Slope Engineering For Mountain Roads

Author : Gareth J. Hearn
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Landslides
ISBN : 1862393311

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Slope Engineering for Mountain Roads by Gareth J. Hearn Pdf

Provides a complete guide to the study, design, construction and management of landslide and slope engineering measures for mountain roads, with emphasis on low-cost. The geographical focus is on the tropics and sub-tropics, but is also highly relevant to other regions where heavy rain, steep slopes and weak soils and rocks combine to create slope instability. The causes and mechanisms of landslides are described, and the hazards they pose to mountain roads are illustrated. Methods of desk study, field mapping and ground investigation are reviewed and illustrated, with emphasis on geomorphological and engineering geological techniques. The design and construction of alignments, earthworks, drainage, retaining structures, the stabilization of soil slopes and rock slopes, and the control of erosion on slopes and in streams covered. Slope management as part of road maintenance and operation is reviewed, and procedures for risk assessment and works prioritization are described.

Author : Duncan C. Wyllie
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781498786287

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Rock Slope Engineering by Duncan C. Wyllie Pdf

Rock Slope Engineering covers the investigation, design, excavation and remediation of man-made rock cuts and natural slopes, primarily for civil engineering applications. It presents design information on structural geology, shear strength of rock and ground water, including weathered rock. Slope design methods are discussed for planar, wedge, circular and toppling failures, including seismic design and numerical analysis. Information is also provided on blasting, slope stabilization, movement monitoring and civil engineering applications. This fifth edition has been extensively up-dated, with new chapters on weathered rock, including shear strength in relation to weathering grades, and seismic design of rock slopes for pseudo-static stability and Newmark displacement. It now includes the use of remote sensing techniques such as LiDAR to monitor slope movement and collect structural geology data. The chapter on numerical analysis has been revised with emphasis on civil applications. The book is written for practitioners working in the fields of transportation, energy and industrial development, and undergraduate and graduate level courses in geological engineering.

Author : M.J. Eggers,J.S. Griffiths,S. Parry ,M.G. Culshaw
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862399686

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Developments in Engineering Geology by M.J. Eggers,J.S. Griffiths,S. Parry ,M.G. Culshaw Pdf

Developments in Engineering Geology is a showcase of the diversity in the science and practice of engineering geology. All branches of geology are applicable to solving engineering problems and this presents a wide frontier of scientific opportunity to engineering geology. In practice, diversity represents a different set of challenges with the distinctive character of the profession derived from the crossover between the disciplines of geology and engineering. This book emphasizes the importance of understanding the geological science behind the engineering behaviour of a soil or rock. It also highlights a continuing expansion in the practice areas of engineering geology and illustrates how this is opening new frontiers to the profession thereby introducing new knowledge and technology across a range of applications. This is initiating an evolution in the way geology is modelled in engineering, geohazard and environmental studies in modern and traditional areas of engineering geology.

Author : Jasper Cook,Robert Christopher Petts
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780429529733

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Rural Road Engineering in Developing Countries by Jasper Cook,Robert Christopher Petts Pdf

Rural Road Engineering in Developing Countries provides a comprehensive coverage of the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of rural roads in developing countries and emerging nations. It covers a wide range of technical and non-technical problems that may confront road engineers working in the developing world, focusing on rural roads which provide important links from villages and farms to markets and offer the public access to health, education, and other services essential for sustainable development. Most textbooks on road engineering are based on experience in industrialised countries with temperate climates or deal only with specific issues, with many aspects of the design and construction of roads in developing regions stemming from inappropriate research undertaken in Europe and the USA. These approaches are frequently unsuitable and unsustainable for rural road network environments, particularly in low to middle income countries. This book takes on board a more recent research and application focus on rural roads, integrating it for a broad range of readers to access current information on good practice for sustainable road engineering in developing countries. The book particularly suits transportation engineers, development professionals, and graduate students in civil engineering.

Author : J.S. Griffiths,C.J. Martin
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 975 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786203021

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Engineering Geology and Geomorphology of Glaciated and Periglaciated Terrains by J.S. Griffiths,C.J. Martin Pdf

The Engineering Group of the Geological Society Working Party brought together experts in glacial and periglacial geomorphology, Quaternary history, engineering geology and geotechnical engineering to establish best practice when working in former glaciated and periglaciated environments. The Working Party addressed outdated terminology and reviewed the latest academic research to provide an up-to-date understanding of glaciated and periglaciated terrains. This transformative, state-of-the-art volume is the outcome of five years of deliberation and synthesis by the Working Party. This is an essential reference text for practitioners, students and academics working in these challenging ground conditions. The narrative style, and a comprehensive glossary and photo-catalogue of active and relict sediments, structures and landforms make this material relevant and accessible to a wide readership.

