Ground dynamics and man-made processes
Subtitle: prediction, design and management
By: edited by Bryan O. Skipp.
Contributors: Skipp, B. O.; Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). Ground Engineering Board.
Publisher: Thomas Telford; ASCE Press [distributor]
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; Reston, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Soils -- Vibration -- Congresses.; Vibration -- Research -- Congresses.; Railroads -- Track -- Vibration -- Congresses.; Soil dynamics -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conference was initiated by the Ground Board of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, and was held on 20 November 1997, London.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: Session 1. General background; value: 1. Vibration on impact P. J. L. ELDRED and B SKIPP; value: 2. Ground vibration-codes and standards B. 0. SKIPP; value: Session 2. Railways/transport; value: 3. A numerical ground model for railway-induced vibration; value: C. MADSHUS, A, M. KAYNIA, L. HIARVIK and 1. K. HOLME; value: 4. Vibration transmission in a layered ground with a wave; value: impedance block A. T. PEPLOW. C. i- C. JONES and M PETYT; value: 5. Effect of layered ground on ground vibrations generated by; value: high-speed trains v. v. KRYLOV; value: 6. Vehicle generated ground-borne vibration alongside speed; value: control cushions and road humps G. R. WATTS; value: Session 3. Construction; value: 7. The impact fragmentation of rock bodies confined in a soil; value: matrix R. A. BENNETT, D. N. CHAPMAN and C. D F. ROGERS; value: 8. Computation of the transmission of waves from pile driving; value: C. I. RAMSHAW, A. R. SELBY and P. BETTESS; value: 9. Measurement and prediction of ground-borne vibration due to; value: construction operations CG. C RABB, D. M. HILLER and; value: P. E WILSON; value: 10, Vibration assessment of high speed dynamic compaction; value: R. D. NEILSON, A, A. ROGER, K D. OLIVER, R. H. WRIGHT and; value: R. M. ELLIOTT; value: Session 4. Foundations; value: 11. The interaction between a submarine pipeline and its soil; value: support when impacted by a dropped object K, D OLIVER,; value: A, A. ROGERS and I. FARRELI,; value: 12. Impedance models for machine foundation analyses; value: A M. KAYNIA, C. MADSHUS, H, P. JOSTAD and R. FURUHOVDE; value: 13. Surface ground vibrations near a rectangular load: a parametric; value: study D. V. ONES, D. LE HOUIDEC and M. PETYT; value: 14. Dynamic absorbers for a large machine foundation B.O. SKIPP; value: and P. GROOTENHUIS; value: Discussion; value: Index.