Limit analysis and soil plasticity /

Devoted to the theory and applications of limit analysis as applied to soil mechanics, this text also contains information on soil plasticity and rock-like material such as concrete.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chen, Wai-Fah, 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1975.
Series:Developments in geotechnical engineering ; 7.
Subjects:
Soil mechanics.
Plastic analysis (Engineering)
M�ecanique des sols.
Analyse plastique (Ing�enierie)
soil mechanics.
plastic design.
Soil mechanics
Bodenmechanik
Plastizit�at
Online Access:Texto completo
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • chapter 2. The assumptions and theorems used in limit analysis
  • chapter 3. Limit analysis by the upper-bound method
  • chapter 4. Limit analysis by the lower-bound method
  • chapter 5. Progressive failure of footings
  • chapter 6. Bearing capacity of strip footings
  • chapter 7. Bearing capacity of square, rectangular and circular footings
  • chapter 8. Active and passive earth pressures
  • chapter 9. Stability of slopes
  • chapter 10. Bearing capacity of concrete blocks or rock
  • chapter 11. Double-punch test for tensile strength of concrete, rock and soils
  • chapter 12. Soil plasticity
  • theory and application.

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