Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice 3rd Edition

This is a revised and updated edition of the highly successful first and second editions. In the intervening period the procedures used in the description of soils and rocks have continued to develop and evolve and this new edition incorporates changes in the international standards EN ISO 14688 and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Norbury, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dunbeath : Whittles Publishing Ltd, 2020.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Rocks.
Civil engineering.
Soils.
Sols.
Civil engineering
Rocks
Soils
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Table of Content
  • Preface
  • Definitions
  • 1- Introduction
  • 2
  • History of Description in Codification
  • 3
  • Systematic Description
  • 4
  • Description of Materials
  • 5
  • Relative Density and Strength
  • 6
  • Structure, Fabric and Texture
  • 7
  • Colour
  • 8
  • Secondary and Tertiary Fractions
  • 9
  • Geological Unit
  • 10
  • Weathering
  • 11
  • Discontinuity Logging
  • 12
  • Discontinuity State Recording
  • 13
  • Low Density Soils
  • 14
  • Anthropogenic Ground
  • 15
  • Classification Schemes
  • 16
  • The Description Process
  • Boreholes
  • 17
  • Description Process
  • Field Exposures
  • Appendix: Pro-Forma Field Record Sheets
  • References
  • Index

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