Books published by A A Balkema Publishers

These proceedings include the latest developments in research and practice in the area of mining-induced seismicity.

The proceedings of this conference contain keynote addresses on recent developments in geotechnical reliability and limit state design in geotechnics.

Gives a historical introduction to embankment dams and describes the need for instrumentation, planning procurement, and installation practices of instruments. Discusses visual inspection, seepage, pore pressure, surface and internal displacements.

The third volume in this series, this deals with dams which generate electricity and maintain the natural resources and industrial facilities, including power-generating stations, storage tanks and piping of nuclear power stations.

This text examines the field of fractals and its applications in earth sciences. Topics covered include: concepts of fractal and multi-fractal chaos; the application of fractals in geophysics, geology, and climate studies.

This text discusses factors such as mast overload, capacity of draw works, and deviation in the hole to be drilled and the strata to be drilled. An omnibus approach to drilling techniques and problems is adopted.

In considering how computers are utilized in the mineral industry, this work includes coverage of mineral resource management, national database and national mineral exploration planning; project evaluation and monitoring applications.

This translation discusses historical geotectonics, including such topics as: the development of Phanerozoic mobile belts; the mature stage of Caledonian and the initial stage of Hercynian mobile belts; and the end of development of the Hercynian.

Translated from Russian, this work explains modern methods of determination of rheological properties of soils. The bearing of these properties on numerical and analytical methods in the field of foundation engineering is discussed.

Glacial deposits have a profound influence on groundwater protection, waste management and nature conservation. This text provides an analysis of glacial deposits in North-East Europe, covering countries such as Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Considers hyperconcentrated flow, a phenomenon peculiar to the Yellow River Basin.

A report on the technique of sand closures, the knowledge of which has been considerably broadened due to measurement and research, particularly during the two most recent sand closures of the Eastern Scheldt compartmenting dams (1986-1987).

An interdisciplinary study of the Tokyo Bay problem. This problem is not just a regional one, but one of national and even international importance.

This monograph provides the practising engineer with a concise overview of the methods of water diversion and exclusion or removal of sediment from the diverted water. The emphasis is on flow features and the associated conveyance of sediments.

Describes both physical and biological processes of pollution in aquatic environments. This text introduces theories and means of predicting the scale of environmental pollution and counter-measures.

Focusing on fundamental concepts, definitions various aspects of siting, this book contains a checklist to help readers conduct a proper siting process to assess the seismic hazards of a given site.

A collection of papers presented at the 3rd RILEM International Symposium. Divided into seven sections, it covers production, pore structure, heat and mass transfer, crack formation, reinforced components, masonry, and ecology and new developments.

The planning of hydropower developments is still a great challenge covering a wide range of technical, economic and environmental issues. The present volume addresses these issues and highlights the ways in which hydropower can be developed.

A selection of papers on the effect of geomechanics on mine design. Coverage includes geodynamic phenomena associated with mining, longwall face technology, permanent mine workings and tunnels, ground subsidence, yield pillars and more.

A collection of papers on the prediction of unsteady flow and fluid transients in a wide variety of systems. Coverage ranges from theory to practical application of techniques, and the work describes failures as well as successes.

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Highway Capacity, Karlsruhe, Germany, July 1991. Papers range widely from driving behaviour and pedestrian to the numerical value of freeway capacity and transit capacity.