Rock fall engineering. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Rockfall engineering
• Further Information: Note: Duncan C. Wyllie.
• Authors: Wyllie, Duncan C
• Contents: 1. Rock falls : causes and consequences -- 2. Documentation of rock fall events -- 3. Rock fall velocities and trajectories -- 4. Impact mechanics -- 5. Coefficient of restitution -- 6. Energy changes during impacts and trajectories -- 7. Rock fall modeling -- 8. Selection of protection structures -- 9. Design principles of rock fall protection structures -- 10. Rock fall protection I : barriers, nets, and fences -- 11. Rock fall protection II : rock sheds.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 243 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 624.15132; Soil stabilization; Rockslides -- Prevention; Rock slopes; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Soil & Rock; Rock slopes; Rockslides -- Prevention; Soil stabilization; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482219982; 1482219980; 9781523107841; 1523107847; 9781322634265; 1322634262
• Related ISBNs: 9781482219975; 1482219972
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.