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  1. Rock Engineering Design

    By Xia-Ting Feng, John A. Hudson

    With a modern approach and anticipating future developments, this volume introduces a fresh methodology for the design of all types of rock engineering projects, both at the surface and underground. It provides guidance on the nature of modelling to support design, on flowcharts, on the...

    Published July 26th 2011 by CRC Press

  2. Rock Failure Mechanisms

    Illustrated and Explained

    By Chun'An Tang, John A. Hudson

    When dealing with rock in civil engineering, mining engineering and other engineering, the process by which the rock fails under load should be understood, so that safe structures can be built on and in the rock. However, there are many ways for loading rock and rock can have a variety of...

    Published August 5th 2010 by CRC Press

  3. Practical Channel Hydraulics

    Roughness, Conveyance and Afflux

    By Donald W. Knight, Caroline McGahey, Rob Lamb, Paul Samuels

    A technical reference guide and instruction text for the estimation of flood and drainage water levels in rivers, waterways and drainage channels. It is written as a user’s manual for the openly available innovative Conveyance and Afflux Estimation System (CES-AES) software, with which water...

    Published October 6th 2009 by CRC Press

  4. Rock Quality, Seismic Velocity, Attenuation and Anisotropy

    By Nick Barton

    Seismic measurements take many forms, and have a universal role in the earth sciences. There are huge rewards to be gained from ‘seeing’ below the earth’s surface. This unique book describes seismic behaviour at many scales, and provides the appropriate interpretation in terms of rock mechanics....

    Published November 2nd 2006 by Taylor & Francis

  5. Expansive Soils

    Recent Advances in Characterization and Treatment

    Edited by Amer Ali Al-Rawas, Mattheus F.A. Goosen

    Expansive Soils provides the reader with easy and specific access to problems associated with expansive soils, characterisitics and treatment, and evaluation and remediation. Set up with contributions from worlwide expert, this main reference guide is intended for engineers,...

    Published June 7th 2006 by Taylor & Francis

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