Drystone retaining walls

Drystone retaining walls: design, construction and assessment

by McCombie, Paul F.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Drystone retaining walls : design, construction and assessment / Paul F. McCombie, Jean-Claude Morel and Denis Garnier.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):CRC Press
  • Place of Publication:Boca Raton
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (black and white)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781482250893, 1482250896
  • oclc:on1100837919
  • Dewey Decimal:624.164

Table of Contents

<P><STRONG>Introduction<BR></STRONG>Uses of drystone retaining walls<BR>Construction styles<BR>Sustainability<BR>Summary<BR><BR><STRONG>An introduction to the behaviour of simple earth retaining structures<BR></STRONG>The behaviour of soil<BR>The fundamental requirements of a gravity retaining wall<BR>Earth pressure calculations<BR>Limit equilibrium analysis<BR>Yield analysis<BR>Summary<BR><BR><STRONG>Behaviour of drystone retaining structures<BR></STRONG>Transmission of forces within a drystone wall<BR>The effect of loading at the ground surface<BR>The effect of the rough back face<BR>Overturning behaviour<BR>Wall deformations and their implications<BR>Bulging<BR>Tensile strength<BR>Vertically orientated stones and bending resistance<BR>Construction styles using rounded stones<BR>The effects of a tightly constructed face<BR>Summary<BR><BR><STRONG>Analysis and design<BR></STRONG>Ensuring safety<BR>The distinction between analysis and design<BR>The distinct element method<BR>Limit equilibrium analysis<BR>Yield design analysis<BR>Design charts<BR>Summary of analytical methods<BR><BR><STRONG>Construction<BR></STRONG>Building in drystone<BR>Building a drystone retaining wall<BR>Summar…

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Subjects

Dry stone walls -- Design and construct… Murs de soutènement -- Conception et co… Retaining walls -- Design and construct…

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McCombie, Paul F.

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