Author: R. J. Chandler
Publisher: Thomas Telford Ltd
Keywords: slope, stability, international, conference, proceedings, developments, engineering, applications
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 1991-01-01
List price: $114.00
ISBN-10: 0727716603
ISBN-13: 9780727716606
This volume draws on the experience and extensive research of an international authorship to bring together details on slope stability, causes of landslides, landslide prevention, new techniques for assessing and predicting stability, new methods for stabilising slopes and the special considerations for coastal situations.
Authors:K.K.S. HO, J.N. Kay, K.S. Li,
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: proceedi, kong, hong, engineer, slope
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: $175.95
ISBN-10: 9054109351
ISBN-13: 9789054109358
The rapid economic growth in recent years has resulted in increasing demand on Hong Kong’s infrastructure, and the use of steeply sloping sites with extensive cut and fill slopes for building development. In the dense urban environment of Hong Kong, pressure to maximize land use is intense.The proceedings contain a keynote paper which describes the risk management of slopes of Hong Kong and an invited paper which presents the state-of-the-art of slope design in Hong Kong. The publication also contains papers with a wide range of topics including case studies, slope hydrology, design and
Author: Charles A. Kliche
Publisher: Society for Mining Metallurgy & Exploration
Keywords: stability, slope, rock
Number of Pages: 253
Published: 1999-07
List price: $89.00
ISBN-10: 0873351711
ISBN-13: 9780873351713
Author: Spalding Gray
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Keywords: slope, slippery
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1997-09-30
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 0374525234
ISBN-13: 9780374525231
Within a year, the familiar boundaries of Spalding Gray’s existence have been altered by betrayal, love, lust and loss. He suddenly marries his longtime companion, and divorces her just as quickly; he moves in with his girlfriend, Kathie, who bears him a son; and he learns, against all odds, to ski. But not even his mastery of the much-feared right turn can prepare him for the exhilarating experience of fatherhood. A brilliant improvisation with as many twists and turns as a double-diamond course, It’s a Slippery Slope explores how one man survives a mid-life crisis by finding his
Author: Kevin Forrester
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Keywords: stabilization, slope, drainage, subsurface
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2000-12
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0784400164
ISBN-13: 9780784400166
This book describes the latest methods and practices in the field of subsurface drainage for slope stability. Groundwater pressure significantly affects slope stability; general principles of reducing pressure by drainage are comprehensively addressed. Details of the mechanics of water flow in soil, rock, aggregates, geotextiles, and pipes are covered. Filtration theory and filter design are presented in a geotechnical context along with the general characteristics of drains and the assessment of their performance. Field and laboratory investigations, site instrumentation and its monitoring, g
Author: Gian Paolo Giani
Publisher: Taylor & Franci
Keywords: analysis, stability, slope, rock
Number of Pages: 374
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9054101229
ISBN-13: 9789054101222
Deals with the methods of assessing the stability of rock slopes and the techniques of improving the stability conditions of natural and artificial slopes which are at risk. It also describes survey and measurement methods to model the behaviour of rock masses.
Author: David Lamb
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: ethics, applied, arguing, slope, slippery
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1988-03-16
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 0709941668
ISBN-13: 9780709941668
A `slippery slope’ argument in medical ethics is one that opposes itself to a new proposal on the grounds that it is not per se intolerable but will lead to a situation that is. Lamb evaluates such arguments, demonstrating their centrality to the subject.
