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Subsurface Drainage for Slope Stabilization /

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A veteran civil engineer who worked with the Department of Main Roads in New South Wales for many years shares his expertise on the "landslides game." Forrester provides guidelines on: recent field practices and lab analysis methods for improving slope stability, in the geotechnical contex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forrester, Kevin, 1927- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Reston, VA American Society of Civil Engineers 2001.
Subjects:
Soil stabilization.
Slopes (Soil mechanics)
Subsurface drainage.
Civil engineering.
Embankments.
Sols > Stabilisation.
Pentes (Mécanique des sols)
Drainage souterrain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Groundwater, Stability, and Drainage; Flow in Granular Materials and Synthetic Fabrics; Flow in Pipes; Protective Filters; Guidelines on Groundwater and Drainage; Field Investigations; Instrumentation; Laboratory Tests; Groundwater Computations; Slope Stability Analysis; Drain Construction Materials; Points on Design and Construction; Trench Drains; Drainage of Retaining Structures; Horizontal Drains; Wells; Monitoring; Clogging; Maintenance; Field Test for Dissolved Ferrous Iron; Case Examples; References; Index