Engineering Geology
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Engineering Geology

  1. 581 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Engineering Geology

About this book

Engineering Geology attempts to provide an understanding of relations between the geology of a building site and the engineering structure. It presents examples taken from real-life experience and practice to provide evidence for the significance of engineering geology in planning, design, construction, and maintenance of engineering structures. The book begins with an introduction of geological investigations, distinguishing between the reconnaissance investigation, the detailed investigation, and investigation during construction. It then explains the significance of geological maps and sections; the mechanical behavior of rocks; subsurface investigation for engineering construction; and geophysical methods. The remaining chapters discuss the physical and chemical weathering of rocks; slope movements; and geological investigations for buildings, roads and railways, tunnels, and hydraulic structures. This book is intended particularly for civil engineering students and students of engineering geology in the university faculties of natural sciences. It describes geological features so as to be comprehensible to Technical College students and to explain construction problems intelligibly for geology students. The book will also be of assistance to planners, civil engineers, and graduate engineering geologists.

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Information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780444998774
eBook ISBN
9780444601209
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Engineering Geology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Co-operation of geologists with engineers
  8. Chapter 1. Geological Investigations
  9. Chapter 2. Geological Maps and Sections
  10. Chapter 3. Mechanical Properties of Rocks
  11. Chapter 4. Subsurface Exploration
  12. Chapter 5. Geophysical Methods
  13. Chapter 6. Weathering of Rocks
  14. Chapter 7. Slope Movements, Landslides
  15. Chapter 8. Excavation and Workability of Rocks
  16. Chapter 9. Geological Investigation of Building Material Deposits
  17. Chapter 10. Foundation of Buildings and Industrial Structures
  18. Chapter 11. Roads and Railways
  19. Chapter 12. Tunnels and Underground Power Plants
  20. Chapter 13. Engineering-geological Investigations for Hydraulic Structures
  21. Chapter 14. Tasks of Geological Investigation in Regional Planning and Environmental Policy
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index