Ground Vibration Engineering Simplified Analyses with Case Studies and Examples /

• Main Author: Srbulov, Milutin. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, 12
• Subjects: Geography.; Hydraulic engineering.; Ecology.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Building Construction.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9082-9

Ground vibration consideration is gaining significance with peoples decreasing tolerance of vibration, introduction of new environmental legislations, increasing use of equipment sensitive to vibration, ageing of existing buildings and expanding construction sites to/near collapsible/liquefiable/th...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Problem description
• 2. Ground waves propagation
• 3. Ground vibration measurement
• 4. Processing of vibration records
• 5. Foundation and structure effects
• 6. Ground investigation for vibration prediction
• 7. Prediction of vibration amplitudes
• 8. Control of ground and foundation vibration
• 9. Effects on soil slopes and shallow foundations
• Appendices - Microsoft Excel workbooks on http://extras.springer.com
• References
• Index.