Developments in soil mechanics
Subtitle: the second ten Rankine lectures.
Publisher: T. Telford for the Institution of Civil Engineers
Published: 1983
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 566
Subjects: Soil mechanics.
Other titles: Géotechnique.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Lectures which were given during 1971-1980 and published annualy in Géotechnique.
Summaries in French.
Table of contents: title: Friction of rocks and stability of rock slopes / J.C. Jaeger; title: The relevance of soil fabric to site investigation practice / P.W. Rowe; title: Predictions in soil enineering / T.W. Lambe; title: The analytical method in soil mechanics / R.E. Gibson; title: Old structures in relation to soil conditions / J. Kerisel; title: The Triassic rocks, with particular reference to predicted and observed performance of some major foundations / A.C. Meigh; title: Reflections on design decisions of practical significance to embankment dams / V.F.B. de Mello; title: Ground supports for tunnels in weak rocks / W.H. Ward; title: Considerations in the earthquake-resistant design of earth and rockfill dams / H. Bolton Seed; title: Cambridge geotechnical centrifuge operations / A.N. Schofield.