Groundwater Lowering in Construction: A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by P.M. Cashman, Martin Preene

• Publisher: Spon Press
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 497
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Groundwater Lowering in Construction outlines the practical aspects of groundwater lowering which are of assistance for the successful and economical completion of construction projects. This book is the definitive reference for the practising engineer, engineering geologist, and advanced civil engineering or engineering geology student dealing with below ground excavations and constructions.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
List of figures......Page 11
List of tables......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 20
Groundwater lowering: A personal view and introduction by P. M. Cashman......Page 22
The history of groundwater theory and practice......Page 28
Groundwater and permeability......Page 45
Groundwater effects on the stability of excavations......Page 89
Methods for control of surface water and groundwater......Page 111
Site investigation for groundwater lowering......Page 133
Design of groundwater lowering systems......Page 201
Sump pumping......Page 267
Wellpoint systems......Page 278
Deep well systems......Page 315
Other dewatering systems......Page 345
Pumps for groundwater lowering duties......Page 371
Side effects of groundwater lowering......Page 390
Monitoring and maintenance of groundwater lowering systems......Page 427
Safety, contracts and the environment......Page 453
The future by T. O. L. Roberts......Page 469
Notation......Page 475
Glossary......Page 478
Conversion factors......Page 489
Index......Page 492

✦ Subjects

Горно-геологическая отрасль;Инженерная геология и гидрогеология;Гидрогеология;