Expansive Soils (eBook, ePUB)

Recent Advances in Characterization and Treatment
Redaktion: Al-Rawas, Amer Ali; Goosen, Mattheus F. A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Expansive Soils provides the reader with easy and specific access to problems associated with expansive soils, characterisitics and treatment, and evaluation and remediation. Set up with contributions from worlwide expert, this main reference guide is intended for engineers, researchers and senior students working on soil

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134154388
• Artikelnr.: 73214851

Autorenporträt

Dr. Al-Rawas has held various positions at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman, including Dean of the College of Engineering. His research interests lie in expansive soils, problematic soils, calcined pozzolanic materials and oil-contaminated soils. Dr. Goosen is currently Dean of the School of Science and Technology at the University of Turabo in Puerto Rico, USA. His research interests include the areas of water management, purification and conservation, wastewater treatment, and biotechnology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Nature, Identification and Classification
 2. Volume Change Characteristics.  Swelling Potential Measurement.
3. Advanced Techniques for Swelling Potential Assessment
4.  Site Characterization
5. Lime Stabilization
6. Cement Stabilization
7.  Other Treatment Methods
8.  Techniques and Remedial Measures
  Subject Index.