Overview
Describes theoretically and practically the revolution in the study of geomechanics and geomaterials that numerical modelling has made possible through examples of such factors as chemical degradation, rock weathering, debris flows, and flow slides.Synopsis
Pastor (Department of Computational Engineering, Centro de Estudios y Experimentacíon de Obras Publicas, Spain) and Tamagnini (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Universitá di Perugia, Italy) present recent work in numerical modeling applications in geomechanics, in areas such as brittle and ductile materials, water saturated and partially saturated geomaterials, large and small strains, steady state and transient problems, soil dynamics, strain localization, and applications related to natural hazards. While the main emphasis is on theory, there is also material on practical aspects, looking at the effects of such factors as chemical degradation, rock weathering, and debris flows and flow slides. The book is distributed in the US by Stylus Publishing. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR