Friday, February 4, 2011

Importance of EngineeringFaults and Joints and Folds

The selection of sites affected by the various engineering structures are very large presence of faults and folds, as they affect the safety of facilities, and pose a significant risk it.
The presence of faults or breaks, reduces the resistance of the rocks of the jurisprudence, and introduced the facilities provided by them to collapse.
The folds also a problem, since the existence of structures concave folds it with a great ability to collect ground water, causing water problems at large Construction of buildings or tunnels located in areas where this kind of folds So we justify the importance of geological studies and their role in avoiding collapse of structures and buildings in the regions illustrated by the geological maps based on these studies, as well as to avoid the high costs that may be borne by the concerned authorities In the event that set up these projects on the areas of joints and faults and folds, as well as the lives that may lose by default in the implementation of geological studies.

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