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Modern Earth Structures for Transport Engineering - Engineering and Sustainability Aspects (Hardcover)
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Modern Earth Structures for Transport Engineering - Engineering and Sustainability Aspects (Hardcover)
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Nowadays, demands on modern civil engineering structures require
not only safe technical solutions, but also additional approaches,
involving ecological, sociological and economical aspects. This
book reacts on these new requirements with a focus on earth
structures for transport engineering, mainly for motorways and
railways. Technical demands have to be adequately related to the
risk with which the design and execution are connected. Soil used
for the construction, together with subsoil, are natural materials
with a high degree of inhomogeneity. Therefore, the risk when
constructing with such materials is much higher than for structures
utilizing man-made materials. The engineering approach is firstly
focused on the geotechnical risk identification and subsequently on
the reduction of this risk. Geotechnical risk is linked to the
uncertainties for individual phases of the design and construction
processes. Ground model, geotechnical design model, calculation
model and structure execution are the main phases of the
above-mentioned processes. Risk reduction involves the lowering of
the range of uncertainties for individual phases, guaranteeing safe
and optimal technical solutions. Eurocode 7 "Geotechnical design"
creates a general frame of this risk identification and reduction
approach. Earth structures are offering great opportunities for
sustainability approach. Therefore, the possibilities how to
decrease consumption of land (greenfields), energy and natural
aggregates are at the centre of interest. In parallel to
sustainability, the principles of availability and affordability
for transport infrastructures are discussed. The main aim there is
to eliminate the impact of interaction of the transport
infrastructure with natural and man-made hazards, thus guaranteeing
long-term functionality. This book will be of interest to
specialists responsible for transport infrastructure planning,
investors (project owners) of motorways and railways and
environmental engineers. The main focus is on those responsible for
geotechnical investigations, earth structures design and on
contractors of such structures.
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