Recent Advances in Geotechnical Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wu, Wei (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering,
• Subjects: Engineering geology.; Engineering-Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

This book provides a snapshot of the research activities of the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria. The topics are broad ranged including: · Centrifuge model testing · Constitutive model · Granular physics · Numerical simulatio...

Table of Contents:

• From the content: Role of plants - results of pore pressure monitoring in a slope
• A probabilistic 3-D slope stability analysis for forest management
• Effect of eccentricity and boundary on jet formation of soft fine sand
• Experimental and numerical analysis of stick-slip instability of granular materials
• Combination of decisive properties of soil in science and geotechnics
• Effects of mycorrhizal fungi on slope stabilisation functions of plants
• Shear strength of granular soil under saturated and unsaturated conditions
• Failure of unsaturated soil slopes initiated by self-weight loading
• Centrifuge study of soil arching in slope reinforced by piles
• Quantitative description of orthotropic fabric of sand.