Towards a Unified Soil Mechanics Theory.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sharjah :
Bentham Science Publishers,
2018.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONFLIC OF INTEREST; DEDICATION; SUMMARY; Introduction; 1.1. DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR UNSATURATED SOILS; 1.2. EFFECTIVE STRESSES; The Effective Stress Equation; 2.1. INTRODUCTION; 2.2. EFFECTIVE STRESS EQUATION; The Porous-Solid Model; 3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. DIFFERENT POROUS-SOLID MODELS; 3.2.1. Distinct Element Models; 3.2.2. Random Models; 3.2.3. Network Models; 3.3. THE NETWORK MODEL; 3.4. MECHANISMS OF WETTING AND DRYING; 3.4.1. Main Drying Curve; 3.4.2. Main Wetting Curve; 3.4.3. Secondary and Scanning Curves.
- The Probabilistic Porous-Solid Model4.1. INTRODUCTION; 4.2. THE PROBABILISTIC MODEL; 4.3. MAIN WETTING CURVE; 4.4. MAIN DRYING CURVE; 4.5. SATURATED AND DRY VOLUMES; 4.6. SCANNING CURVES; 4.6.1. Drying -Wetting Cycle; 4.6.2. Wetting-Drying Cycle; 4.7. Assessment OF THE PROBABILISTIC MODEL; 4.8. PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; Applications of the Porous-Solid Model; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.2. MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY TESTS; 5.3. SOIL-WATER RETENTION CURVES; 5.4. OBTAINING THE PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; Compression Strength of Soils; 6.1. INTRODUCTION; 6.2. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS.
- Tensile Strength7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. TENSILE TESTS; Volumetric Behavior; 8.1. INTRODUCTION; 8.2. PROPOSED EQUATION; 8.3. ELASTOPLASTIC FRAMEWORK; 8.4. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS; Collapse Upon Wetting; 9.1. INTRODUCTION; 9.2. VOLUMETRIC ELASTOPLASTIC FRAMEWORK; 9.3. COMPACTED SOILS; 9.4. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS; 9.4.1. Isotropic Compression; 9.4.2. Collapse Upon Wetting; Expansive Soils; 10.1. INTRODUCTION; 10.2. BACKGROUND; 10.3. EXTENDED ELASTOPLASTIC FRAMEWORK; 10.4. EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL COMPARISONS; Hydro-Mechanical Coupling; 11.1. INTRODUCTION.
- 11.2. PROCEDURE11.3. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS; 11.3.1. Tests by Chiu and Ng [146]; 11.3.2. Tests by Ng and Pang [147]; 11.3.3. Tests by Sun, Sheng, Cui and Sloan [122]; A Fully Coupled Model; 12.1. BACKGROUND; 12.2. CRITICAL STATE; 12.3. GENERAL ELASTOPLASTIC FRAMEWORK; 12.4. MECHANICAL MODEL; 12.5. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS; REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; GLOSSARY; SUBJECT INDEX.