Old Waterfront Walls : Management, maintenance and rehabilitation

ISBN-13: 9780419176404 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 267 str.

R. N. Bray; P. F. B. Tatham

Opis

This work provides comprehensive guidance on maintaining old waterfront walls, especially gravity walls constructed with stone masonry, brick blocks or mass concrete. It should be of use to engineers and owners responsible for such structure.

Recenzje

"...is well laid out and easy to read ... main points made clearly, and without unnecessary recourse to mathematical equations ... much of its content is of universal relevance to those responsible or interested in the management of waterfall walls." - A.H. Brampton.

Spis treści

Foreword. Acknowledgements. Glossary. Introduction. Types of wall. Review of circumstances affecting wall performance. Management of maintenance and rehabilitation. Inspection and monitoring. Investigation techniques. Structural appraisal of a wall. Maintenance and rehabilitation methods. References. Appendices: Factors of safety and selection of key design parameters. Application of geophysical methods for the investigation of old waterfront walls. Performance of old waterfront walls - survey results. Index.

O autorze

R.N. Bray and P.F.B. Tatham