Author : Giorgio Lollino,Andrea Manconi,Fausto Guzzetti,Martin Culshaw,Peter Bobrowsky,Fabio Luino
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319090481

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Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 5 by Giorgio Lollino,Andrea Manconi,Fausto Guzzetti,Martin Culshaw,Peter Bobrowsky,Fabio Luino Pdf

This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with the theme of urban geology. Along with a rapidly growing world population, the wave of urban growth continues, causing cities to swell and new metropolitan centers to emerge. These global trends also open new ventures for underground city development. Engineering geology plays a major role in facing the increasing issues of the urban environment, such as: finding aggregates for construction works; providing adequate water supply and waste management; solving building problems associated to geological and geomorphological conditions; evaluating host rock conditions for underground constructions; preventing or mitigating geological and seismic hazards. Furthermore, this book illustrates recent advancements in sustainable land use planning, which includes conservation, protection, reclamation and landscape impact of open pit mining and alternative power generation. The Engineering Geology for Society and Territory volumes of the IAEG XII Congress held in Torino from September 15-19, 2014, analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our changing world and build on the four main themes of the congress: environment, processes, issues and approaches. The congress topics and subject areas of the 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes are: 1. Climate Change and Engineering Geology 2. Landslide Processes River Basins 3. Reservoir Sedimentation and Water Resources 4. Marine and Coastal Processes Urban Geology 5. Sustainable Planning and Landscape Exploitation 6. Applied Geology for Major Engineering Projects 7. Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology 8. Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Author : Mike J. Smith,Paolo Paron,James S. Griffiths
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780444535368

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Geomorphological Mapping by Mike J. Smith,Paolo Paron,James S. Griffiths Pdf

Geomorphological Mapping: a professional handbook of techniques and applications is a new book targeted at academics and practitioners who use, or wish to utilise, geomorphological mapping within their work. Synthesising for the first time an historical perspective to geomorphological mapping, field based and digital tools and techniques for mapping and an extensive array of case studies from academics and professionals active in the area. Those active in geomorphology, engineering geology, reinsurance, Environmental Impact Assessors, and allied areas, will find the text of immense value. Growth of interest in geomorphological mapping and currently no texts comprehensively cover this topic Extensive case studies that will appeal to professionals, academics and students (with extensive use of diagrams, potentially colour plates) Brings together material on digital mapping (GIS and remote sensing), cartography and data sources with a focus on modern technologies (including GIS, remote sensing and digital terrain analysis) Provides readers with summaries of current advances in methodological/technical aspects Accompanied by electronic resources for digital mapping

Author : Claudio Margottini,Paolo Canuti,Kyoji Sassa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783642313134

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Landslide Science and Practice by Claudio Margottini,Paolo Canuti,Kyoji Sassa Pdf

This book contains peer-reviewed papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), that took place in September 2011. The entire material from the conference has been split into seven volumes, this one is the seventh: 1. Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning, 2. Early Warning, Instrumentation and Monitoring, 3. Spatial Analysis and Modelling, 4. Global Environmental Change, 5. Complex Environment, 6. Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation, 7. Social and Economic Impact and Policies.

Author : Tim Davies,Nick Rosser
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128226452

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Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters by Tim Davies,Nick Rosser Pdf

Landslide Hazards, Risks and Disasters Second Edition makes a broad but detailed examination of major aspects of mass movements and their consequences, and provides knowledge to form the basis for more complete and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness and reduction of the impacts of landslides on society. The frequency and intensity of landslide hazards and disasters has consistently increased over the past century, and this trend will continue as society increasingly utilises steep landscapes. Landslides and related phenomena can be triggered by other hazard and disaster processes – such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and wildfires – and they can also cause other hazards and disasters, making them a complex multi-disciplinary challenge. This new edition of Landslide Hazards, Risks and Disasters is updated and includes new chapters, covering additional topics including rockfalls, landslide interactions and impacts and geomorphic perspectives. Knowledge, understanding and the ability to model landslide processes are becoming increasingly important challenges for society extends its occupation of increasingly hilly and mountainous terrain, making this book a key resource for educators, researchers and disaster managers in geophysics, geology and environmental science. Provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the geological, seismological, physical, environmental and social impacts of landslides Presents the latest research on causality, impacts and landslide preparedness and mitigation. Includes numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, photographs and video captures of hazardous processes Discusses steps for planning for and responding to landslide hazards, risks and disasters

