Walls (Classic Reprint)

Arthur Jacob

ISBN 10: 1332179991 / ISBN 13: 9781332179992

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

About this Item

Print on Demand. This book, written for military engineers and civil engineers alike, is a practical guide to designing retaining walls. It delves into the principles of earth pressure, the mechanics of retaining walls, and the various types of walls, including vertical, battered, and stepped walls. The author provides a comprehensive analysis of the forces acting on retaining walls and offers practical solutions for designing and constructing stable and cost-effective structures. The book also covers the latest theoretical developments and empirical rules, making it an essential resource for engineers working with retaining walls in embankments, dams, and other engineering projects. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical Designing of Taining Walls (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332179991
• ISBN 13: 9781332179992
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
  • General Engineering

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Excerpt from Practical Designing of Taining Walls

Civil engineers possess regarding the theory of earth pressure, and although further considerations are involved in designing revetments for military works than the mere support of earthwork, there is still to be derived from the experiments and re searches of military men information of much value to civil engineers. The sub ject is one that has received the fullest and most able treatment at the hands of mathe maticians, and solutions for every case that could possibly occur in practice are to be found in our text-books. But the mathe matical' investigations of this and many other questions of common occurrence in practice, unquestionably valuable as they are, in determining the principle involved, and establishing final rules applicable to practice, are, it is believed, but rarely re sorted to by practical engineers. Even when such examples have to be dealt with by those sufficiently acquainted with the mathematical mode of proceeding, they are generally solved without hesitation by some empirical rule, derived from experience. Such a method may, and doubtless occa.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.