Underground structures : design and construction / edited by R.S. Sinha.
Contributor(s): Sinha, R. S
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Material type: 
BookSeries: Developments in geotechnical engineering: Publisher: Amsterdam ; New York : New York : Elsevier ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co, 1991Description: xx, 529 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0444889914.Subject(s): Underground construction | Structural engineering -- United StatesDDC classification: 624.19 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 624.19 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00013801 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book and its complimentary volume Underground Structures - Design and Instrumentation, together should serve the engineering and construction needs of planners, executives, geologists, civil-, structural-, and geotechnical engineers, who are interested in the design, construction and operation of underground structures.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
General philosophy of support design for underground structures in hard rock -- Design philosophies for tunnels in soil -- Strategies for substructure investigation -- Investigations and testing -- Drilling and blasting -- Machine excavation -- Material handling -- Grouting -- Ground freezing -- Other tunnel construction methods -- Lake tap -- Cost estimating.