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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the effects of moving loads on elastic and inelastic solids, elements and parts of structures and on elastic media, namely beams, continuous beams, beams on elastic foundations, rigid-plastic beams and thin-walled beams, frames, arches, strings, plates, elastic spaces and half spaces, etc.
Table of ContentsPreface Editorial Géotechnique: Past, present and future Géotechnique 1948–2008: more than just a journal The founders of Géotechnique Geotechnical publications before Géotechnique Geotechnics: the next 60 years Contributions to Géotechnique 1948–2008 Foundation engineering Retaining structures Slope stability and embankment dams Tunnelling Ground improvement Constitutive and numerical modelling Physical modelling Laboratory and field testing Soil behaviour Groundwater Soil science and interdisciplinary aspects of geotechnical engineering Engineering geology, rock mechanics and rock engineering Dynamics Seminal papers and discussion: 1950–1990 The measurement of the shear strength of soils The sensitivity of clays The movement and distribution of water in soils The use of the slip circle in the stability analysis of slopes Stability of strutted excavations in clay On the yielding of soils A discrete numerical model for granular assemblies A computer model for the analysis of ground movements in London Clay A constitutive model for partially saturated soils
