G. Swoboda

Numerical Methods in Geomechanics, Sixth Edition - Volume 2

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book contains papers, presented at the sixth International Conference on numerical methods in geomechanics held in Innsbruck in 1988, on various topics including ice mechanics, rock hydraulics, modeling of joints and infinite domains, soil structure interaction, and earth structures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 762
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1988
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1529g
• ISBN-13: 9789061918110
• ISBN-10: 9061918111
• Artikelnr.: 57044850

Autorenporträt

G. Swoboda

Inhaltsangabe

Ice mechanics 1. Modelling of shallow slope creep by finite element method
2. Numerical models of idealized ice shelf flow 3. Triaxial creep
properties of frozen soil and their measurement 4. A constitutive model for
frozen sand 5. Ground movements by tunnel driving in the protection of
frozen shells Rock hydraulics 6. Finite difference and finite element
modelling of an aquifer in Cretaceous chalk 7. Free-surface tracking
through non-saturated models 8. Finite element double-porosity model for
deformable saturated-unsaturated fractured rock mass 9. An integral
equation technique for the propagation of a vertical hydraulic fracture in
a poroelastic formation 10. An analysis of hydraulic fracturing by the
finite element method 11. Coupled models and free-surface seepage analysis
without mesh iteration 12. Analysis of the growth and interaction of
multiple-plane hydraulic fractures 13. Analysis of stress, water flow and
heat transfer in fractured rocks 14. The coupled relationships between
mechanical parameters and hydraulic ones of a structural surface and their
application Modeling of joints, interfaces and discontinuum 15. Elastic
moduli of well-jointed rock masses 16. KEM in geomechanics 17. A macro
joint element for nonlinear arch dam analysis 18. Shear element techniques
for tunnel design 19. A comprehensive numerical model of rock joints and
its implementation in a finite element model 20. Adaptive creation of
kinematical discontinuities 21. Modelling of contaminant movement through
fractured or jointed media with parallel fractures 22. Numerical
interpretation of borehole jack test in consideration of joint stiffness
23. A correction for sampling bias on joint orientation for finite size
joints intersecting finite size exposures 24. Mathematical model of
probabilistic analysis for a jointed rock slope 25. Analysis of fault
initiation and fault spacing in elasto-plastic sedimentary materials 26.
Application of a joint model to concrete-sandstone interfaces 27. Numerical
analysis of discontinuous block systems 28. Landslide effects to buried
pipelines 29. Application of the thin-layer interface element to
geotechnical problems 30. Generating a 3-D block pattern: A key to blocky
system study 31. The constitutive relation of joints and boundary surfaces
in geomechanics Modeling of infinite domains 32. Elastic analysis of
layered soils by boundary elements: Comparative remarks or various
approaches 33. Applications of the boundary element method for the analysis
of discontinuities 34. Elasto-plastic analysis of tunnel excavation in
layered rock medium by coupled FEBEM 35. The spline indirect boundary
element method and its application in analyzing stress and pressure around
underground opening 36. Underground stress analysis using mapped infinite
elements 37. Application of the common boundary element software COMVAR to
the analysis of soils 38. BE-BEM and IFE-BEM: Two models for unbounded
problems in geomechanics 39. Back analysis method of elastoplastic BEM in
strain space 40. Analysis of stress and slide of underground openings by
BEM with nonlinear slip elements 41. Elastoplastic boundary element
analysis of well-uniform self-supporting structure 42. The progressive
failure of the rock mass surrounding an opening by boundary element method
43. Infinite element and its application to geotechnical problems 44. The
application of the boundary element method to the stress analysis of
anisotropic and 45. Heterogeneous solid medium 46. Boundary element
analysis of linear quasi-static coupled transient thermoelasticity
Soil-structure interaction, piles 47. Computation of the ultimate pressure
of a laterally loaded circular pile in frictional soil 48. Elastoplastic
analysis of laterally loaded piles 49. A simplified analysis of pile
penetration 50. Analysis of laterally loaded piles by
quasi-three-dimensional finite element method 51. The problems of a slab on
