Geosynthetics in civil engineering /

This handbook provides an introduction to the application possibilities of geosynthetics as building material, covering soil structures, foundations engineering and bank and bed protection. The text covers general design considerations and elaborated examples.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Textile Institute (Manchester, England), Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Sarsby, R. W.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2017.
Series:	Woodhead publishing in textiles.
Subjects:	Civil engineering. Geosynthetics. Géosynthétiques. geosynthetic. TECHNOLOGY / Engineering / Civil Civil engineering Geosynthetics Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The design principles of geosynthetics / R.M. Koerner
The material properties of geosynthetics / S.W. Perkins
The durability of geosynthetics / G.R. Koerner, Y.G. Hsuan, and R.M. Koerner
National and international standards governing geosynthetics / L.D. Suits
Multifunctional uses of geosynthetics in civil engineering / C.J.F.P. Jones
The use of geosynthetics as filters in civil engineering / J. Fannin
The use of geosynthetics as separators in civil engineering / W. Wilmers
Landfill applications / T. Meggyes
The use of geosynthetics as barrier materials in civil engineering / H. Zanzinger
The use of geosynthetics to improve the performance of foundations in civil engineering / J.G. Collin
Quality assurance for geosynthetics / D. Smith
Limited-life geosynthetics / R.W. Sarsby.