Soil classification
- Τίτλος
- Soil classification
- Θέμα
- Soils--Classification
- Soil mechanics
- Δημιουργός
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Ktoris, Zacharias
- Michalakis, Michael
- Πηγή
- Higher Technical Institute
- Το πλήρες κείμενο είναι διαθέσιμο από το Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού.
- Εκδότης
- Library of Cyprus University of Technology
- Ημερομηνία
- 1996
- Μορφή
- Γλώσσα
- eng
- Τύπος
- text
- Αναγνωριστικό
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CED0324
- Σύνοψη
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GENERAL
People are dependent on soils and conversely, good soils are dependent on people and
the use they make of the land. Soils provide the starting point for succesful agriculture.
Soils have also other rneaning fot humankind. They underlie the foundations of buildings
and determine whether these foundations are adequate. They are also the beds for roads
and highways and influence the length of life of these arteries.
Just as good soils helped to build flourishing civilization, soil destruction or rnismanagement
was a contributing factor in their downfall. Soils therefore are one of the main factor to construct safe and durable structures.
Long term significant of soils. They are ignorant of what soils are, what even today, rnany do not recognize what they have meant to past generations, and what they rnean today and to future generations
SOIL MECHANIC
Soil Mechanics is the engineering science which studies the behavior of soils and applies
both theory and observational data to practical problems involving Soils.
Without knowledge of the fundamentals of Soil Mechanics, it is impossible design correctly
engineering structures, like buildings, roads, hydrotechnical structures etc.
Soil Mechanics originated several decades ago under the pressure of necessity. It started
simultaneously in the USA and Europe.
Some of the great contributions to the field of Soil Mechanics are:
Karl. Terzaghi (died in 1963)
A. Cassagrande
A.W. Skempton
A.W. Bishop
- Πολυμέσα
- CED0324.pdf
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