Description
Book SynopsisThis book enables practising engineers to make informed decisions concerning soil model boundary conditions and the choice of elements in Finite Element models. Ideal for MSc and MEng students and for use on CPD courses.
Trade Review"The author is one of only a few who could produce this comprehensive state-of-the-art treatise. ...This book deserves to be at the advanced end of the reading list for MEng and taught postgraduate courses."
- David White, Géotechnique
"The author is one of only a few who could produce this comprehensive state-of-the-art treatise. ...This book deserves to be at the advanced end of the reading list for MEng and taught postgraduate courses."
- David White, Géotechnique
Table of Contents1. Introduction to Modelling 2. Characteristics of Soil Behaviour 3. Constitutive Modelling 4. Numerical Modelling 5. Physical Modelling 6. Centrifuge Modelling 7. Theoretical Modelling 8. Soil-Structure Interaction 9. Envoi 10. Bibliography
