Foundations on Rock
Subtitle: Engineering Practice
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Spon Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780203477670
Subjects: Foundations
Description: This is the second edition of the successful Foundations on Rock, and is an up-to-date practical reference book describing current engineering practice in the investigation, design and construction of foundations on rock.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword to first edition; Introduction; Introduction to first edition; Notation; Note; Characteristics of rock foundations; Structural geology; Rock strength and deformability; Investigation and in situ testing methods; Bearing capacity, settlement and stress distribution; Stability of foundations; Foundations of gravity and embankment dams; Rock socketed piers; Tension foundations; Construction methods in rock; Stereonets for handplotting of structural geology data; Quantitative description of discontinuities in rock masses; Conversion factors; Index.