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UNINA9910139233903321 |
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Titolo |
Multiscale geomechanics [[electronic resource] ] : from soil to engineering projects / / edited by Pierre-Yves Hicher |
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London, : ISTE |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-60143-2 |
1-299-27734-9 |
1-118-60138-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (414 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Engineering geology - Mathematical models |
Soil mechanics - Mathematical models |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Jean Biarez: His Life and Work; 1.1. Early years and arrival in Grenoble; 1.2. From Grenoble to Paris; 1.3. The major research interests of Jean Biarez; 1.4. Research and teaching; 1.5. Conclusion; Chapter 2. From Particle to Material Behavior: the Paths Chartered by Jean Biarez; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The available tools, the variables analyzed and limits of the proposed analyses; 2.3. Analysis of geometric anisotropy; 2.4. Analysis of the distribution of contact forces in a granular material; 2.5. Analysis of local arrays |
2.6. Particle breakage 2.7. Conclusion; 2.8. Bibliography; Chapter 3. Granular Materials in Civil Engineering: Recent Advances in the Physics of Their Mechanical Behavior and Applications to Enginee; 3.1. Behavior resulting from energy dissipation by friction; 3.1.1. Introduction; 3.1.2. Fundamentals; 3.1.3. Main practical consequences; 3.1.4. Conclusions; 3.2. Influence of grain breakage on the behavior of granular materials; 3.2.1. Introduction to the grain breakage phenomenon; 3.2.2. Scale effect in shear strength; 3.3. Practical applications to construction design |
3.3.1. A new method for rational assessment of rockfill shear strength |
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