Computational Geomechanics (Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media, 7)

Recent years have witnessed the development of computational geomechanics as an important branch of engineering. The use of modern computational techniques makes it possible to deal with many complex engineering problems, taking into account many of the typical properties of geotechnical materials (soil and rock), such as the coupled behaviour of pore water and solid material, nonlinear elasto-plastic behaviour, and transport processes. This book provides an introduction to these methods, presenting the basic principles of the geotechnical phenomena involved as well as the numerical models for their analysis, and including full listings of computer programs (in PASCAL). The types of geotechnical problems considered cover a wide range of applications, varying from classical problems such as slope stability, analysis of foundation piles and sheet pile walls to finite element analysis of groundwater flow, elasto-plastic deformations, consolidation and transport problems. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Soil Properties....Pages 1-7 Theory of Consolidation....Pages 8-34 Sea Bed Response to Cyclic Loads....Pages 35-52 Beams on Elastic Foundation....Pages 53-66 Sheet Pile Walls....Pages 67-77 Axially Loaded Piles....Pages 78-105 Development of Pile Plug....Pages 106-121 Laterally Loaded Piles....Pages 122-150 Pile in Layered Elastic Material....Pages 151-166 Waves in Piles....Pages 167-193 Gravity Foundations....Pages 194-203 Slope Stability....Pages 204-218 Finite Elements for Plane Groundwater Flow....Pages 219-243 Finite Elements for Plane Strain Elastostatics....Pages 244-265 Finite Elements for Elasto-Plastic Deformations....Pages 266-279 Finite Elements for One-Dimensional Consolidation....Pages 280-290 Finite Elements for Two-Dimensional Consolidation....Pages 291-307 Transport in Porous Media....Pages 308-336 Adsorption and Dispersion....Pages 337-355 Back Matter....Pages 356-384