Limit Analysis and Soil Plasticity
by Wai-Fah Chen
by Wai-Fah Chen
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Read the Reviews:
“This book is a landmark in soil mechanics.” M. Cleary, Civil Engineering
“The exceeding well-written treatise can serve not only as a valuable
reference work on the use of limit analysis in soil mechanics, but also as an
excellent text on limit analysis in general…” W. Prager, Applied Mechanics
About the Item:
Devoted to the theory and applications of limit analysis as applied to soil
mechanics, this text also contains information on soil plasticity and rock-like
material such as concrete. The first part of the book describes the
techniques of limit analysis in detail and are illustrated by many examples.
The second part deals with the applications of limit analysis to “classical soil
mechanics problems” and in the third part the author presents advances on
bearing capacity problems of concrete blocks or rock. The fourth part
discusses the modern development of the theory of soil plasticity.
An unabridged J. Ross Publishing republication of the edition published by
Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1975, 638pp.
About J. Ross Publishing Classics
J. Ross Publishing Classics are world-renowned texts and monographs
written by preeminent scholars. These books have been widely read,
discussed, and cited in the literature since their inaugural publications but
unavailable for some time to students, researchers, professionals, and
libraries. J. Ross Publishing is proudly making these valuable references and
texts available once again.
Key Features:
About the Author(s):
Dr. Wai-Fah Chen was Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering at
the University of Hawaii from 1999 to 2006. From 1976 to 1999, he was
Head of the Department of Structural Engineering at Purdue University and
George E. Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering; prior to
that he taught at Lehigh University. The author of more than 300 peer-
reviewed publications and author or co-author of 20 books, his primary
areas of research are constitutive modeling of engineering materials, soil
and concrete plasticity, structural connections, and structural stability. He
received his Ph.D. from Brown University. He is a member of the U.S.
National Academy of Engineering and an Honorary member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 — Introduction
Chapter 2 — The Assumptions and Theorems Used in Limit Analysis
Chapter 3 — Limit Analysis by the Upper-Bound Method
Chapter 4 — Limit Analysis by the Lower-Bound Method
Chapter 5 — Progressive Failure of Footings
Chapter 6 — Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings
Chapter 7 — Bearing Capacity of Square, Rectangular and Circular Footings
Chapter 8 — Active and Passive Earth Pressures
Chapter 9 — Stability of Slopes
Chapter 10 — Bearing Capacity of Concrete Blocks or Rock
Chapter 11 — Double-Punch Test for Tensile Strength of Concrete, Rock and
Soils
Chapter 12 — Soil Plasticity—Theory and Application
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Product Details
Softcover: 638 pp
Publisher: November 2007, J. Ross Publishing
ISBN-10: 1-932159-73-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-932159-73-8
Product Dimensions: 154 x 228 mm
“This book is a landmark in soil mechanics.” M. Cleary, Civil Engineering
“The exceeding well-written treatise can serve not only as a valuable
reference work on the use of limit analysis in soil mechanics, but also as an
excellent text on limit analysis in general…” W. Prager, Applied Mechanics
About the Item:
Devoted to the theory and applications of limit analysis as applied to soil
mechanics, this text also contains information on soil plasticity and rock-like
material such as concrete. The first part of the book describes the
techniques of limit analysis in detail and are illustrated by many examples.
The second part deals with the applications of limit analysis to “classical soil
mechanics problems” and in the third part the author presents advances on
bearing capacity problems of concrete blocks or rock. The fourth part
discusses the modern development of the theory of soil plasticity.
An unabridged J. Ross Publishing republication of the edition published by
Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1975, 638pp.
About J. Ross Publishing Classics
J. Ross Publishing Classics are world-renowned texts and monographs
written by preeminent scholars. These books have been widely read,
discussed, and cited in the literature since their inaugural publications but
unavailable for some time to students, researchers, professionals, and
libraries. J. Ross Publishing is proudly making these valuable references and
texts available once again.
Key Features:
 | Two elastic-plastic soil models and one elastic-plastic-fracture model | |
| for concrete are presented | ||
| Numerical results obtained by the finite element method along with | |
| limit analysis solutions are presented | ||
| The layout of the book is such that the voluminous quantity of | |
| material it contains is nevertheless concise, ordered and logical | ||
| A step-by-step presentation of the principles of limit analysis and the | |
| general techniques that can be used in deriving statically admissible stress fields and kinematically admissible velocity fields |
About the Author(s):
Dr. Wai-Fah Chen was Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering at
the University of Hawaii from 1999 to 2006. From 1976 to 1999, he was
Head of the Department of Structural Engineering at Purdue University and
George E. Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering; prior to
that he taught at Lehigh University. The author of more than 300 peer-
reviewed publications and author or co-author of 20 books, his primary
areas of research are constitutive modeling of engineering materials, soil
and concrete plasticity, structural connections, and structural stability. He
received his Ph.D. from Brown University. He is a member of the U.S.
National Academy of Engineering and an Honorary member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 — Introduction
Chapter 2 — The Assumptions and Theorems Used in Limit Analysis
Chapter 3 — Limit Analysis by the Upper-Bound Method
Chapter 4 — Limit Analysis by the Lower-Bound Method
Chapter 5 — Progressive Failure of Footings
Chapter 6 — Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings
Chapter 7 — Bearing Capacity of Square, Rectangular and Circular Footings
Chapter 8 — Active and Passive Earth Pressures
Chapter 9 — Stability of Slopes
Chapter 10 — Bearing Capacity of Concrete Blocks or Rock
Chapter 11 — Double-Punch Test for Tensile Strength of Concrete, Rock and
Soils
Chapter 12 — Soil Plasticity—Theory and Application
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Product Details
Softcover: 638 pp
Publisher: November 2007, J. Ross Publishing
ISBN-10: 1-932159-73-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-932159-73-8
Product Dimensions: 154 x 228 mm
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