David Muir Wood

Soil Mechanics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book teaches the principles of soil mechanics to undergraduates, along with other properties of engineering materials.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780521517737
• ISBN-10: 0521517737
• Artikelnr.: 26552356

Autorenporträt

David Muir Wood has taught soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering courses at the universities of Cambridge, Glasgow, and Bristol for 33 years. He is the author of more than 100 research publications, two books - Soil Behavior and Critical State Soil Mechanics (Cambridge, 1990) and Geotechnical Modelling (2004) - and numerous book chapters. He was co-chairman of the Geotechnical computer-aided learning project.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Stress in soils
3. Density
4. Stiffness
5. Seepage
6. Changes in stress
7. Consolidation
8. Strength
9. Soil-structure interaction
10. Envoi, exercises
Numerical answers.

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1. Introduction; 2. Stress in soils; 3. Density; 4. Stiffness; 5. Seepage; 6. Changes in stress; 7. Consolidation; 8. Strength; 9. Soil-structure interaction; 10. Envoi, exercises; Numerical answers.

Rezensionen

' ... an introductory text that is well suited for the reader with a background in the geological sciences. It is clearly written, well illustrated and full of elementary examples intended for first-year civil engineers at the University of Bristol in England.' Environmental and Engineering Geoscience