North Sea Oil-Water Mix
In the North Sea between Britian and Norway, giant structures are rising in one of the world's largest efforts to extract oil and gas offshore. An overview of the problems...
Proposed Standards: Land Disposal of Effluents
There are many alternatives to costly advanced waste treatment (AWT) systems. The most attractive of these is land disposal of the sewage effluents from secondary treatment plants. Land...
In Situ Soils Measuring Devices
Soils engineering is as much art as science�� mostly because techniques for measuring soil parameters leave much in the realm of estimation. Developing instrumentation practices and equipment...
Protection of Piles: Steel, Concrete, Wood
Normal construction materials have a very limited life when placed in a corrosive soil or water environment; steel rusts, concrete spalls, and wood rots (if the insects don't...
Earthquake Wave Transmission Through Saturated Soil
(Volume 1)...
Selected Papers By Nathan M. Newmark
Civil Engineering Classics
This publication attempts to include papers that are representative of Nathan M. Newmark's many outstanding contributions to civil engineering and to include his most heavily...
Analysis and Design in Geotechnical Engineering
Proceedings of the Conference on Analysis and Design in Geotechnical Engineering held at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, June 9-12, 1974. Sponsored by the University of Texas College...
A Study of Damage to a Residential Structure from Blast Vibrations
A primary objective of this test project was to study, under carefully controlled conditions, the effects of earthborn blast vibrations upon a residential structure. Another objective...
Terzaghi Lectures
1963-1972
The lectures included in the books are: Foundation behavior of iron ore storage yards; Role of the calculated risk in earthwork and foundation engineering; Progressive failure in slopes...
Subsurface Exploration for Underground Excavation and Heavy Construction
Proceedings of a Specialty Conference held at New England College, Hanniker, New Hampshire, August 11-16, 1974. Sponsored by the Engineering Foundation; the Office of the Secretary, U.S....
Performance of Earth and Earth-Supported Structures
Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Performance of Earth and Earth-Supported Structures held at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, June 11-14, 1972. Sponsored by the School...
Public Works and Society
Proceedings of Public Works and Society, the 1972 Joint Conference held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 14-18, 1972. Sponsored by The American Society of Civil Engineers and the...
Optimization of Irrigation and Drainage Systems
Proceedings of the Irrigation and Drainage Specialty Conference held in Lincoln, Nebraska, October 6-8, 1971. Sponsored by the Irrigation and Drainage Division of ASCE and the Soil and...
Committee on Backfilling in Public Rights-of-Way Final Report
The report is concerned primarily with evaluating types and properties of soils in the West and North sections of the city and county of St. Louis, field testing and evaluation of the...
Placement and Improvement of Soil to Support Structures
Proceedings of the conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 26-28, 1968. Sponsored by the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers....
Professional Practice of Foundation Engineering?Supplement to Consulting Engineering
A Guide for the Engagement of Engineering Services
The purpose of
Stability and Performance of Slopes and Embankments
Proceedings of the Conference on Stability and Performance of Slopes and Embankments held in Berkeley, California, August 22026, 1966. Sponsored by the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division...
Design of Foundations for Control of Settlement
Proceedings of the conference held in Evanston, Illinois, June 16-19, 1964. Sponsored by the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Research Conference on Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils
Proceedings of the Research Conference on Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils, held at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, June, 1960. Sponsored by the Soil Mechanics and Foundations...
Subsurface Exploration and Sampling of Soils for Civil Engineering Purposes: Report on a Research Project of the Committee on Sampling and Testing, Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, American Society of Civil Engineers
Content covered in this title: General Procedure and Requirements; Methods of Subsurface Exploration; Ground-water Observation; Sampling Methods and Requirements; Sampling and Soil Types; Disturbance of...
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