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Ground Engineering - Principles and Practices for Underground Coal Mining
This book teaches readers ground engineering principles and related mining and risk management practices associated with underground coal mining. It establishes the basic elements of risk management and the fundamental principles of ground behaviour and then applies these to the essential building blocks of any underground coal mining system, comprising excavations, pillars, and interactions be…
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- 978-3-319-25003-8
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- XXIII, 684
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- 621 GAL g
Traffic and Random Processes An Introduction
This book deals in a basic and systematic manner with the fundamentals of random function theory and looks at some aspects related to arrival, vehicle headway and operational speed processes at the same time. The work serves as a useful practical and educational tool and aims at providing stimulus and motivation to investigate issues of such a strong applicative interest. It has a clearly discu…
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- 978-3-319-09324-6
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Forensic Geotechnical Engineering
In this edited volume on advances in forensic geotechnical engineering, a number of technical contributions by experts and professionals in this area are included. The work is the outcome of deliberations at various conferences in the area conducted by Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu and Dr. V.V.S. Rao as secretary and Chairman of Technical Committee on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering of Internatio…
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- 978-81-322-2377-1
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- XVI, 552 hlm.
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- Developments in Geotechnical Engineering
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The ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring:…
This book is a collection of ISRM suggested methods for testing or measuring properties of rocks and rock masses both in the laboratory and in situ, as well as for monitoring the performance of rock engineering structures. The first collection (Yellow Book) has been published in 1981. In order to provide access to all the Suggested Methods in one volume, the ISRM Blue Book was published in 2007…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-07713-0
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- XIII, 293, 165 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
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- The ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring: 2007-2014
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Hydraulic Structures
This book discusses in detail the planning, design, construction and management of hydraulic structures, covering dams, spillways, tunnels, cut slopes, sluices, water intake and measuring works, ship locks and lifts, as well as fish ways. Particular attention is paid to considerations concerning the environment, hydrology, geology and materials etc. in the planning and design of hydraulic proje…
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- 978-3-662-47330-6
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- XXVII, 1029
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- 621 HYD
Alternative Types of Roundabouts: An Informational Guide
This book presents a history of roundabouts, an introduction to their design, calculations of their capacity and traffic-safety features. It describes the key features of standard roundabouts and their limitations. Alternative types of roundabouts are a fairly recent development and have only been implemented in a few countries to date. The book illustrates a broad variety of these recent alter…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-09084-9
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- XIV, 206
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- Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic
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- 307.2 TOL a
Recent Progress in Desalination, Environmental and Marine Outfall Systems
This book collects current scientific information on advanced technologies and management practices associated with the desalination industry in the Middle East and elsewhere around the world. The book opens with introductory chapter which briefly recounts the history of desalination, and describes the current state of development in the field. Part I: Desalination Systems includes ten chapt…
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- 978-3-319-19123-2
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Holistic Simulation of Geotechnical Installation Processes:Benchmarks and Sim…
This book examines in detail the entire process involved in implementing geotechnical projects, from a well-defined initial stress and deformation state, to the completion of the installation process. The individual chapters provide the fundamental knowledge needed to effectively improve soil-structure interaction models. Further, they present the results of theoretical fundamental research…
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- 978-3-319-23158-7
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- VIII, 253
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- 621 HOL
Holistic Simulation of Geotechnical Installation Processes:Numerical and Phys…
The book provides suitable methods for the simulations of boundary value problems of geotechnical installation processes with reliable prediction for the deformation behavior of structures in static or dynamic interaction with the soil. It summarizes the basic research of a research group from scientists dealing with constitutive relations of soils and their implementations as well as contac…
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- 978-3-319-18169-1
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- VIII, 250
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Liquid Explosives
The book drawing on the author’s nearly half a century of energetic materials research experience intends to systematically review the global researches on liquid explosives. The book focuses on the study of the conception, explosion mechanism, properties and preparation of liquid explosives. It provides a combination of theoretical knowledge and practical examples in a reader-friendly style.…
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- 978-3-662-45847-1
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