PDF⋙ Geomechanics of Failures. Advanced Topics by Eduardo E. Alonso, Núria M. Pinyol, Alexander M. Puzrin
Geomechanics of Failures. Advanced Topics by Eduardo E. Alonso, Núria M. Pinyol, Alexander M. Puzrin Geomechanics of Failures. Advanced Topics by Eduardo E. Alonso, Núria M. Pinyol, Alexander M. Puzrin PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Geotechnical failures, specially the catastrophic ones, are a stimulus to improve current understanding of phenomena and procedures and tools for analysis and prediction. This unconventional approach to geomechanics is the essence of this book. In general, soil mechanics and geotechnical textbooks describe first the concepts and theoretical developments and then apply them to interpret or solve a particular applications. This book follows a different course. The case (a failure) is first described and then an explanation is sought. This requires a set of steps which can be summarized as follows: Identify the nature of the problem, develop a dedicated and specific formulation of the case, based on established basic concepts. In general, no single existing theory