Implications of Pyrite Oxidation for Engineering Works

By A. Brian Hawkins

Book Overview

Engineering Implications of the Oxidation of Pyrite: an overview, with particular reference to Ireland.- Sampling Potentially Pyritiferous Materials.- Testing of Potentially Pyritiferous Material.- Problems Associated with the Use of Pyritiferous Fill at Ballymun Youth Facility, Dublin.- Remediation of Senior Citizens' Dwellings affected by Pyrite-Induced Heave.- The Effect of Pyrite-Related Heave: A Structural Engineer's Perspective.- The Canadian Pyrite Experience and Comparisons with the Irish Problems.- Pyrite Oxidation and Structural Problems in the Chattanooga (Ohio) Shale, East Central Kentucky.- Iron Sulphides and Surface Heating: Further Engineering Considerations for the Dublin area.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319375199
• ISBN13: 9783319375199
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"