Visco-Plastic Behaviour of Geomaterials

1. Front Matter

   Pages ii-vi

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2. Uniaxial and Triaxial Creep and Failure Tests on Rock: Experimental Technique and Interpretation

   • U. Hunsche

   Pages 1-53

3. Experimental Evidence of Non-Linear and Creep Behaviour of Pyroclastic Rocks

   • A. Evangelista, S. Aversa

   Pages 55-101

4. Viscoplasticity of Geomaterials

   • N. D. Cristescu

   Pages 103-207

5. Finite Element Analysis of Time Dependent Effects in Tunnels

   • G. Gioda, A. Cividini

   Pages 209-243

6. Coupled Analyses in Geomechanics

   • D. V. Griffiths

   Pages 245-317

Aim of this book is to present to researchers and engineers a description of the present knowledge on the viscoplasticity of geomaterials, considering the experimental and theoretical aspects and the applications to relevant problems. First, the laboratory tests performed in order to quantitatively assess the theological properties of rocks are illustrated, describing the equipments used in modern rock mechanics laboratories and the proper testing procedures. Part of the presentation is devoted to the description of constitutive creep laws having different degrees of accuracy and complexity. The book covers also problems related to the application of numerical solution procedures to rock/soil mechanics situations in which the slow deformation of geomaterials is to be taken into account.

• Geomaterials
• deformation
• material
• mechanics
• plasticity
• rock mechanics
• soil mechanics
• testing

• University of Bucharest, Romania

  N. D. Cristescu

• University of Florida, USA

  N. D. Cristescu

• Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

  G. Gioda

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