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Limit Analysis and Soil Plasticity

Limit Analysis & Soil Plasticity

by Wai-Fah Chen

2008 (653 pages)

ISBN:9781932159738

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.

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Table of Contents

Limit Analysis and Soil Plasticity
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