Excavations and Foundations in Soft Soils

• Main Authors: Kempfert, Hans-Georg (Author), Gebreselassie, Berhane (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Geotechnical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Building Construction.; Civil Engineering.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Soil Science & Conservation.

The book is about soft soil engineering and is intended to serve the practicing as well as the research engineers. The planning, design and construction of exca- tions and foundations in soft to very soft soils is always a difficult and challanging assignment to engineers. The authors have tried to...