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Recent years have witnessed the development of computational geomechanics as an important branch of engineering. The use of modern computational techniques makes it possible to deal with many complex engineering problems, taking into account many of the typical properties of geotechnical materials (soil and rock), such as the coupled behaviour of pore water and solid material, nonlinear elasto-plastic behaviour, and transport processes. This book provides an introduction to these methods, presenting the basic principles of the geotechnical phenomena involved as well as the numerical models for their analysis, and including full listings of computer programs (in PASCAL). The types of geotechnical problems considered cover a wide range of applications, varying from classical problems such as slope stability, analysis of foundation piles and sheet pile walls to finite element analysis of groundwater flow, elasto-plastic deformations, consolidation and transport problems.

624.131 --- Soil mechanics --- -519.6 --- Soil engineering --- Soils --- Soils (Engineering) --- Geotechnical engineering --- Mechanics --- Foundations --- Soil physics --- Soil mechanics. Structural soil technology. Technical and economic studies --- Mathematics --- Computational mathematics. Numerical analysis. Computer programming --- Mathematics. --- 519.6 Computational mathematics. Numerical analysis. Computer programming --- 624.131 Soil mechanics. Structural soil technology. Technical and economic studies --- 519.6 --- Soil physics. --- Flexible foundations --- Plastic deformation

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This textbook offers a superb introduction to theoretical and practical soil mechanics. Special attention is given to the risks of failure in civil engineering, and themes covered include stresses in soils, groundwater flow, consolidation, testing of soils, and stability of slopes. Readers will learn the major principles and methods of soil mechanics, and the most important methods of determining soil parameters both in the laboratory and in situ. The basic principles of applied mechanics, that are frequently used, are offered in the appendices. The author’s considerable experience of teaching soil mechanics is evident in the many features of the book: it is packed with supportive color illustrations, helpful examples and references. Exercises with answers enable students to self-test their understanding and encourage them to explore further through additional online material. Numerous simple computer programs are provided online as Electronic Supplementary Material.  As a soil mechanics textbook, this volume is ideally suited to supporting undergraduate civil engineering students. “I am really delighted that your book is now published. When I “discovered” your course a few years ago, I was elated to have finally found a book that immediately resonated with me.  Your approach to teaching soil mechanics is precise, rigorous, clear, concise, or in other words “crisp." My colleagues who share the teaching of Soil Mechanics 1 and 2 (each course is taught every semester) at the UMN have also adopted your book.” Emmanuel Detournay     Professor at Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA.

Engineering. --- Hydrogeology. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Civil engineering. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Civil Engineering. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Engineering --- Public works --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Geohydrology --- Geology --- Hydrology --- Groundwater --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Soil mechanics.

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