Engineering Geology Principles and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Freitas, Michael H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Geology.; Hydraulic engineering.; Engineering geology.; Regional planning.; Civil engineering.; Geosciences.; Geotechnical Engineering.; Civil Engineering.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Applied Geosciences.; Hydrogeology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68626-2

This book is written to explain the influence ground conditions can have upon engineering with rocks and soils, and upon designing, analysing and executing an engineered response to the geological and geomorphological processes acting on them; these subjects form the essence of Engineering Geology....

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Basis of Engineering Geology
• 2. Geological Materials
• 3. Geological Masses
• 4. Maps
• 5. Recovery of Samples
• 6. Field Tests and Measurements
• 7. Organisation, Design and Reporting of Site Investigations
• 8. Ground Response to Engineering and Natural Processes
• 9. Withdrawal of Support by Surface Excavations
• 10. Withdrawal of Support by Underground Excavations
• 11. Static Loading of the Ground
• 12. Dynamic Loading of the Ground
• 13. Ground Reaction to Changes in Fluid and Gas Pressures.