Geotechnical Centrifuge Technology [Hardcover]

This book provides a thorough review of this powerful and sophisticated technique for modelling soil structure interactions. It has been written by an international team of authors.

Foreword - A N Schofield  Geotechnical centrifuges: past, present and future - Dr W H CraigCentrifuge modelling: practical considerations - R N Taylor  Retaining walls and soil-structure interaction - W PowrieBuried structures and underground excavations - R N TaylorFoundations - O Kusakabe  Dynamics - R S Steedman and X ZengEnvironmental geomechanics and transport processes- P J Culligan-Hensley and C Savvidou  Cold regions' engineering - C C Smith

Conclusions. Appendix. References.

Dr R. N. Taylor Lectures at Geotechnical Engineering Research Centre, City University, Northampton Square, London.