Engineering Geology
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1976
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Q Zaruba
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 6 9 2 1 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 0 1 2 0 - 9
Engineering Geology attempts to provide an understanding of relations between the geology of a building site and the engineering structure. It presents examples taken from… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEngineering Geology attempts to provide an understanding of relations between the geology of a building site and the engineering structure. It presents examples taken from real-life experience and practice to provide evidence for the significance of engineering geology in planning, design, construction, and maintenance of engineering structures. The book begins with an introduction of geological investigations, distinguishing between the reconnaissance investigation, the detailed investigation, and investigation during construction. It then explains the significance of geological maps and sections; the mechanical behavior of rocks; subsurface investigation for engineering construction; and geophysical methods. The remaining chapters discuss the physical and chemical weathering of rocks; slope movements; and geological investigations for buildings, roads and railways, tunnels, and hydraulic structures. This book is intended particularly for civil engineering students and students of engineering geology in the university faculties of natural sciences. It describes geological features so as to be comprehensible to Technical College students and to explain construction problems intelligibly for geology students. The book will also be of assistance to planners, civil engineers, and graduate engineering geologists.
PrefaceIntroductionCo-operation of geologists with engineersChapter 1. Geological Investigations 1.1. Reconnaissance investigation 1.2. Detailed geological investigation 1.3. Geological investigation during constructionChapter 2. Geological Maps and Sections 2.1. Types of geological maps 2.2. Engineering geological maps 2.3. Maps of geologically hazardous zones 2.4. Topographic base maps for geological mapping 2.5. Use of aerial photographs for geological mapping 2.6. Geological sectionsChapter 3. Mechanical Properties of Rocks 3.1. Physical background of the mechanical behavior of rocks 3.2. Character of the planes of discontinuity and methods of representation 3.3. Physical and index properties of rocks 3.4. Deformation properties of rocks 3.5. Strength of rocks 3.6. Natural stress state in rocks 3.7. Statical solutions in engineering geology 3.8. Classification of rocksChapter 4. Subsurface Exploration 4.1. Test pits and trenches 4.2. Exploratory drifts 4.3. Sounding 4.4. Boreholes 4.5. Evaluation of subsurface exploration 4.6. Construction of geological sections from bore logs 4.7. Plan and lay-out of subsurface explorationChapter 5. Geophysical Methods 5.1. Geophysical methods used in the geological investigation of a site 5.2. Determination of rock properties 5.3. Geophysical methods used in hydrogeological researchChapter 6. Weathering of Rocks 6.1. Physical weathering 6.2. Products of Pleistocene physical weathering 6.3. Chemical weathering 6.4. Investigation of the weathered zoneChapter 7. Slope Movements, Landslides 7.1. Economic significance of slope movements 7.2. Factors producing earth movements 7.3. Division of slope movements 7.4. Slope movements of surface deposits 7.5. Landslides in clayey rocks 7.6. Sliding movements of solid rocks 7.7. Specific types of slope movements 7.8. Stabilization of slopes in slide areasChapter 8. Excavation and Workability of Rocks 8.1. Resistance of rock to excavation 8.2. Drillability of rocks 8.3. Workability of rocks 8.4. Bulking (increase in volume) of rocksChapter 9. Geological Investigation of Building Material Deposits 9.1. Reconnaissance of a deposit 9.2. The aim of detailed engineering geological investigation 9.3. Basic principles of quarry opening 9.4. Deposits of sand and gravel 9.5. Working of building material and protection of the environmentChapter 10. Foundation of Buildings and Industrial Structures 10.1. Demands made on the foundation of structures 10.2. Mechanical behavior of foundation soils 10.3. Foundation and ground water 10.4. Foundation excavation 10.5. Choice of foundation method 10.6. Investigation of the building site 10.7. Evaluation of the site 10.8. Foundation conditions related to the regional geology 10.9. Measurement of deformations of structuresChapter 11. Roads and Railways 11.1. Geological requirements on the design of transportation routes 11.2. Preliminary investigation for the general location of the route 11.3. Detailed investigation for route location 11.4. Cuttings and half-cuttings 11.5. Embankments 11.6. Roadways and their subgrades 11.7. Geological investigation for bridges and other structures 11.8. Activity of the engineering geologist during construction and maintenanceChapter 12. Tunnels and Underground Power Plants 12.1. Introduction 12.2. Tasks of engineering geological research 12.3. Investigation of the geology of the area and general alignment of the tunnel 12.4. The hydrogeological conditions 12.5. Detailed investigation for the location of the tunnel 12.6. Mechanical behavior of rock and pressure on tunnel lining 12.7. Tunneling methods 12.8. Rock temperature and ventilation 12.9. Hydraulic tunnels 12.10. Underground railway tunnelsChapter 13. Engineering-geological Investigations for Hydraulic Structures 13.1. Reconnaissance investigation 13.2. Detailed geological investigation 13.3. Co-operation of engineering geologist during construction 13.4. Investigation of the damsite 13.5. Geomorphological and geological setting of the damsite 13.6. Damsites in igneous and metamorphic rocks 13.7. Damsites on sedimentary rocks 13.8. Foundation of gravity dams 13.9. Foundation of arch dams 13.10. Geological investigations for earth dams 13.11. Water-pressure tests and test grouting 13.12. Investigation of the reservoir area 13.13. Watertightness of the reservoir 13.14. Stability of reservoir banks 13.15. Siltation of reservoirs 13.16. Economic effects of impounding water 13.17. Discharge of water from the reservoir 13.18. Engineering-geological investigation of sites for power plantsChapter 14. Tasks of Geological Investigation in Regional Planning and Environmental Policy 14.1. Man as a geological agent 14.2. Regional planning 14.3. Geological analysis 14.4. Hydrogeological analysis 14.5. Geological investigation in planning and building of settlementsBibliographyIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1976
- No. of pages (eBook): 581
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780444569219
- eBook ISBN: 9780444601209
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