Dry Stone Retaining Structures: Dem Modeling

by Eric Vincens, Jean-Jacques Fry, Jean-Patrick Plassiard

Dry stone retaining structures are structures made of individual decimeter stone blocks in contact. One advantage of this construction technology lies in the weak amount of embodied energy required for their construction, and uses only local materials. This technology may be a positive answer to the challenges brought by sustainable policies in civil engineering. Many of these structures are older than one hundred years and sustain damage due to ageing;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785480804
• ISBN13: 9781785480805
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Iste Press - Elsevier
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"