Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

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Wiley, 2004 M05 20 - 584 páginas
Unsaturated Soil Mechanics is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles of unsaturated soil mechanics.
* Offers extensive sample problems with an accompanying solutions manual.
* Brings together the rapid advances in research in unsaturated soil mechanics in one focused volume.
* Covers advances in effective stress and suction and hydraulic conductivity measurement.

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STATE OF UNSATURATED SOIL
3
MATERIAL VARIABLES
47
INTERFACIAL EQUILIBRIUM
89
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NING LU, PhD, is Professor of Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, where he teaches courses in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. He is the author of more than thirty papers published in peer-reviewed journals and serves as an editorial board member for the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a lifetime member of the American Geophysical Union.

WILLIAM J. LIKOS, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri—Columbia, where he teaches courses in soil mechanics and soil behavior. He is a former geotechnical engineer with the U.S. Geological Survey. He is the author of numerous papers regarding unsaturated and expansive soil behavior, an editorial board member for the Geotechnical Testing Journal, and a member of ASCE and the Clay Minerals Society.

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TítuloUnsaturated Soil Mechanics
AutoresNing Lu, William J. Likos
Ediciónilustrada
EditorWiley, 2004
Procedencia del originalUniversidad de Michigan
Digitalizado3 Dic. 2007
ISBN0471447315, 9780471447313
Largo584 páginas
  
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