Bøker av Nick Barton

This book aims to provide the background knowledge, necessary tools, and guidelines for rationalized and consistent engineering approaches to design and construction in and on jointed and faulted rock. Three avenues will be exploited to that effect: mechanics, empiricism and analysis (including numerical analysis). The text will be permeated with informative and illustrated case records from the authors' total of 40 countries sphere of experience. Solutions of every-day problems will be interspersed with experiences from the longest tunnel, the widest cavern, the highest dam, the site of the largest underground power house, and the problems with the deepest TBM tunnels.

Seismic measurements take many forms, and have a universal role in the earth sciences. This book describes seismic behaviour at many scales, and provides the appropriate interpretation in terms of rock mechanics. It is intended for those studying and working in the fields of civil, mining and petroleum engineering.