Engineering-Sewerage
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Spon Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780203210895
Subjects: Great Britain; Sewage disposal; Sewerage
Description: SINCE the publication of the first edition in 1970, the metric (SI) system has become fully established in this country and inmany countries overseas as the system of units in use in the civil engineering industry. Amendments have been made in thetext to take account of this, and the original chapter relating to the changeover to metric units has been deleted. A new chapter has been included to deal with the more specialized aspects of house drainage and smaller sewerageschemes, and the opportunity has been taken to correct a few comparatively minor errors of the earlier edition. Since 1970 ther.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; LIST OF FORMULAE; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; Introduction; Site investigations; The design office; Materials; Contract and site organization; Surface water sewerage; Foul sewerage; House drainage and small schemes; Hydraulic design; Structural design; Manholes and other ancillary works; Sewer construction; Testing sewers; Pumping stations; Rising mains; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; Some relevant government publications; Relevant British Standards Institution publications; Definitions and abbreviations; Weights of materials.; title: Miscellaneous formulae and tablesConversion factors; No. 1. 100mm, 600mm trench; No. 2. 150mm, 600mm trench; No. 3. 150mm, 750mm trench; No. 4. 225mm, 700mm trench; No. 5. 225mm, 850mm trench; No. 6. 225mm, 1000mm trench; No. 7. 300mm, 750mm trench; No. 8. 300mm, 900mm trench; No. 9. 300mm, 1050mm trench; INDEX.