An Introduction to Soil Dynamics

• Main Author: Verruijt, Arnold (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media ; 24
• Subjects: Engineering.; Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This book presents the basic principles of soil dynamics, and a variety of solutions of practical interest for geotechnical engineering, geophysics and earthquake engineering. Emphasis is on analytical solutions, often including the full derivation of the solution, and giving the main parts of compu...

Table of Contents:

• Vibrating Systems
• Waves in Piles
• Earthquakes in Soft Layers
• Theory of Consolidation
• Dynamics of Porous Media
• Cylindrical Waves
• Spherical Waves
• Elastostatics of a Half Space
• Elastodynamics of a Half Space
• Confined Elastodynamics
• Line Load on Elastic Half Space
• Strip Load on Elastic Half Space
• Point Load on an Elastic Half Space
• Moving Loads on an Elastic Half Plane
• Foundation Vibrations.