Land Subsidence Analysis in Urban Areas The Bangkok Metropolitan Area Case Study /

Cities built on unconsolidated sediments consisting of clays, silt, peat, and sand, are particularly susceptible to subsidence.  Such regions are common in delta areas, where rivers empty into the oceans, along flood plains adjacent to rivers, and in coastal marsh lands.  Building cities in such are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Zeitoun, David G. (Autor), Wakshal, Eliyahu (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Springer Environmental Science and Engineering,
Temas:
Geotechnical engineering.
Geology.
Engineering geology.
Software engineering.
Human geography.
Environmental sciences.
Physics.
Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
Geoengineering.
Software Engineering.
Human Geography.
Environmental Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The subsidence phenomenon throughout the world
  • Mechanical modeling of porous media
  • Fundamentals of teh consolidation theory for soils
  • Biot's theory of consolidation
  • The numerical solution of the Biot equations
  • General software
  • A case study: the Bangkok plain.- Conclusions
  • Index.

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