Geologic Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical
Engineers
by Roy E. Hunt
Engineers
by Roy E. Hunt
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About the Book
Geologic Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers
Roy E. Hunt, Practicing Geotechnical Engineer, Brictown, New Jersey,
USA||Practicing Geotechnical Engineer, Bricktown, New Jersey, USA
Geologic hazards pose the greatest threat to human safety for any
geotechnical undertaking, but it is ultimately the engineer's ability to
recognize and cope with these hazards that will determine the safety of life
and property. Armed with Geologic Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical
Engineers you will be able to properly recognize, understand various
geologic hazards, and provide safe and economical construction. Eminent
expert Roy E. Hunt thoroughly examines the potential for slope failures,
earthquakes, ground subsidence, collapse, and expansion. Using a clear
conceptual approach, he explains what measures are available to minimize
or eliminate the risks associated with each of these geologic hazards.
The book sets forth the basis for recognizing, understanding, and treating
geologic hazards, using general concepts rather than rigorous
mathematical analyses. The author covers the prediction of slope failures
through recognition of geologic and other factors that govern failure, the
treatment of slopes that are potentially unstable and pose a danger to
some existing development, the design and construction of stable cut
slopes and sidehill fills, and the stabilization of failed slopes. He provides
the foundation for determining the potential for surface movements and for
preventing or controlling their effects. A section on earthquakes
summarizes and links all of the aspects of earthquakes including their
causes, characteristics, and surface effects. It provides a thorough
grounding in how to recognize hazard potential and minimize the
consequences.
There is no field within geotechnical engineering in which the state of the
art is changing so rapidly. Providing the latest information, this resource is
a useful tool for designing new projects and redesigning old ones.
Product Details
Hardcover: 323 pp
Publisher: 05/03/2007, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN: 9781420052503
ISBN 10: 1420052500
Dimensions:
Geologic Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers
Roy E. Hunt, Practicing Geotechnical Engineer, Brictown, New Jersey,
USA||Practicing Geotechnical Engineer, Bricktown, New Jersey, USA
Geologic hazards pose the greatest threat to human safety for any
geotechnical undertaking, but it is ultimately the engineer's ability to
recognize and cope with these hazards that will determine the safety of life
and property. Armed with Geologic Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical
Engineers you will be able to properly recognize, understand various
geologic hazards, and provide safe and economical construction. Eminent
expert Roy E. Hunt thoroughly examines the potential for slope failures,
earthquakes, ground subsidence, collapse, and expansion. Using a clear
conceptual approach, he explains what measures are available to minimize
or eliminate the risks associated with each of these geologic hazards.
The book sets forth the basis for recognizing, understanding, and treating
geologic hazards, using general concepts rather than rigorous
mathematical analyses. The author covers the prediction of slope failures
through recognition of geologic and other factors that govern failure, the
treatment of slopes that are potentially unstable and pose a danger to
some existing development, the design and construction of stable cut
slopes and sidehill fills, and the stabilization of failed slopes. He provides
the foundation for determining the potential for surface movements and for
preventing or controlling their effects. A section on earthquakes
summarizes and links all of the aspects of earthquakes including their
causes, characteristics, and surface effects. It provides a thorough
grounding in how to recognize hazard potential and minimize the
consequences.
There is no field within geotechnical engineering in which the state of the
art is changing so rapidly. Providing the latest information, this resource is
a useful tool for designing new projects and redesigning old ones.
Product Details
Hardcover: 323 pp
Publisher: 05/03/2007, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN: 9781420052503
ISBN 10: 1420052500
Dimensions:
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