Overview
- Presents the state of the art of geomechanics, from fundamentals to applications, and promotes the multidisciplinary nature of geomaterials
- Results of the 8th International Workshop on Bifurcations and Degradations in Geomaterials (IWBDG 2008) held in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada May 28 to 31, 2008
- Includes Applications to Soil-Machine Interaction and Petroleum Geomechanics
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering (SSGG)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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About this book
Geomaterials exhibit complex but rich mechanical behaviour with a variety of failure modes ranging from diffuse to localized deformation depending on stress, density, microstructure, and loading conditions. These failure modes are a result of an instability of material and/or geometric nature that can be studied within the framework of bifurcation theory. Degradation is another related phenomenon arising from cyclic loading, ageing, weathering, chemical attack, and capillary effects, among others. The methodology of analyzing the various types of instabilities is crucial in the adequate modelling and safe design of numerous problems in geomechanics.
The present volume contains a sampling of enlarged versions of papers presented at the International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradations in Geomaterials (IWBDG 2008) held in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, May 28-31, 2008. These papers capture the state-of-the-art in the specialized field of geomechanics and contemporary approaches to solving the central issue of failure. Some engineering applications are presented in the areas of energy resource extraction and soil-machine interaction.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bifurcations, Instabilities and Degradations in Geomaterials
Editors: Richard Wan, Mustafa Alsaleh, Joe Labuz
Series Title: Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18284-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-18283-9Published: 05 March 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50238-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18284-6Published: 16 March 2011
Series ISSN: 1866-8755
Series E-ISSN: 1866-8763
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 369
Topics: Solid Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Mineral Resources, Mathematical and Computational Engineering