Frozen Ground Engineering | 
 enlarge | Authors: Orlando B. Andersland, Branko Ladanyi, Asce
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.6 x 1
ISBN: 0471615498
Dewey Decimal Number: 624.151360911
EAN: 9780471615491
ASIN: 0471615498
Publication Date: November 5, 2003
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Product Description
This new edition of Frozen Ground Engineering gives a peerless presentation of soil mechanics for frozen ground conditions and a variety of frozen ground support systems used on construction projects worldwide.
An authoritative update of the industry standard, this Second Edition covers the essential theory, applications, and design methods using frozen ground in the construction of deep shafts, tunnels, deep excavations, and subsurface containment barriers. New material features design models for pavement structures used in seasonal frost and permafrost areas, new information on the movement of fluid phase contaminants in frozen ground, and helpful appendices offering guidance on common frozen ground tests and SI unit conversions.
This new edition gives the essential information engineers, geologists, and students need in a complete reference, including up-to-date information on:
* Sensitivity of frozen ground to climate change
* Experimental work on frozen soil creep and strength
* Monitoring creep in frozen slopes
* Frost protection of foundations using ground insulation
* Highway insulation
* Load restrictions for seasonal frost areas
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A frustrating text March 29, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The second edition of Andersland and Ladanyi's "Frozen Ground Engineering" is crucial reading for cold regions engineers -- the only book of its type in the field. The authors rely almost exclusively on the findings of research papers (often their own) for content and theory, which is useful in providing current information in a still-developing field, but is also frustrating when trying to establish the generality or certainty of a result. A large number of the equations describing the physical processes in the book are taken from single empirical studies, and these equations are often developed and combined with other results, then presented as a general governing theory later in the text. Although I do not fault the authors for their desire to include the results of case studies where no other information is available, it is quite easy for an engineer to skim one section of the text without realizing the shaky ground upon which much of the theory is based.
Additionally, there are a surprisingly large number of typographical errors and mathematical mistakes which propagate through many derivations and examples. I would be reluctant to make use of any of the formulae in this text without thoroughly tracking the derivation and looking to other sources (which are unfortunately hard to come by) for confirmation.
As is the norm in much of civil engineering (and especially arctic engineering), this information is of the old guard style. Since theorists have not yet redeveloped this subject, design values are often taken from hand-drawn logarithmic charts, where a minute difference in reading might make an order of magnitude change in outcome. Unit systems are not standardized, and are often improperly combined.
On the positive side, the breadth of the book is admirable; at this point, its only substitute is an entire library of journal articles and the decades of experience that the authors bring with them. A heavily-revised third edition would be invaluable.
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