1st Edition

Site Investigation using Resistivity Imaging

244 Pages
by CRC Press

244 Pages
by CRC Press

244 Pages
by CRC Press

Subsurface investigation is the most important phase of any civil engineering construction or development activities. The geologic conditions can be extremely complex, variable, and subject to change with time; soil test borings and in-situ tests are employed to obtain subsoil information. Resistivity Imaging (RI) is a non-destructive, fast and cost-effective method of site investigation and soil... Read more
1 Introduction
2 Background: electrical resistivity of geomaterials and measurement methods 
3 Geotechnical properties affecting electrical resistivity 
4 Electrical mixing models: bridging the gap between geophysical and geotechnical engineering
5 Electrical resistivity of municipal solid waste (MSW) 
6 Case studies on the application of resistivity imaging

Biography

Sahadat Hossain, Golam Kibria, Sadik Khan