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The book discusses the nature and detailed behaviour of static, quasi-static and dynamic phenomena in soils. In a single volume, the authors present experimental bases, modelling aspects, and computational approaches of the seismology, focusing attention on the computer finite element approach to qualitative and quantitative predictions in earthquake engineering. In particular, the authors consider the concept of effective stress in soils which gives realistic predictions of the behaviour of soil masses; this model uses essentially the coupled interaction between the soil skeleton and the pore fluid. The book also treats the important ``two-phase model which can only explain the phenomena of weakening and of ``liquefaction in soils when subjected to repeated loading, such as during an earthquake. The material is divided into nine chapters and an appendix. In the first three chapters, the authors introduce effective stresses in saturated or partially saturated media, present the basic equations governing the dynamic soil-pore fluid interaction, and develope the finite element discretization of the governing equations. In chapter 4, the authors discuss in the framework of general plasticity theory the critical state models and more advanced models including anisotropy and densification for cyclic mobility. Chapter 5 deals with examples of static problems, with consolidation and soil subsidence, and with dynamic problems for partially saturated soils. The results of VELACS project on validation of experimental prediction by centrifuge test are described in chapter 6. Chapter 7 discusses case histories of two-phase liquefaction analysis in real problems, presenting seven examples from earthquake engineering. Chapter 8 is divided into three sections, corresponding to the three topics which might be essential for obtaining more accurate or more general solutions: input for earthquake analysis and the radiation boundary; adaptative refinement of finite elements and the capture of localization phenomena; stabilization of computation for nearly incompressible materials. Finally, in chapter 9 the authors describe computer procedures for static and dynamic saturated porous media, presenting the finite element program DIANA-SWANDYNE II. On balance, the present book can be considered as an important step forward in the implementation of new models in computational geomechanics.




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