Mechanical Behaviour of Soils Under Environmentally Induced Cyclic Loads

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Prisco, Claudio Di (Editor), Wood, David Muir (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2012.
• Series: CISM Courses and Lectures, 534
• Subjects: Engineering.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Continuum mechanics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

The book gives a comprehensive description of the mechanical response of soils (granular and cohesive materials) under cyclic loading. It provides the geotechnical engineer with the theoretical and analytical tools necessary for the evaluation of settlements developng with time under cyclic, einviro...