Soil Mechanics: A One-Dimensional Introduction

Soil Mechanics: A One-Dimensional Introduction
ISBN-10
0521517737
ISBN-13
9780521517737
Series
Soil Mechanics
Category
Science
Pages
239
Language
English
Published
2009-09-28
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
David Muir Wood

Description

"This introductory course on soil mechanics presents the key concepts of stress, stiffness, seepage, consolidation, and strength within a one-dimensional framework. - Consideration of the mechanical behaviour of soils requires us to consider density alongside stresses, thus permitting the unification of deformation and strength characteristics. Soils are described in a way which can be integrated with concurrent teaching of the properties of other engineering materials. - The book includes a model of the shearing of soil and some examples of soil-structure interaction which are capable of theoretical analysis using one-dimensional governing equations. The text contains many worked examples, and exercises are given for private study at the end of all chapters. - Some suggestions for laboratory demonstrations that could accompany such an introductory course are sprinkled through the book."--Jacket.

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