Geomechanics of Failures

by Eduardo E. Alonso, Nuria M. Pinyol, Alexander M. Puzrin, et al.

Book Overview

The main goal of this introductory text is to demonstrate how basic concepts in Soil Mechanics can be used as a "forensic" tool in the investigation of geotechnical failures. This, in turn, provides a good opportunity to show how to use available procedures in the formulation of useful simple models. Geotechnical failure is understood here in a broad sense as the failure of a structure to function properly due to a geotechnical reason. Some of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400793979
• ISBN13: 9789400793972
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"