Soil & rock mechanics books

The development of better numerical simulation techniques in combination with the enormous expansion of computer...  Read More >>

In spite of many years of intensive study, our current abilities to quantify and predict contaminant migration...  Read More >>

Demonstrates the direct link between petroleum, the derivative of organic materials, and ore bodies. This book highlights...  Read More >>

Deals with various kinds of induced phenomena such as water-reservoirs, petroleum and gas extraction, volcanic eruptions,...  Read More >>

This book reviews the leading seismic surveying methods and is mainly intended for university students enrolled...  Read More >>

The study of multiphase flow through porous media is undergoing intense development, mostly due to the recent introduction...  Read More >>

Selected historical and recent earthquakes are chosen to document and constrain related seismic parameters using...  Read More >>

The work also benefits enormously from the time spent in Hong Kong in 1996 and 1997 by the first editor on sabbatical...  Read More >>

These proceedings are a continuation of the series of International Conferences in Germany entitled ""Mechanics...  Read More >>

This text is a comprehensive overview of neutron scattering techniques that enhance the study of materials at the...  Read More >>

Habitable space in deltas and river basins is under increasing pressure worldwide from economic expansion, population...  Read More >>

Around the world, on average, four coal miners die for each million tons of coal recovered. Improving the safety...  Read More >>

In a rapidly evolving world of knowledge and technology, do you ever wonder how hydrology is catching up? This book...  Read More >>

In an era where climate change, natural catastrophes and land degradation are major issues, the conservation of...  Read More >>

Includes proceedings that are a continuation of the series of International Conferences in Germany entitled 'Mechanics...  Read More >>

This book looks at the distribution, occurrences, potential and prospects for good governance, transparency and...  Read More >>

Geotechnical instrumentation is used for installation, monitoring and assessment on any sizeable project, particularly...  Read More >>

Cavity expansion theory is a simple theory that has found many applications in geotechnical engineering. To facilitate...  Read More >>

A comprehensive and illustrated desk reference with terms, definitions, explanations, abbreviations, tradenames,...  Read More >>

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive summary of various topics in flood warning, forecasting and emergency...  Read More >>

""Sinkholes and Subsidence"" provides a twenty-first century account of how the various subsidence features in...  Read More >>

Every four years the International Association of Geodesy meets at the IUGG General Assembly and this has always...  Read More >>

Contains 41 papers addressing many different areas of soil behaviour, constitutive modelling, and geo-micromechanics....  Read More >>

Contains 28 papers examining the most current thinking and practices involving unsaturated soils. Geotechnical and...  Read More >>

Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics presents the most current research on ground improvement and geosynthetics....  Read More >>