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This book addresses the latest issues in multiscale geomechanics. Written by leading experts in the field as a tribute to Jean Biarez(1927-2006), it can be of great use and interest to researchers andengineers alike.
A brief introduction describes how a major school of soil mechanicscame into being through the exemplary teaching by one man. Biarez'slife-long work consisted of explaining the elementary mechanismsgoverning soil constituents in order to enhance understanding ofthe underlying scientific laws which control the behavior ofconstructible sites and to incorporate these scientificadvancements into engineering practices.
He innovated a multiscale approach of passing from thediscontinuous medium formed by individual grains to an equivalentcontinuous medium. The first part of the book examines the behaviorof soils at the level of their different constituents and at thelevel of their interaction. Behavior is then treated at the scaleof the soil sample.
The second part deals with soil mechanics from the vantage point ofthe construction project. It highlights Biarez's insightfuladoption of the Finite Element Codes and illustrates, throughnumerous construction examples, his methodology and approach basedon the general framework he constructed for soil behavior, constantly enriched by comparing in situ measurements withcalculated responses of geostructures.
A brief introduction describes how a major school of soil mechanicscame into being through the exemplary teaching by one man. Biarez'slife-long work consisted of explaining the elementary mechanismsgoverning soil constituents in order to enhance understanding ofthe underlying scientific laws which control the behavior ofconstructible sites and to incorporate these scientificadvancements into engineering practices.
He innovated a multiscale approach of passing from thediscontinuous medium formed by individual grains to an equivalentcontinuous medium. The first part of the book examines the behaviorof soils at the level of their different constituents and at thelevel of their interaction. Behavior is then treated at the scaleof the soil sample.
The second part deals with soil mechanics from the vantage point ofthe construction project. It highlights Biarez's insightfuladoption of the Finite Element Codes and illustrates, throughnumerous construction examples, his methodology and approach basedon the general framework he constructed for soil behavior, constantly enriched by comparing in situ measurements withcalculated responses of geostructures.
