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Earth Structures Engineering (Paperback)
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Earth structures engineering involves the analysis, design and
construction of structures, such as slopes and dams, that are
composed mainly of earth materials, and this is a growth area in
geotechnical engineering practice. This growth is due largely to
increased involvement in designing various types of earth
structures for the resources industries (slopes, impoundment
structures, offshore islands, mine backfills), to the development
of increas ingly large hydroelectric projects, to the need for more
freshwater storage and diversion schemes, and to the need for
transportation, communications and other facilities in areas where
the natural earth materials are occasionally subject to mass
instabilities. Although geotechnical engineering transects
traditional disciplinary boundaries of civil, geological and mining
engineering, the majority of geotechnical engineers are graduates
from civil engineering schools. Here the geotechnical instruction
has been concentrated on soil mechanics and foundation engineering
because foundation engineering has traditionally been the major
component of geotechnical practice. Geotechnical special ists,
however, generally have acquired considerable formal or informal
training beyond their first engineering degree, and an advanced
degree with considerable cross-discipline course content is still
considered an advantage for a young engineer entering a career in
geotechnical engineering. Practical job experience is, of course, a
necessary part of professional development but is readily
interpreted and assimilated only if the required background
training has been obtained."
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