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Moving the Earth: Excavation Equipment, Methods, Safety, and Cost, Seventh Edition /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Schmitt, Robert L. (Autor), Schexnayder, Clifford J. (Autor), Cohen, Aaron B. (Autor), Nichols, Herbert L., 1908- (Autor), Day, David A., 1924- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2019].
Edición:7th edition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Seventh Edition
  • Chapter 1. Tools and Tasks?Pride and Reality
  • Reality
  • Earth-Moving Equipment
  • Being Competitive
  • The Construction Industry
  • Safety
  • The Contracting Environment
  • Planning Equipment Utilization
  • Chapter 2. Company and Machine Cost
  • Construction Company Accounting
  • Construction Contract Revenue Recognition
  • Equipment Cost
  • Elements of Machine Ownership Cost
  • Elements of Machine Operating Cost
  • Machine Cost for Bidding
  • Buy, Rent, or Lease
  • Chapter 3. Developing a Plan
  • Job Study
  • Earthwork Estimate Development
  • Scheduling
  • Chapter 4. Soil and Rock
  • Digging
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Soil and Rock Properties
  • Compaction Specification and Control
  • Soil Processing
  • Chapter 5. Machine Fundamentals
  • Machine Power
  • Machine Performance
  • Performance Charts
  • Machine Steering
  • Safety
  • Chapter 6. Tractors and Dozers
  • Tractors
  • Dozers
  • Ripping
  • Dozer Safety
  • Chapter 7. Land Clearing
  • Protection of the Environment
  • Disposal of Clearing Debris
  • Clearing Operations
  • Land-Clearing Production
  • Tree Removal
  • Site Clearing Safety
  • Chapter 8. Excavators: Shovels, Hoes, Draglines, and Clamshells
  • Background
  • Hydraulic Excavators
  • Crawler Travel Unit
  • Front Shovels
  • Hydraulic Hoe Excavators
  • Draglines
  • Clamshell Excavators
  • Backhoe Loaders
  • Specialty Excavators
  • Hydraulic Excavator Accidents
  • Chapter 9. Loaders
  • Loader Mechanical Systems
  • Skid-Steer Loaders
  • Load-Haul-Dump Loaders
  • Filling the Bucket
  • Truck Loading
  • Loader Production
  • Estimating Track Loader Production
  • Estimating Wheel Loader Production
  • Loader Safety
  • Chapter 10. Trucks and Hauling Equipment
  • Trucks
  • Capacities of Trucks and Hauling Equipment
  • Machinery Trailers
  • Truck Productivity
  • Truck Safety
  • Chapter 11. Scrapers
  • Wheel Tractor-Scrapers
  • Scraper Types
  • Scraper Parts
  • The Scraper-Tractor
  • Scraper Production Cycle
  • Operational Considerations
  • Scraper Performance Charts
  • Scraper Production Estimating
  • Scraper Safety
  • Chapter 12. Structural Excavation Operations and Earthen Support
  • Preliminary Work
  • Dozer Digging
  • Backhoe Excavator Digging
  • Front-End Loader Digging
  • Contractor Setup
  • Structural Excavation Support
  • Pumping Water and Dewatering
  • Chapter 13. Trenching and Trenchless Technologies
  • Trenching
  • Trenching Machines
  • Selecting Trenching Equipment
  • Graders and Dozers
  • Horizontal Directional Drilling
  • Horizontal Directional Drilling Machines
  • Horizontal Directional Drilling Operations
  • Horizontal Auger Boring
  • Tunnel Boring Machines
  • Microtunneling
  • Pipe Ramming
  • Chapter 14. Compaction, Stabilization, and Finishing
  • Compaction
  • Soil Stabilization
  • Finishing
  • Gradalls
  • Trimmers
  • Chapter 15. Compressors and Drills
  • Compressors
  • Drills
  • Chapter 16. Blasting
  • Purposes of Rock Excavation
  • Borehole Patterns
  • Commercial Explosives
  • Initiating Systems
  • Rock Fragmentation
  • Blast Design
  • Breakage Control Techniques
  • Safety
  • Chapter 17. Aggregate Processing
  • Rock Crushing
  • Processing Plants
  • Crushing
  • Product Sizing
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W.