Soil Behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering, Civil
Cover of the book Soil Behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics by David Muir Wood, Cambridge University Press
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Author: David Muir Wood ISBN: 9781316223734
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: April 26, 1991
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: David Muir Wood
ISBN: 9781316223734
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: April 26, 1991
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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 behaviour and to demonstrate how such models can be used in numerical analyses. Such numerical analyses are often regarded as mysterious black boxes but a proper appreciation of their worth requires an understanding of the numerical models on which they are based. Though the models on which this book concentrates are simple, understanding of these will indicate the ways in which more sophisticated models will perform.

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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 behaviour and to demonstrate how such models can be used in numerical analyses. Such numerical analyses are often regarded as mysterious black boxes but a proper appreciation of their worth requires an understanding of the numerical models on which they are based. Though the models on which this book concentrates are simple, understanding of these will indicate the ways in which more sophisticated models will perform.

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