A compendium of terms, concepts, issues and methods involved in tunnel and chamber excavations and in lake-tap blasting, considering all aspects of the process from a conceptual to a practical involvement.
Presenting a detailed coverage of the core aspects of fluid flow phenomena in a jointed rockmass, this text incorporates original research findings and discussion of various laboratory triaxial apparatus.
The major properties of rock joints and methods of laboratory testing, as well as sheer strength assessment under various loading conditions, are discussed in this volume. A new sheer strength model developed by the authors is also highlighted.
This book aims to give the reader a short, tractable and as far as possible complete introduction to the young theory of hypoplasticity, which is a new approach to constitutive modelling of granular media in terms of rational continuum mechanics.
Reliable methods to predict membrane scaling and fouling are important tools in the control of these phenomena. This dissertation focuses... Læs mere
This is a field manual to aid in the analysis of sedimentary successions. It looks at topics such as: sandstone; trace fossils; limestones; and tectonic signatures in the basin fill.
This monograph seeks to strengthen the contributions of Polish scientists and engineers to the study of problems of mechanical vibrations and noise. It presents research covering such topics as: structural damping; internal damping in composite ma...
This monograph provides an overview of the principles necessary to provide a service orientation in the management of irrigation and drainage systems. The material covered is designed to emphasize an area largely neglected in the irrigation and drainage management literature.
Examines the physical processes involved in the interaction between air or liquid flow and the solid boundaries of its movement, showing how the properties of each material affect the dynamics between them.
This volume is taken from an ecological study of wetlands undertaken in northern Lake Victoria (East Africa) between 1993 and 1996 with the major aim of characterizing shallow vegetation-dominated interface habitats, and evaluating their importanc...
Observational and numerical modelling studies of the hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and light extinction were undertaken in the marine environment around Cape Bolinao in the Lingayen Gulf (NW Philippines). This text reports on the results of t...
This expansive text explores the design of rockbolts, dowels, cable bolts and shortcrete for underground excavations in hard rock, and covers key topics including rock mass classification systems, and support design for overstressed rock.