Geosynthetics in Civil and Environmental Engineering presents contributions from the 4th Asian Regional Conference GEOSYNTHETICS ASIA 2008 held in Shanghai, China. The book covers a broad range of topics, such as: fundamental principles and properties of geosynthetics, testing and standards, reinforcement, soil improvement and ground improvement, filter and drainage, landfill engineering, geosystem, transport, geosynthetics-pile support system and geocell, hydraulic application, and ecological techniques. Special case studies as well as selected government-sponsored projects such as the Three Gorges Dam, Qinghai-Tibet Railway, and Changi Land reclamation project are also discussed. The book will be an invaluable reference in this field. Introduces many big engineering projects in Asia Geosynthetics applied in civil engineering and environmental engineering New development of geosynthetics INDICE: 1. Fundamental Principles and Properties of Geosynthetics.- 2. Testing and Standards.- 3. Reinforcement and Soil Improvement.- 4. Filter, Drainage and Erosion Control.- 5. Landfill and other Environmental Engineering.- 6. Engineering Measures for Natural Disasters.- 6. Geosystem (Geotubes, Geocontainers, etc.).- 7. Transport (highway, railway, tunnel, harbor, airport, etc.).-8. Hydraulic structures (dams, canals, reserviors, etc).- 9. Special Case Histories and others (including unsuccessful application).
- ISBN: 978-3-540-69312-3
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés