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Description for Expansive Soils
Paperback. Essential technical information for building on expansive soils --complete with practical, proven design methods. Expansive Soils examines factors that influence the design of foundations and pavements built on expansive soils, and explores key design procedures and remedial measures that address these factors effectively. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: RBGB; TNCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
Essential technical information for building on expansive soils--complete with practical, proven design methods.
Expansive Soils examines factors that influence the design offoundations and pavements built on expansive soils, and exploreskey design procedures and remedial measures that address thesefactors effectively. Backed by the authors' extensive research andexperience --including interviews with practicing engineers workingwith expansive soils --this authoritative volume is an importantreference text for geotechnical and foundation engineers,geologists, construction professionals, and students.
Easy to understand and apply, Expansive Soils contains:
* Site investigation techniques for identification andclassification of expansive soils
* Heave prediction methods ... Read more
Essential technical information for building on expansive soils--complete with practical, proven design methods.
Expansive Soils examines factors that influence the design offoundations and pavements built on expansive soils, and exploreskey design procedures and remedial measures that address thesefactors effectively. Backed by the authors' extensive research andexperience --including interviews with practicing engineers workingwith expansive soils --this authoritative volume is an importantreference text for geotechnical and foundation engineers,geologists, construction professionals, and students.
Easy to understand and apply, Expansive Soils contains:
* Site investigation techniques for identification andclassification of expansive soils
* Heave prediction methods ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780471181149
SKU
V9780471181149
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About John Nelson
JOHN D. NELSON, PhD, PE, is a professor of Geotechnical Engineeringin the Department of Civil Engineering at Colorado StateUniversity. DEBORA J. MILLER, PhD, PE, is an associate at ESA Consultants inFort Collins, Colorado.
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