an elastic solid foundation in the light of the finite element method 52.
Numerical modelling of pile behaviour under low-strain integrity testing
53. Evaluation of stiffness characteristics of Bombay High calcareous
sediments for numerical 54. Methods of soil-foundations interactive
analysis 55. Buckling of buried flexible structures of noncircular shape
56. Non-linear effects in soil-pipeline interaction in a ground subsidence
zone 57. Undrained strength from CPT and finite element computations 58.
The estimation of design bending moments for retaining walls using finite
elements 59. Finite element analysis of downdrag on piles 60. Finite
element analysis of deep foundations subjected to uplift loading 61. Static
analysis of a space frame foundation structure 62. Effect of loading
sequence and soil nonlinearity on the response of a pile group foundation
using a three-dimensional finite element analysis 63. Soil-structure
interaction - A possibility for elastic-plastic calculation of foundation
slabs 64. Numerical analysis of slab foundations 65. The engineering design
of pavement units developed from finite element research methods 66.
Designing of spread footings on karst-prone sites 67. Simulation of
behaviour of a gravity structure subject to lateral loading 68. Research of
the interaction between circular foundation and layered ground with the
method of finite elements 69. Loadings on box-type structures buried in
elasto-plastic soil 70. Influence of neighbouring structures on deep
foundations 71. The variant of Rayleigh's method applied to Timoshenko
beams on Winkler-Pastemak foundations 72. Elastic-plastic pile-frames
interaction Earth structures, slopes, dams, embankments 73. Layered
analysis of embankment dams 74. Slope analysis and theory of plasticity 75.
Three-dimensional finite element collapse analysis for foundations and
slopes using dynamic relaxation 76. Numerical methods for locating the
critical slip surface in slope stability analysis 77. Reliability analysis
of propped embedded cantilever walls 78. Analysis of concrete darn-rock
base interaction by numerical methods 79. Failure criteria for slope
analysis using initial stress method 80. The nonlinear behaviour of ground
anchors and its consideration in finite element analysis of tied-back walls
81. Stability of vertical comer cuts 82. Consolidation analysis of an
experimental fill in a reclamation area 83. The interaction mechanism of
granular soils with geogrids 84. The analysis of steel-reinforced
embankments on soft clay foundations 85. Experience with numerical
modelling of dams 86. Finite element modelling of rapid drawdown 87.
Analysis of gravity dams on complex rock formations with effects of seepage
88. Consolidation analysis of partially saturated soils - Application to
earthdam construction 89. The numerical analysis for the interaction of
concrete core and rockfill shell of a dam and the prototype measurement and
verification 90. Finite element analysis of fill type dams - Stability
during construction by using the effective stress concept 91.
Three-dimensional movements of embankment ends on soft layer 92. Numerical
analysis of a road embankment constructed on soft clay stabilized with
stone columns 93. Search for noncircular slip surfaces by the
Morgenstem-Price Method 94. Performance and analysis of anchored sheet pile
wall in soft clay 95. Search for critical slip lines in finite element
stress fields by dynamic programming 96. Reliability analysis of a test
embankment by variance reduction and nearest-neighbor methods 97. Static
liquefaction of loose slopes 98. Three-dimensional slope stability analysis
by slice methods 99. Finite element analysis of the stresses in slopes 100.
Comparison of the results of numerical and engineering stability analyses
of the slopes of 101. composite geological structures 102. The stability of
slopes in Champlain Sea Clays - A parametric study 103. Numerical modeling
of the influence of seepage on foundation behaviour of gravity dams 104.
SUMSTAB - A computer software for generalized stability analysis of zoned
dams 105. Optimization of dam shape by boundary element method 106.
Analysis of effective stress and movement of Lubuge Dam 107. Effect of
tectonoclastic zones in rock foundation on dam stress 108. Semi-analytical
finite element analysis of laterally loaded piles 109. Finite element
analysis of certain aspects of deep anchors in cohesive soil medium 110.
Analysis of unreinforoed and reinforced embankments on soft clays by
plasticity theory 111. Analysis of polymer grid-reinforced soil retaining
wall