ABSTRACT

This book examines the experimental and theoretical aspects of bifurcation analysis as applied to geomechanics. Coverage includes basic continuum mechanics for dry and fluid unfiltrated porous media, bifurcation and stability analyses applied to layered geological media and granular materials, and theories for generalized continua as applied to materals.

chapter 1|13 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|35 pages

Basic concepts from continuum mechanics

chapter 3|43 pages

Incremental continuum mechanics

chapter 4|50 pages

Buckling of layered elastic media

chapter 6|69 pages

Plasticity theory for granular materials

chapter 7|23 pages

Bifurcation analysis of element tests

chapter 8|57 pages

Shear-band bifurcation in granular media

chapter 11|34 pages

Stability of undrained deformations