Elasticity for Geotechnicians A Modern Exposition of Kelvin, Boussinesq, Flamant, Cerruti, Melan, and Mindlin Problems /

• Main Authors: Podio-Guidugli, Paolo (Author), Favata, Antonino (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 204
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.

This book deals in a modern manner with a family of named problems from an old and mature subject, classical elasticity. These problems are formulated over either a half or the whole of a linearly elastic and isotropic two- or three-dimensional space, subject to loads concentrated at points or lines...

Table of Contents:

• About this book
• Preface
• References
• 1 One-Dimensional Paradigms
• Part I Preliminaries
• 2 Elements of Linear Elasticity
• 3 Geometric and Analytic Tools
• Part II Three Classical Problems: Flamant's, Boussinesq's, and Kelvin's
• 4 The Flamant Problem
• 5 The Boussinesq Problem
• 6 The Kelvin Problem
• Part III Three Other Problems: Melan's, Mindlin's, and Cerruti's
• 7 The Melan and Mindlin Problems
• 8 The Cerruti Problem
• Appendix
• Index of frequently used symbols
• Index.