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050		4	_aTA710 .R653 2018
082	0		_a624.15136
100	1		_aRojas, Eduardo.
245	1	0	_aTowards a Unified Soil Mechanics Theory : _bthe Use of Effective Stresses in Unsaturated Soils, Revised Edition.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aSharjah : _bBentham Science Publishers, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018.
300			_a1 online resource (248 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONFLIC OF INTEREST -- DEDICATION -- SUMMARY -- Introduction -- 1.1. DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR UNSATURATED SOILS -- 1.2. EFFECTIVE STRESSES -- The Effective Stress Equation -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. EFFECTIVE STRESS EQUATION -- The Porous-Solid Model -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. DIFFERENT POROUS-SOLID MODELS -- 3.2.1. Distinct Element Models -- 3.2.2. Random Models -- 3.2.3. Network Models -- 3.3. THE NETWORK MODEL -- 3.4. MECHANISMS OF WETTING AND DRYING -- 3.4.1. Main Drying Curve -- 3.4.2. Main Wetting Curve -- 3.4.3. Secondary and Scanning Curves -- The Probabilistic Porous-Solid Model -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. THE PROBABILISTIC MODEL -- 4.3. MAIN WETTING CURVE -- 4.4. MAIN DRYING CURVE -- 4.5. SATURATED AND DRY VOLUMES -- 4.6. SCANNING CURVES -- 4.6.1. Drying -Wetting Cycle -- 4.6.2. Wetting-Drying Cycle -- 4.7. ASSESMENT OF THE PROBABILISTIC MODEL -- 4.8. PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS -- Applications of the Porous-Solid Model -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY TESTS -- 5.3. SOIL-WATER RETENTION CURVES -- 5.4. OBTAINING THE PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION -- Compression Strength of Soils -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION -- 6.2. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS -- Tensile Strength -- 7.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. TENSILE TESTS -- Volumetric Behavior -- 8.1. INTRODUCTION -- 8.2. PROPOSED EQUATION -- 8.3. ELASTOPLASTIC FRAMEWORK -- 8.4. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS -- Collapse Upon Wetting -- 9.1. INTRODUCTION -- 9.2. VOLUMETRIC ELASTOPLASTIC FRAMEWORK -- 9.3. COMPACTED SOILS -- 9.4. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS -- 9.4.1. Isotropic Compression -- 9.4.2. Collapse Upon Wetting -- Expansive Soils -- 10.1. INTRODUCTION -- 10.2. BACKGROUND -- 10.3. EXTENDED ELASTOPLASTIC FRAMEWORK -- 10.4. EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL COMPARISONS -- Hydro-Mechanical Coupling.
505	8		_a11.1. INTRODUCTION -- 11.2. PROCEDURE -- 11.3. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS -- 11.3.1. Tests by Chiu and Ng [146] -- 11.3.2. Tests by Ng and Pang [147] -- 11.3.3. Tests by Sun, Sheng, Cui and Sloan [122] -- A Fully Coupled Model -- 12.1. BACKGROUND -- 12.2. CRITICAL STATE -- 12.3. GENERAL ELASTOPLASTIC FRAMEWORK -- 12.4. MECHANICAL MODEL -- 12.5. NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- GLOSSARY -- SUBJECT INDEX.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aSoil mechanics.
650		0	_aSoils-Testing.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aRojas, Eduardo _tTowards a Unified Soil Mechanics Theory: the Use of Effective Stresses in Unsaturated Soils, Revised Edition _dSharjah : Bentham Science Publishers,c2018 _z9781681087009
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