Landmarks in soil mechanics : the Rankine lectures, 1981-1990

The British Geotechnical Society annually commemorates the great engineer and physicist, William John Macquorn Rankine - 1820 - 1872), by holding a lecture in London presented by a distinguished soil specialist. This volume constitutes the third set of ten Rankine lectures and feature some of the most widely acknowledged experts in soil mechanics and foundation engineering from around the world.

Geotechnical engineering and frontier resource development * N R Morgenstern * Strength of jointed rock mass -E Hoek * Geology, geomorphology and geotechnics - D J Henkel * The interpretation of in-situ soil tests - C P Wroth * Soil models in offshore engineering - N Janbu * On the embankment dam - A D M Penman * Failure - R F Scott * Uplift resistance of soils - H B Sutherland * Pile behaviour - theory and application - H G Poulos * On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays - J B Burland.