Mechanics of Natural Solids

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kolymbas, Dimitrios (Editor), Viggiani, Gioacchino (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Sedimentology.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Continuum mechanics.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

This book presents the lectures of the Symposium on Mechanics of Natural Solids, hold from 7th to 9th September 2009 in Horto, Greece. It delivers a paradigm for the interconnection of the mechanics of soil, rock, ice and snow and also for the interdisciplinary character of the related research. The...