TY - GEN digital ID - 131764813 TI - Failure in geomaterials : a contemporary treatise AU - Wan, Richard AU - Nicot, François AU - Darve, F. PY - 2017 SN - 9780081010563 0081010567 PB - London ISTE Press Ltd DB - UniCat KW - Geophysics KW - Building materials. Building technology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131764813 AB - Failure in Geomaterials offers a unified view of material failure as an instability of deformation modes framed within the theory of bifurcation. Using mathematical rigor, logic, physical reasoning and basic principles of mechanics, the authors develop the fundamentals of failure in geomaterials based on the second-order work criterion. Various forms of rupture modes and material instabilities in granular materials are explored both analytically and numerically with lab experimental observations on sand as a backdrop. The authors provide a clear picture of inelastic deformations and failure of geomaterials under various loading conditions. A unique feature of the book is the systematic application of the developed theory to the failure analysis of some selected engineering problems such as soil nailing, landslides, energy resource extraction, and internal erosion in soils. ER -