Limit analysis in soil mechanics /

During the last ten years, our understanding of the perfect plasticity and the associated flow rule assumption on which limit analysis is based has increased considerably. Many extensions and advances have been made in applications of limit analysis to the area of soil dynamics, in particular, to ea...

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Main Authors: Chen, Wai-Fah, 1936- (Author), Liu, X. L. (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; New York : New York, NY, U.S.A. : Elsevier ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub., 1990.
Series:Developments in geotechnical engineering ; 52.
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Summary:During the last ten years, our understanding of the perfect plasticity and the associated flow rule assumption on which limit analysis is based has increased considerably. Many extensions and advances have been made in applications of limit analysis to the area of soil dynamics, in particular, to earthquake-induced slope failure and landslide problems and to earthquake-induced lateral earth pressures on rigid retaining structures. The purpose of the book therefore is in part to discuss the validity of the upper bound work (or energy) method of limit analysis in a form that can be appreciated.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 477 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780444598356
0444598359
1299543901
9781299543904