Author : Edward R. Burroughs,George R. Chalfont,Martin A. Townsend
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Roads
ISBN : MINN:31951002821541Q

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Slope Stability in Road Construction by Edward R. Burroughs,George R. Chalfont,Martin A. Townsend Pdf

Author : Evert Hoek,Jonathan D. Bray
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1981-06-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780419160106

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Rock Slope Engineering by Evert Hoek,Jonathan D. Bray Pdf

This classic handbook deals with the geotechnical problems of rock slope design. It has been written for the non-specialist mining or civil engineer, with worked examples, design charts, coverage of more detailed analytical methods, and of the collection and interpretation of geological and groundwater information and tests for the mechanical properties of rock.

Author : Ashley Scott Kelly,Xiaoxuan Lu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Human geography
ISBN : 9789811640674

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Critical Landscape Planning During the Belt and Road Initiative by Ashley Scott Kelly,Xiaoxuan Lu Pdf

This open access book traces the development of landscapes along the 414-kilometer China-Laos Railway, one of the first infrastructure projects implemented under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and which is due for completion at the end of 2021. Written from the perspective of landscape architecture and intended for planners and related professionals engaged in the development and conservation of these landscapes, this book provides history, planning pedagogy and interdisciplinary framing for working alongside the often-opaque planning, design and implementation processes of large-scale infrastructure. It complicates simplistic notions of development and urbanization frequently reproduced in the Laos-China frontier region. Many of the projects and sites investigated in this book are recent "firsts" in Laos: Laos's first wildlife sanctuary for trafficked endangered species, its first botanical garden and its first planting plan for a community forest. Most often the agents and accomplices of neoliberal development, the planning and design professions, including landscape architecture, have little dialogue with either the mainstream natural sciences or critical social sciences that form the discourse of projects in Laos and comparable contexts. Covering diverse conceptions and issues of development, including cultural and scientific knowledge exchanges between Laos and China, nature tourism, connectivity and new town planning, this book also features nine planning proposals for Laos generated through this research initiative since the railway's groundbreaking in 2016. Each proposal promotes a wider "landscape approach" to development and deploys landscape architecture's spatial and ecological acumen to synthesize critical development studies with the planner's capacity, if not naive predilection, to intervene on the ground. Ultimately, this book advocates the cautious engagement of the professionally oriented built-environment disciplines, such as regional planning, civil engineering and landscape architecture, with the landscapes of development institutions and environmental NGOs.

Author : Zuyu Chen,Jian-Min Zhang,Ken Ho,Fa-Quan Wu,Zhong-Kui Li
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 2170 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780203885284

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Landslides and Engineered Slopes. From the Past to the Future, Two Volumes + CD-ROM by Zuyu Chen,Jian-Min Zhang,Ken Ho,Fa-Quan Wu,Zhong-Kui Li Pdf

270 Expert contributions on aspects of landslide hazards, encompassing geological modeling and soil and rock mechanics, landslide processes, causes and effects, and damage avoidance and limitation strategies. Reference source for academics and professionals in geo-mechanical and geo-technical engineering, and others involved with research, des

Author : Ken Skorseth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Gravel roads
ISBN : IND:30000080360005

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Gravel Roads by Ken Skorseth Pdf

The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 5634 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780081029091

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Encyclopedia of Geology by Anonim Pdf

Encyclopedia of Geology, Second Edition presents in six volumes state-of-the-art reviews on the various aspects of geologic research, all of which have moved on considerably since the writing of the first edition. New areas of discussion include extinctions, origins of life, plate tectonics and its influence on faunal provinces, new types of mineral and hydrocarbon deposits, new methods of dating rocks, and geological processes. Users will find this to be a fundamental resource for teachers and students of geology, as well as researchers and non-geology professionals seeking up-to-date reviews of geologic research. Provides a comprehensive and accessible one-stop shop for information on the subject of geology, explaining methodologies and technical jargon used in the field Highlights connections between geology and other physical and biological sciences, tackling research problems that span multiple fields Fills a critical gap of information in a field that has seen significant progress in past years Presents an ideal reference for a wide range of scientists in earth and environmental areas of study