Modern construction and ground engineering equipment and methods /
Harris, Frank, 1944-
Modern construction and ground engineering equipment and methods / Frank Harris. - 2nd ed. - Harlow : Longman Scientific & Technical, 1994. - xiii, 618 p. : ill. ; 25cm.
Previous ed.: published as Modern construction equipment and methods. 1989. First ed. published as: Modern construction equipment and methods. Includes index.
Section 1.Ground engineering methods -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Compressed air -- 3.Rock drilling -- 4.Rock blasting -- 5.Soft ground drilling -- 6.De-watering of ground -- 7.Grouting -- 8.Piling methods -- 9.Shoring systems --10.Tunnelling -- Section 2.Excavating and materials handling equipment -- 11.Introduction -- Part one: 12.Fixed-position excavating machines -- 13.Methods of transporting materials -- 14.Moving exavating machines - the bulldozer -- 15.Moving excavating mahcines - the scraper -- 16.Moving excavating machine s-- the grader -- 17.Moving excavating machines - the loader shovel -- 18.Tyres -- 19.Specialised excavating machines -- 20.Dredges -- 21.Earth compacting equipment -- 22.Simple lifting mechanisms -- 23.Cranes - shear legs and derricks -- 24.Crawler-mounted crane -- 25.Self-propelled crane on rubber-tyred wheels -- 26.Mobile telescopic-boom crane -- 27.Truck-mounted strut-boom crane -- 28.Truck-mounted strut-boom crane -- 29.Tower cranes -- 30.Grantry (portal) crane -- 31.Hoist -- 32.Fork-lift truck -- 33.General points on the selection and use of lifting equipment -- 34.Aerial cableway -- 35.Belt conveyor -- 36.Mono-rail -- 37.Concrete pump -- Section 3.Concrete production and equipment -- 38.Aggregate production 39.Concrete proudction -- 40.Prestressed concrete -- Section 4. - Road pavement construction and equipment -- 41.Flexible pavement construction -- 42.Bituminous-based materials for flexible pavements -- 43.Concrete pavement construction -- 44.Soil-stabilised pavement construction -- Section 5 - Welding technology and bridge construction methods -- 45.Welding technology -- 46.Bridge construction methods.
Written for students and practitioners of civil engineering construction and building, this edition contains a new section on ground engineering methods which includes equipment, methods, excavating and materials handling plant, road pavement construction, bridgework, sand and aggregate production.
9780582236578 (pbk) : No price 0582236576 �33.80
Earthwork.
Foundations.
Civil engineering.
Construction equipment.
Earthmoving machinery.
Building construction & materials
624 HAR
Modern construction and ground engineering equipment and methods / Frank Harris. - 2nd ed. - Harlow : Longman Scientific & Technical, 1994. - xiii, 618 p. : ill. ; 25cm.
Previous ed.: published as Modern construction equipment and methods. 1989. First ed. published as: Modern construction equipment and methods. Includes index.
Section 1.Ground engineering methods -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Compressed air -- 3.Rock drilling -- 4.Rock blasting -- 5.Soft ground drilling -- 6.De-watering of ground -- 7.Grouting -- 8.Piling methods -- 9.Shoring systems --10.Tunnelling -- Section 2.Excavating and materials handling equipment -- 11.Introduction -- Part one: 12.Fixed-position excavating machines -- 13.Methods of transporting materials -- 14.Moving exavating machines - the bulldozer -- 15.Moving excavating mahcines - the scraper -- 16.Moving excavating machine s-- the grader -- 17.Moving excavating machines - the loader shovel -- 18.Tyres -- 19.Specialised excavating machines -- 20.Dredges -- 21.Earth compacting equipment -- 22.Simple lifting mechanisms -- 23.Cranes - shear legs and derricks -- 24.Crawler-mounted crane -- 25.Self-propelled crane on rubber-tyred wheels -- 26.Mobile telescopic-boom crane -- 27.Truck-mounted strut-boom crane -- 28.Truck-mounted strut-boom crane -- 29.Tower cranes -- 30.Grantry (portal) crane -- 31.Hoist -- 32.Fork-lift truck -- 33.General points on the selection and use of lifting equipment -- 34.Aerial cableway -- 35.Belt conveyor -- 36.Mono-rail -- 37.Concrete pump -- Section 3.Concrete production and equipment -- 38.Aggregate production 39.Concrete proudction -- 40.Prestressed concrete -- Section 4. - Road pavement construction and equipment -- 41.Flexible pavement construction -- 42.Bituminous-based materials for flexible pavements -- 43.Concrete pavement construction -- 44.Soil-stabilised pavement construction -- Section 5 - Welding technology and bridge construction methods -- 45.Welding technology -- 46.Bridge construction methods.
Written for students and practitioners of civil engineering construction and building, this edition contains a new section on ground engineering methods which includes equipment, methods, excavating and materials handling plant, road pavement construction, bridgework, sand and aggregate production.
9780582236578 (pbk) : No price 0582236576 �33.80
Earthwork.
Foundations.
Civil engineering.
Construction equipment.
Earthmoving machinery.
Building construction & materials
624 HAR