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The Critical State Framework for Soil Behaviour

  • 1st Edition
  • December 31, 2029
  • Catherine O’Sullivan + 2 more
  • English
The Critical State Framework for Soil Behaviour: New insight from DEM Simulations presents the latest on a topic that was originally proposed by Schofield and Wroth in the 1960s, and has subsequently proven to be a very good framework to describe sand behavior. This framework uses the critical state, the void ratio and stress level attained by a soil at large shear deformations, as a reference state. The particulate discrete element method (DEM) allows the fundamental basis of the critical state to be examined in detail. Using DEM simulations, this book considers the sensitivity of the critical state to particle scale parameters (friction) and overall conditions (3D stress state), also linking between overall behavior and particle scale mechanics. The simulation data is then analyzed to better understand the fundamental mechanisms.

Handbook of Environmental Risk Assessment

  • 1st Edition
  • December 1, 2029
  • Daniel M. Tartakovsky + 1 more
  • English
Handbook of Environmental Engineering Risk Assessment begins with an introduction to risk as an expected loss including techniques and applications including: flooding, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, groundwater and forest fire assessment. This is followed by an exposition on probabilistic concepts and techniques, starting with random variables, stochastic processes, random fields, simple statistics, stationary and periodicity and independence and conditioning. Part three addresses system elements and system structure, Boolean logic and Elements of graph theory. Other topics include: Subjective probability (expert selection, etc.), The complementary roles of measurement and expertise, Statistical inference from empirical data, “Objective” probability.

Mathematical, Numerical and Physical Reacting Fluid Dynamics

  • 1st Edition
  • December 1, 2029
  • Paul Palies
  • English
The static and dynamic splitting of the flow relies on both variables and the governing equations. It’s easy to assume that any system can be split into a static flowfield and a dynamics flowfield. This is similar yet different than splitting the flowfield into a time average and an unsteady component. Mathematical, Numerical and Physical Reacting Fluid Dynamics discusses and analyzes the different techniques used to conclude key aspects of fluid dynamics, the analysis of mechanisms and the design of mechanical systems. This book presents key aspects of the mathematics, the physics and the numerical approaches to extract key conclusions in terms of design of systems and in term of physical understanding of fluid mechanics. The merging of physics, computational methods and applications, with a flavor of practical engineering will appeal to both Masters’ and PhD students in mechanical and aerospace engineering as well as those in industry.

Sustainable Adhesives and Binders in Construction

  • 1st Edition
  • December 1, 2029
  • Mehmet Serkan Kýrgýz
  • English
Sustainable Adhesives and Binders in Construction summarizes key trends in research on formaldehyde-free binder and binder-based materials containing biodegradable binder, common construction binder, and new technologies. The book monitors interactions between the biodegradable binder and common construction binder; reveals hydration products in the inner-structure of innovative materials containing the biodegradable binder and common construction binder; and presents new and current results and conclusions to better understand the properties and potential of these new innovative materials. Emphasis is placed on the synthesis of materials including the use of nano-materials and nano-fibers, the measurement of physical, mechanical, and durability properties of materials as well as the analysis of the inner-structure of materials.This book will help civil and structural engineers, building material manufacturers, and others working with adhesives to better understand and apply innovative techniques in advanced upcycling of by-product and hydraulic binder and binder -based materials.

Grain Packings and Basic Mechanisms of Granular Material

  • 1st Edition
  • December 1, 2029
  • Jean-Noël Roux
  • English
Grain Packings and Basic Mechanisms of Granular Material contains valuable chapters that delve deep into topics of interest, including ingredients of a model on different scales, the granular and colloidal nature of interactions across the grain and contacts, granular assemblies' static structure, dependence on manufacturing processes, characteristics, and the possible role of cohesion. Additional chapters present the latest information on elasticity, elastic regime, instability and rupture of contact networks, the concept of quasi-static evolution, the evolution of texture and internal variables, the ingredients of a “élastiplastique” model (criterion, flow rule, hardening), and a final section that deals with the microscopic and macroscopic properties of the attractor state under monotonic shearing, generalization to inertial flow, and relevance to the rheology of concentrated suspensions.