Geologic hazards pose the greatest threat to human safety for any
geotechnical undertaking, but it is ultimately the engineer's
ability to recognize and cope with these hazards that will
determine the safety of life and property. Armed with Geologic
Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers you will be able
to properly recognize, understand various geologic hazards, and
provide safe and economical construction. Eminent expert Roy E.
Hunt thoroughly examines the potential for slope failures,
earthquakes, ground subsidence, collapse, and expansion. Using a
clear conceptual approach, he explains what measures are available
to minimize or eliminate the risks associated with each of these
geologic hazards.
The book sets forth the basis for recognizing, understanding,
and treating geologic hazards, using general concepts rather than
rigorous mathematical analyses. The author covers the prediction of
slope failures through recognition of geologic and other factors
that govern failure, the treatment of slopes that are potentially
unstable and pose a danger to some existing development, the design
and construction of stable cut slopes and sidehill fills, and the
stabilization of failed slopes. He provides the foundation for
determining the potential for surface movements and for preventing
or controlling their effects. A section on earthquakes summarizes
and links all of the aspects of earthquakes including their causes,
characteristics, and surface effects. It provides a thorough
grounding in how to recognize hazard potential and minimize the
consequences.
There is no field within geotechnical engineering in which the
state of the art is changing so rapidly. Providing the
latestinformation, this resource is a useful tool for designing new
projects and redesigning old ones.
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