Retaining Walls
This chapter is aimed at reviewing recommendations for the design and construction of retaining walls. The text will refer to several classical works, books and manuals covering this subject.
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Computation of slope stability for circular and polygonal slip plane and rigid body failure mechanism. Computation of soH naUing and reinforced earth walls with soil naJls, anchors and geosynthetics.
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Handbook 01 Siope Stabilisation With 465 Figures and 53 Tables
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ISBN 978-3-642-07494-3 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of slope stabilisation / Alberto Ortigao, Alberto Sayao (editors). p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-3-642-07494-3 ISBN 978-3-662-07680-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-07680-4 1. Slopes (Soil mechanics) - Handbook manuals, etc. 2. Soil stabilization - Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Ortigao, J.A.R., 1948- H. Sayao, Alberto S.F.J., 1954This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. springeronline.com © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004 Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 2004 Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 2004
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Preface
This book is aimed at the practising engineer and engineering geologist working in tropical environments, where lands lides are mainly triggered by rain fall. This book is based on a similar work published in 1999 in Portuguese, which became the Rio de Janeir
