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Old Waterfront Walls - Management, maintenance and rehabilitation (Hardcover) Loot Price: R11,664
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Old Waterfront Walls - Management, maintenance and rehabilitation (Hardcover): R.N. Bray, P.F.B. Tatham

Old Waterfront Walls - Management, maintenance and rehabilitation (Hardcover)

R.N. Bray, P.F.B. Tatham

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This work provides comprehensive guidance on maintaining old waterfront walls, especially gravity walls constructed with stone masonry, brick blocks or mass concrete. It should be of use to engineers and owners responsible for such structure. Many existing waterfront structures (harbour and dock walls, breakwaters, seawalls, flood defences, skin walls, bridge piers and abutments) are crucial parts of industrial or environmental facilities. Many date back to the 19th century and earlier, and information on their design and construction is often incomplete. They are often massive structures, and the problems of working over or under water and on the buried back of the wall mean that they are difficult and expensive to investigate and maintain, yet they represent substantial capital assets and appropriate management and maintenance are essential. This work draws together a wealth of information and experience on the types of wall that were constructed up to the earlier part of this century. It includes numerous drawings and illustrations of these walls and reviews their performance. It goes on to identify and describe the most suitable techniques available for their inspection, struct

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Imprint: Sponpress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 1992
First published: 1992
Authors: R.N. Bray • P.F.B. Tatham
Dimensions: 246 x 189 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 978-0-419-17640-4
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > Mechanics of fluids > Hydraulics & pneumatics
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LSN: 0-419-17640-3
Barcode: 9780419176404

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