Soil Behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics

by David Muir Wood

Soils can rarely be described as ideally elastic or perfectly plastic and yet simple elastic and plastic models form the basis for the most traditional geotechnical engineering calculations. With the advent of cheap powerful computers the possibility of performing analyses based on more realistic models has become widely available. One of the aims of this book is to describe the basic ingredients of a family of simple elastic-plastic models of soil behavior and to demonstrate how such models can be used in numerical analyses. Such numerical analyses are often regarded as mysterious black boxes but a proper appreciation of their worth requires an understanding of the numerical models on which they are based. Though the models on which this book concentrates are simple, understanding of these will indicate the ways in which more sophisticated models will perform.

488 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1991

Reviews

[Joachim Kirstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book that covers the stress states of soil in order to predict the strain behaviour. Starts from the basic definition of stress states and explains strain behaviours throughout the rest of the book. The stress/strain relationships are explained well through a mathematical approach and the behaviour is verified with multiple references, examples and figures for visualization. I would say it requires a mathematical understanding, which people searching for this kind of book would probably have anyway though.

A great book in my opinion.

[Kevin Kuei · Rating 5 out of 5]

The critical state line is non-unique.