ABSTRACT
In the preceding chapter the general principles of deformation have been treated. We may now turn to the discussion of the effects of variations in the physical and chemical environment of materials, of the duration of time over which forces act, and of differences in the fine structure of the materials themselves, as, for example, between a crystalline solid and a clay—water, or sand—water mixture. This chapter, then, deals with special aspects of the subject of deformation.
