Slope Analysis Using Boundary Elements
By: by Yansheng Jiang
Series: Lecture Notes in Engineering -- 52; Lecture notes in engineering -- 52.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9783540516255; 9783642839184
Subjects: Mechanics; Engineering; Physical geography; Mathematics; Chemistry; Geography
Description: The aim of this book is to provide a new angle on the analysis of slope stability with the Boundary Element Method. The main advantages of BEM are the reduction of the dimensionality of the problem to be solved and accurate selective calculation of internal stresses. This makes it possible, as shown in the book, to develop the algorithms of slip surface analysis of slope more accurate, more rigorous and more easy to be used than in the conventional limit equilibrium methods. The full elastoplastic analysis of slope is also investigated. Besides, the interested reader can find a detailed study of Melan's fundamental solution such as its displacements, its corresponding Galerkin tensor and the treatment of body forces in the half-plan. The basic theory of BEM is outlined in the book so that undergraduate and graduate students of civil engineering, mining engineering and engineering geology can read it without difficulty.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Basic Theory and Techniques of Boundary Element Method; title: Galerkin Tensor and Transformation of Body Force Integral; title: Direct Boundary Element Approaches for Slope Stability Analysis; title: Indirect Boundary Element Algorithm for Slope Stability Analysis; title: General Conclusions; title: References; title: Appendix A und B.