Geotechnical EngineeringEstablished as a standard textbook for students of geotechnical engineering, this second edition of Geotechnical Engineering provides a solid grounding in the mechanics of soils and soil-structure interaction.Renato Lancellotta gives a clear presentation of the fundamental principles of soil mechanics and demonstrates how these principles are |
Contents
| 1 | |
2 Continuum mechanics | 29 |
3 Basic constitutive models | 75 |
4 The porous medium | 101 |
5 Stressstrain behaviour of soils | 142 |
6 Flow in porous media | 202 |
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analysis applied aquifer assumed assumption bearing capacity boundary conditions Burland coefficient components compression computed cone cone penetration test consider consolidation constant continuum mechanics curve defined deformation density depends depth displacement drained earth pressure effective stress elastic engineering equation equilibrium example excess pore pressure expressed factor flow friction Geotechnical Geotechnical Engineering Géotechnique gradient Hvorslev hydraulic conductivity Lancellotta layer linear load measured method modulus Mohr circle normal obtained one-dimensional overconsolidated parameters particles peak strength piezometer Pisa plane plastic pore pressure porous medium principal stresses problem reference represented sand Section seismic settlement shear modulus shear strength Skempton slope soil behaviour soil element Soil Mechanics soil sample soil stiffness solution stability stiff clays strain stress path structure theorem theory triaxial undrained strength vector velocity vertical effective stress vertical stress void ratio volume water content wave yield stress yield surface ди