Engineering properties of rocks /
Having a complete understanding of the properties and behaviours of rock is essential when undertaking any engineering involving them. By drawing on the Authors years of experience in the field this book covers the properties of a number of rocks, and explores discontinuities, strength, deformabilit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; London :
Elsevier,
2005.
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| Series: | Elsevier geo-engineering book series ;
v. 4. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Having a complete understanding of the properties and behaviours of rock is essential when undertaking any engineering involving them. By drawing on the Authors years of experience in the field this book covers the properties of a number of rocks, and explores discontinuities, strength, deformability and permeability of rock masses and calculations of stress. Author is a consultant following many years experience at MIT Draws together essential data on the properties of various types of rock Offers an inexpensive alternative to in-situ tests. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations, map : digital, HTML and PDF files. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0080446728 9780080446721 9780080531021 0080531024 |