Wentworth
Institute of Technology
Innovative numerical modelling in geomechanics
Since the 1990s five books on 'Applications of Computational Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering' have been published. Innovative Numerical Modelling in Geomechanics is the 6th and final book in this series, and contains papers written by leading experts on computational mechanics. The b...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
[2012]
Hoboken : 2012. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Sponsors; About the editors; 1. Quasi-three-dimensional model to simulate the filling of mining tailings reservoirs; 2. Underground hydroelectric power schemes; 3. Deep excavations in urban areas--finite element modelling for three geotechnical scenarios and retaining solutions; 4. Advanced numerical simulation of tunnel excavation and its application to the shallow overburden tunnel on unconsolidated ground; 5. Arch dam foundations; 6. Track-ground vibrations induced by rail traffic; 7. Time-dependent behaviour of rockfill embankments and dams.
- 8. The Material Point Method and the analysis of dams and dam failures9. Environmental effects on earth embankments; 10. Rapid drawdown in embankment dams; 11. Risk in slopes; 12. Risk assessment in tunnels using Bayesian Networks; 13. Application of Data Mining techniques for the development of new geomechanical characterization models for rock masses; 14. Static soil-structure interaction analysis using ZSOIL. PC; 15. Boundary Element Methods; 16. Explicit codes in geomechanics--FLAC, UDEC and PFC.
- 17. Application of continuum-interface computational methods in analysis of jointed rock problems18. Large deformation analysis in deep coal mines in China; 19. Applications of a finite discrete element approach to model block cave mining; 20. Open pit mining; 21. An overview of numerical modelling applied to deep mining; 22. Contributions on numerical modelling and risk assessment of CO2 injection processes on carboniferous formations; 23. Numerical analysis of petroleum geomechanics problems at the borehole scale.