<p><span>Slope stability engineering is both an art and a science practised by many civil and geotechnical engineers involved in work on landslides, earth dams, breakwaters, coastal defence, earthworks slopes for roads, canals, railways, pipelines, housing developments, and other related development
Slope stability engineering : developments and applications : proceedings of the International Conference on Slope Stability
β Scribed by Chandler, Richard John
- Publisher
- Thomas Telford Publishing
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 430
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This volume draws on the experience and extensive research of an international authorship to bring together details on slope stability, causes of landslides, landslide prevention, new techniques for assessing and predicting stability, new methods for stabilising slopes and the special considerations for coastal situations
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Mechanics --
Isle of Wight --
Coastal stability --
Remedial measures.
β¦ Subjects
Slopes (Soil mechanics) -- Congresses. Soil stabilization -- Congresses. Landslides -- Congresses. Landslides. Slopes (Soil mechanics) Soil stabilization. Engenharia civil (geotecnica) BoΜschung. Standsicherheit. Wight <1991> Soils -- Mechanics
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