Elasticity and geomechanics

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Elasticity and geomechanics

R.O. Davis, A.P.S. Selvadurai

Cambridge University Press, 1996

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book concisely examines the use of elasticity in solving geotechnical engineering problems. In a highly illustrated and user-friendly format, it provides a thorough grounding in the linear theory of elasticity and an understanding of the applications, for upper level students in civil engineering and engineering geology. The first two chapters present a basic framework of the theory of elasticity and describe test procedures for the determination of elastic parameters for soils. Chapters 3 and 4 present the fundamental solutions of Boussinesque, Kelvin and Mindlin and use these to formulate solutions to problems of practical interest in geotechnical engineering. The book concludes with a sequence of appendices designed to provide the interested student with details of elasticity theory which are peripheral to the main text. Each chapter includes a set of questions for the student to answer.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Some ideas from the theory of elasticity
  • 2. The elastic constants
  • 3. Fundamental solutions
  • 4. Applications of fundamental solutions
  • Appendices.

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