Drystone retaining walls / Paul F. McCombie 

Public ISBD Titre : Drystone retaining walls : design, construction and assessment Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Paul F. McCombie ; Jean-Claude Morel ; Denis Garnier, Auteur Editeur : Boca Raton : CRC Press Année de publication : 2016 Collection : Applied geotechnics series num. 9 Importance : 170 p. Présentation : ill. Format : 25 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-4822-5088-6 Note générale : Bibliogr. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Murs en pierres sèches;Murs de soutènement;Dry stone walls;Retaining walls Résumé : This book take a detailed look at the practice of drystone retaining wall construction. It draws on theoretical work and full-scale practical testing to explain how these structures work. It goes on to give enough detail to give the professional engineer confidence in the methods used in design and assessment, and insight into what matters most in the way in which drystone retaining walls are built. It shows how to design new or replacement drystone retaining walls that are efficient, sustainable, attractive, and in keeping with the character of the area where they are built, and demonstrates how to make fair assessments of existing walls. Drystone retaining walls : design, construction and assessment [texte imprimé] / Paul F. McCombie ; Jean-Claude Morel ; Denis Garnier, Auteur . - Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2016 . - 170 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - (Applied geotechnics series; 9) . ISBN : 978-1-4822-5088-6 Bibliogr. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Murs en pierres sèches;Murs de soutènement;Dry stone walls;Retaining walls Résumé : This book take a detailed look at the practice of drystone retaining wall construction. It draws on theoretical work and full-scale practical testing to explain how these structures work. It goes on to give enough detail to give the professional engineer confidence in the methods used in design and assessment, and insight into what matters most in the way in which drystone retaining walls are built. It shows how to design new or replacement drystone retaining walls that are efficient, sustainable, attractive, and in keeping with the character of the area where they are built, and demonstrates how to make fair assessments of existing walls.

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