Subsurface drainage of highways and airports
Subtitle: presented at the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting, January 6-10, 1958
Series: National Research Council (U.S.). Publication -- 662; Its Bulletin -- no. 209; Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) -- no. 662; Bulletin (National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board) -- 209
Publisher: Highway Research Board
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Road drainage; Airport drainage
Description: Basic principles of location, design, and construction of subsurface drainage are presented and their applications are illustrated.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Climate; title: Soil and ground water investigation; title: Capillarity and permeability; title: Road location; title: Surface drainage; title: Subsurface drains; title: Interception drains; title: Water table drains; title: Drainage of granular bases; title: Other methods; title: Economics; title: Underdrain construction; title: Underdrain failures; title: Appendices.