Elasticity and Geomechanics

By: Davis, R. O.

Book Overview

This book concisely examines the use of elasticity in solving geotechnical engineering problems. In a highly illustrated and user-friendly format, it provides a thorough grounding in the linear theory of elasticity and an understanding of the applications, for upper level students in civil engineering and engineering geology. The first two chapters present a basic framework of the theory of elasticity and describe test procedures for the determination of elastic parameters for soils. Chapters 3 and 4 present the fundamental solutions of Boussinesque, Kelvin and Mindlin and use these to formulate solutions to problems of practical interest in geotechnical engineering. The book concludes with a sequence of appendices designed to provide the interested student with details of elasticity theory which are peripheral to the main text. Each chapter includes a set of questions for the student to answer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521498279
• ISBN13: 9780521498272
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"