Books published by A A Balkema Publishers

This text was compiled by the Japanese Geotechnical Society. It describes everything about the remedial measures against liquefaction currently used in Japan following research projects after the Niigata earthquake of 1964.

This volume examines energy dissipators mainly in connection with dam structures and provides a review of design methods. It includes topics such as hydraulic jump, stilling basins, ski jumps and plunge pools. It also introduces a general account ...

This text gives an overview of almost all aspects of barnacle biology covering advances made since Charles Darwin to the present day.

Particle methods have seen increasing use in several engineering and scientific fields, both because of their unique modelling capabilities and the availability of the necessary computational power. This title focuses on their theory and application.

This collection of conference papers presents information on the molecular genetics, biomineralization, growth and ecology of extant brachiopod stocks (extrapolated back to the Cambrian), and the shell microstructure, taphonomy, paleogeography, evolution, and taxonomy of fossil brachiopods.

This volume covers areas such as: introduction to weathering processes; catchment hydrology; chemical analysis of rocks and soils; collection and analysis of groundwater samples; environmental isotopes as tracers in catchment; and field instrument...

Translated from the second Russian edition of 1988. Parts 2, "Soil mechanics" and 3, "Foundations and footings" are revised and updated versions of the first Russian edition of 1981.

Comprising the proceedings of the Wave 2002 workshop at Okayama University, Japan, this text explores the area of ground vibration and noise caused by construction activities, explosions in the ground, or high speed trains.

A reference for shotcrete technologists and practitioners on this method of concrete placement and its great scope for adaptability, optimisation, and error. The text assesses laboratory research projects and also focuses on innovative developments.

The workshop aims to provide a fundamental understanding of the liquefaction process, necessary to the enhancement of liquefaction prediction. The contributions are divided into eight sections.

This volume presents proceedings from the first Australian-New Zealand Geoenvironment conference.

The text on tidal hydraulic engineering includes discussion of: basic characteristics of tides and tidal propagation; hydrographic surveys in tidal rivers; and design considerations for tidal sluice gates for drainage and fish farms in aquaculture.

Presenting current knowledge in the field of mudflows, this book (part of the IAHR Monograph Series) includes both rheological mudflow aspects, and information on mudflow characteristics in open channels.

This volume of papers explores practical aspects of soil and surface water interactions with groundwater, including modelling of flow and contaminant transport in the unsaturated and saturated zones (paperback edition available to IAH members only).

Presenting advances in the field of phytolith research, this collection of reviews and papers focuses in particular upon the use of phytoliths for deciphering fundamental issues in earth science and human history.

Interface problems involving materials and structures arise in most fields of engineering. They span several orders of magnitude in scale: from nanostructures in micro-electronics to macro-size structures in mining engineering.

Ideal for anyone interested in environmental issues, this dictionary draws together information from a variety of sources to better facilitate understanding of this wide-ranging subject.

This book provides accounts of the technology used for managing water resources to reduce risks. The reader will learn to plan and maintain hydraulic structures, and to appreciate the diverse demands on water, including those of the environment.

A discussion of dams and dikes, constituting the proceedings of the Symposium at the Occasion of the World Water Day, 2001.

The introduction of active control in structural dynamics has led to a number of developments over wide-ranging industrial domains. This work investigates this area and examines a number of topics.

Providing an all-encompassing study into the field of design methodology in rock engineering, this book appraises current trends, explores engineering design in depth, presents a design methodology and demonstrates its practical use.

This book gives details of collections of potato varieties in European Community (EC) countries, in alphabetical order and shows the health status of each variety. It also gives details of the location of blight and potato cyst eelworm differential sets.

These proceedings deal with the fundamentals and applications of poromechanics to geomechanics, material sciences, geophysics, acoustics and biomechanics. They discuss the state of the art in such topics as constitutive modelling.

This text presents simple working methods for systematic analysis and parametric assessment of soft clays at engineering level. The development at different rest periods discussed in this book match advancements already made in plant and machinery.

The 30 papers published in this book represent the latest developments of DDA (Discontinuous Deformation Analysis), NMN (Numerical Manifold Method) and other numerical methods and their applications.

This text gives an overview of the main landslide field sites. It covers aspects of recent landslide research at the University of Wollongong, and topics such as infiltration of rainwater and slope failure and landslide hazards.