The book presents a concise‎,‎ yet reasonably comprehensive‎,‎ overview of fundamental notions of plasticity in relation to geomechanics‎.‎ The primary objective of this work is to provide the reader with a general background in soil/rock plasticity and‎,‎ as such‎,‎ should be perceived as an introduction to the broad area of inelastic response of geomaterials‎.‎ The book is divided into eight chapters‎.‎ Chapters 1 & 2 start with an outline of the basic concepts and fundamental postulates‎,‎ followed by a review of the elastic‎-perfectly plastic formulations in geomechanics‎.‎ The isotropic strain‎-hardening framework and isotropic‎-kinematic hardening rules‎,‎ the latter formulated within the context of bounding surface plasticity‎,‎ are discussed in Chapters 3 & 4‎.‎ Chapter 5 outlines the basic techniques for numerical integration‎,‎ whereas Chapter 6 gives an overview of procedures for limit analysis that include applications of lower and upper bound theorems‎.‎ Both these chapters are introductory in nature and are intended to provide a basic background in the respective areas‎.‎ Chapter 7 deals with description of inherent anisotropy in geomaterials‎.‎Finally‎,‎ Chapter 8 provides an overview of the experimental response of geomaterials‎.‎ The text is intended primarily for Ph‎.‎D‎.‎/M‎.‎Sc‎.‎ students as well as researchers working in the areas of soil/rock mechanics‎.‎ It may also be of interest to practicing engineers familiar with established notions of contemporary continuum mechanics‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Pietruszczak‎,‎ S‎.‎
• Publisher‎:‎ CRC Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9780415585163