Elasticity and Geomechanics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521498279 ISBN 13: 9780521498272

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book concisely examines the use of elasticity in solving geotechnical engineering problems. In a highly illustrated and user-friendly format, it provides a thorough grounding in the linear theory of elasticity and an understanding of the applications. The first two chapters present a basic framework of the theory of elasticity and describe test procedures for the determination of elastic parameters for soils. Chapters 3 and 4 present the fundamental solutions of Boussinesque, Kelvin, and Mindlin, and use these to formulate solutions to problems of practical interest in geotechnical engineering. The book concludes with a sequence of appendices designed to provide the interested student with details of elasticity theory that are peripheral to the main text. Each chapter concludes with a set of questions for the student to answer. The book is appropriate for upper level students in civil engineering and engineering geology.

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Book Description:

A highly illustrated and user-friendly format helps provide a thorough basis in the linear theory of elasticity and an understanding of the applications for upper level students in civil engineering and engineering geology. Each chapter concludes with a set of questions for the student to answer.

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This book concisely examines the use of elasticity in solving geotechnical engineering problems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521498279
• ISBN 13: 9780521498272
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Davis R. O., Selvadurai A. P. S.