Transportation Tunnels
- ISBN-10
- 1138029815
- ISBN-13
- 9781138029811
- Category
- Tunneling
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Authors
- D. Johnson Victor, S. Ponnuswamy
Description
Providing a comprehensive text on tunneling and tunnel engineering applicable in general to all types of tunnels, the book has been revised to also provide coverage of water conveyance, navigation and material conveyance tunnels and deals with these subjects in detail.
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