Soil & rock mechanics books

RIPRAP is a widely used engineering method for protecting river banks and coastlines from erosion. This book studies...  Read More >>

Contains the papers from an international conference on vegetation and slopes and clarifies the concepts and benefits...  Read More >>

The types of geotechnical problems considered cover a wide range of applications, varying from classical problems...  Read More >>

Aims to assist homeowners in understanding why expansive soils shrink and heave and how excessive shrinking and...  Read More >>

This work reviews soil mechanics in the light of critical state soil mechanics. A number of exercises are provided,...  Read More >>

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This text contains the proceedings of the fifth conference on karst geohazards. It presents 65 papers that cover...  Read More >>

This text, based on an international symposium held in 1994, covers geosynthetic clay liners (GCL), a type of geosynthetic...  Read More >>

This text provides an insight into the wear processes which take place during the cutting of rock with steel cutting...  Read More >>

This work contains the proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Pressuremeter Testing Activities, including...  Read More >>

This text is based on the proceedings of the Baltic Geotechnical Conference held in 1995. It presents an outline...  Read More >>

This volume contains papers contributed by experts on recent developments in geotextiles, geomembranes and other...  Read More >>

This volume presents the proceedings of a symposium on rock mechanics, held in the USA in 1995. Topics covered include:...  Read More >>

This handbook provides an introduction to the application possibilities of geosynthetics as building material, covering...  Read More >>

This work provides a guide to the variety of anchor types that have been developed for different applications in...  Read More >>

This work discusses the systems and machines of drilling, the types and characteristics of explosives and the methods...  Read More >>

This text, consisting of over 160 papers contributed by research workers and engineers in soft ground engineering,...  Read More >>

With the right soil, correctly prepared and compressed, it is possible to halve the amount of cement used for block-making...  Read More >>

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This book provides a thorough review of this powerful and sophisticated technique for modelling soil structure interactions....  Read More >>

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A reference text which addresses construction problems in relation to the behaviour of frozen soil as an engineering...  Read More >>