Beschreibung:
Devoted entirely to tropical areas, this work on soil engineering and mechanics looks at the origin, testing and properties of tropical residual soil types.
1. Origin, formation and occurence of tropical residual soils ; 2. Sampling and testing of tropical residual soils ; 3. Index, engineering properties and classification of tropical residual soils ; 4. Unsaturated residual soil ; 5. Slope failures in tropical residual soil ; 6. Slope assessment and management ; 7. Guidelines for development on hill-sites ; 8. Characterization of tropical soils in the design of material as natural foundation and fill ; 9. Stabilization of tropical residual soils ; 10. Slope stability and stabilization ; 11. Soil erosion and sedimentation assessment, control and management plan for the tropical region ; 12. Geoenvironmental aspects of tropical residual soils ; 13. Development and appliation fo a spatial databse for residual soils ; 14. Country case study: engineering geology of tropical residula soils in Malaysia.