Soil behaviour and critical state soil mechanics. (English) Zbl 0743.73023

Wood, David Muir

Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press,. xxiii, 462 p. (1990).

Contents: 1. Introduction: models and soil mechanics. 2. Elasticity. 3. Plasticity and yielding. 4. Elastic-plastic model of soil. 5. A particular elastic-plastic model: Cam clay. 6. Critical states. 7. Strength of soils. 8. Stress-dilatancy. 9. Index properties. 10. Stress paths and soil tests. 11. Applications of elastic-plastic models. 12. Beyond the simple models.

MSC:

74L10	Soil and rock mechanics
74-01	Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids

Keywords:

plasticity; yielding; elastic-plastic model; Cam clay; critical states; strength of soils; stress-dilatancy; stress paths; soil tests; elasticity