Books published by A A Balkema Publishers

This interdisciplinary volume comprises papers from several fields related to compaction. Topics include: soil compaction for pavements and roads; deep soil compaction by vibration, impact and underground explosion and more.

Exploring how to make the mineral industry safe, efficient and ecologically sustainable, this thorough text investigates the links between geologic setting, mining and process technologies, economics, environment and stakeholder communities.

This volume including maps and land-use case studies, contains a broad-ranging collection of scientific papers on aggregate resources and related topics, providing a valuable reference for those in this field.

This collection of papers covers many topics in the area of mineral processing, such as: physical enrichment processing; fine particle processing; flotation fundamentals and technology; industrial minerals processing; and waste treatment.

This work reflects preoccupations with the threats posed to our environment due to climatic factors, major and natural hazards of all kinds and demographic influences. Topics covered include land surface processes, coastal zones and others.

Part of a biennial series in which surveys of selected topics are presented, this volume discusses: velatida and spinulosida; adhesion in echinoderms; biological activities and biological role of triterpene glycosides from holothuroids; and mutable collagenous tissue.

This book reviews the developments that have taken place in the field of geotechnical engineering since the first international conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering was held in Harvard University in 1936 until the January 1994 conference in New Delhi, India.

This title takes into consideration a variety of issues involved in the silting and de-silting of reservoirs. Attention is paid to sediment distribution, along with control of silting.

This textbook compiles reports written by about 35 internationally recognized authorities, and covers a range of interests for geotechnical engineers. Topics include: fundamentals for mechanics of granular materials.

Divided into four parts, this work presents integrated studies and regional and case studies, and covers environmental constraints and effects, and the behaviour of earth masses.

Presenting the mechanical aspects of reinforced soil (RS) behaviour, this book begins with simple RS models, before discussing and analysing more complex topics.

A broad cross-section of papers from the 6th Internation Symposium FMGM in Oslo September 2003 detailing the latest developments in geomechanical field measurement technology and methods. Taking in a wide range of real-world applications from tunn...

A collection of workshop papers providing state-of-the-art reviews on all aspects of fragmentation, including photographic requirements, image enhancement, statistical treatment, and applications in quarrying, mining and minerals processing.

Emissions come from different products which have finally turned into waste. Wastes are simply discarded products and the design of a product can have a significant impact on the nature of the waste produced. This text attempts to show how to manage these different types of solid waste emissions.

Uganda's Nakivubo swamp has been receiving wastewater from Kampala for over 30 years and consists of a floating root mat. It's potential to remove nutrients and pathogens from wastewater in a sustainable way, while maintaining ecological quality and biodiversity, is investigated in this work.

Covers strata mechanics, numerical methods in geomechanics, water jet cutting and mechanical disintegration of rocks.

This book is the translation of a Dutch report on a study on concrete block revetments on dike slopes, published in 1984 in Dutch. It is primarily for technical staff involved in design and management, water boards, provincial public works departments and The Netherlands Public Works Department.

This volume focuses on approaches towards a better understanding of the geological, hydrogeological and paleoclimatic evolution of Northeast Africa. Among the topics discussed are Phanerozoic interplate dynamics, sedimentology and stratigraphy, and more.

Proceedings of the International Workshop on [title], Cleveland, Ohio, July 1987. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

This work contains the proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Pressuremeter Testing Activities, including the first Menard Lecture presented by Professor Branko Ladanyi. A session on technological developments in the design, fabrication...

This work serves as a reference for engineers and scientific personnel specializing in computational methods.

This work covers such topics as: EU directives and harmonization work; health, safety and environment; recent technical development - products and processes; shot hole development; and management of blasting operations.

The results of theoretical and experimental investigations of seismic waves depending on natural and technological factors are discussed, with methods for engineering calculations of industrial blast parameters.

This volume on deep-level geodynamics includes exploration of: theoretical principles of heat and mass transfer modelling; thermo-gravitational flows in a horizontal layer; and some geological applications.

This set of proceedings volumes provides a broad coverage of basic and applied research projects dealing with the application of engineering principles to both food production and processing

As bridges spans get longer, lighter and more slender, aerodynamic loads become a matter of serious study. This volume of proceedings reflect the co-operation between civil and mechanical engineering and meteorology in this field.

In this work, practical recommendations are given for sound dike design. Particular emphasis is placed on design, management and maintenance. Coverage includes the assessment of soil properties and different types of loadings on a dike.

This work explores hydropower in the new millennium. Topics covered include: trends in the development of hydropower projects; trends in the operation of hydropower plants; hydropower as environmentally sustainable generation.