Soil Behaviour and Critical State Mechanics

by David Muir Wood

Book Overview

Soils can rarely be described as ideally elastic or perfectly plastic and yet simple elastic and plastic models form the basis for the most traditional geotechnical engineering calculations. With the advent of cheap powerful computers the possibility of performing analyses based on more realistic models has become widely available. One of the aims of this book is to describe the basic ingredients of a family of simple elastic-plastic models of soil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521337828
• ISBN13: 9780521337823
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"