1st Edition
Tropical Residual Soils Engineering
258 Pages
by
CRC Press
258 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Focused on tropical areas and their unique problems and issues, this work examines all aspects of residual soils engineering, including both theoretical and practical aspects. This book gives the practitioner a thorough understanding of the characteristics of these soil types, their formation and their material properties, while guidelines on application, stabilization and assessment, reveal how... Read more
1. Origin, formation and occurence of tropical residual soils H.Singh & Bujang B.K.Huat 2. Sampling and testing of tropical residual soils Bujang B.K.Huat, A.Alias & S.Jamaludin 3. Index, engineering properties and classification of tropical residual soils S.Maail, Bujang B.K.Huat & S.Jamaludin 4. Unsaturated residual soil F.H.Ali & H.Rahardjo 5. Slope failures in tropical residual soil L.Shaw-Shong 6. Slope assessment and management A.N.Hussein, H.Omar & S.Jamaludin 7. Guidelines for development on hill-sites G.See-Sew & T.Yean-Chin 8. Characterization of tropical soils in the design of material as natural foundation and fill T.W.Hui & R.Nithiaraj 9. Stabilization of tropical residual soils Bambang I.Siswosoebrotho, M.Hossain, A.Alias & Bujang B.K.Huat 10. Slope stability and stabilization T.Yean-Chin & C.Chee-Meng 11. Soil erosion and sedimentation assessment, control and management plan for the tropical region R.Z.Abidin & T.K.Hui 12. Geoenvironmental aspects of tropical residual soils M.R.Taha, K.Ahmad, A.A.Aziz & Z.Chik 13. Development and appliation of a spatial database for residual soils A.R.Mahmud, A.R.Mohamed Shariff & S.B.Mansor 14. Country case study: engineering geology of tropical residula soils in Malaysia B.K.Tan Index
Biography
B.B.K. Huat, See Sew Gue, Faisal Haji Ali
