Granular Geomechanics

• Author : Matthew R. Kuhn
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 18 April 2017

Granular Geomechanics provides a comprehensive exploration of soils as granular materials and the manner in which a soil’s engineering properties form grain-scale mechanics. The book focuses on granular composition and packing, grain interactions, discrete granular modeling and continuum constitutive modeling. Provides a coherent presentation on granular geomechanics for engineers Presents essential background information in each chapter, along with a list of works for further study Uses tensor notation, also including a brief explanation of conventions and operations in the

• Author : Kenichi Soga,Krishna Kumar,Giovanna Biscontin,Matthew Kuo
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 26 August 2014

Geomechanics from Micro to Macro contains 268 papers presented at the International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro and Macro (IS-Cambridge, UK, 1-3 September 2014). The symposium created a forum for the dissemination of new advances in the micro-macro relations of geomaterial behaviour and its modelling. The papers on experimental investigati

• Author : Masayuki Hyodo,Hidekazu Murata,Yukio Nakata
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 17 August 2006

Microscopic re-examination of geomaterials consisting of aggregates can shed light on macroscopic behaviour, including compressibility, anisotropy, yielding, creep, cyclic liquefaction and shear rupture. As a result of this process of examination, new methods of material characterization emerge, leading to a greater degree of accuracy in the specification of new constitutive models with physically-meaningful parameters. The impetus behind this development is an increasing awareness on sustainability, leading to the more efficient use of recycled materials for geotechnical applications. The characteristics of

• Author : Etienne Frossard
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 25 October 2018

This book develops a new vision in geomechanics which will be of interest to researchers and engineers. It begins with the key theoretical features of dissipative structures induced by elementary contact friction within geomaterials in slow motion, their multi-scale expression in key tensor relations and associated features including strain localization and shear banding.

• Author : Jacques Monnet
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 11 January 2016

This book deals with in-situ tests that are performed in geotechnics to identify and characterize the soil. These measurements are then used to size the Civil Engineering works This book is intended for engineers, students and geotechnical researchers. It provides useful information for use and optimal use of in-situ tests to achieve a better book adaptation of civil engineering on the ground

• Author : Wei Wu,Hai-Sui Yu
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 22 November 2006

This book is loaded with rich and stimulating articles by a roster of brilliant scholars, reflecting some recent trends in the frontier research of geomechanics. This collection of 32 contributions stems from an international workshop on "Modern Trends of Geomechanics" held in Vienna. The contributions span a wide range of topics and an enormous range of physical scales, from micromechanics at grain scale to engineering problems at large scale; from laboratory and field testing over constitutive modelling to numerical analysis. The

• Author : T. Adachi
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 06 November 1997

Progressive failure has been a classical problem in the field of geotechnical engineering and has attracted considerable attention in connection with slope stability and foundation problems. It is associated with strain localization or shear banding and is also related to damage in material structures. As knowledge of the progressive failure mechanism increases, it is now necessary to establish effective communications between researchers and engineers. The International Symposium on Deformation and Progressive Failure in Geomechanics provided an opportunity for discussing recent

• Author : S. Nemat-Nasser
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 09 March 1983

• Author : A.V. Dyskin,H.-B. Muhlhaus,E. Pasternak
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 01 January 2001

This work contains proceedings of a workshop on Bifurcation and Localisation Theory in Geomechanics, held in Perth, Australia in 1999. It covers a range of themes from classic civil engineering subjects to non-linear and non-unique geological phenomena.

• Author : J.F. Labuz,A. Drescher
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 01 January 2003

This book contains a sampling of papers presented at the June 2-5, 2002 International Workshop on Bifurcations andamp; Instabilities in Geomechanics (IWBI 2002). The scope of the Workshop includes analytical approaches, numerical methods, and experimental techniques.

• Author : Vaughan D. Griffiths,Giancarlo Gioda
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 04 May 2014

Through the contributions of well-known scholars, this book provides an updated overview of some relevant developments and applications in this rapidly growing field. Topics include constitutive models for geomaterials, numerical analysis of ground improvement techniques and tunnelling problems.

• Author : J. Sulem,I.G. Vardoulakis
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 02 June 2004

This book examines the experimental and theoretical aspects of bifurcation analysis as applied to geomechanics. Coverage includes basic continuum mechanics for dry and fluid unfiltrated porous media, bifurcation and stability analyses applied to layered geological media and granular materials, and theories for generalized continua as applied to materials with microstructure and in relation to strain localization phenomena.

• Author : Z. Eisenstein,Canadian Geotechnical Society
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 09 March 1982

• Author : Bernard Schrefler,Pierre Delage
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 28 March 2013

This book covers a range of topics that are of increasingimportance in engineering practice: natural hazards, pollution, andenvironmental protection through good practice. The first half of the book deals with natural risk factors, ofboth natural and human origin, that should be considered:subsidence, accidental infiltration, soil instability, rockslidesand mudslides, debris flow, and degradation of buildings andmonuments due to pollution and climactic effects, for example.These problems are highlighted and it is shown that a combinationof sophisticated numerical techniques and extensive

• Author : George Exadaktylos,Ioannis G. Vardoulakis
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 27 April 2007

This is an up-to-date review of developments in the field of bifurcations and instabilities in geomechanics from some of the world’s leading experts. Leading international researchers and practitioners of the topics debate the developments and applications which have occurred over the last few decades. Beside fundamental research findings, applications in geotechnical, petroleum, mining, and bulk materials engineering are emphasised.