Bones Have Ears: -- Representative Microstructure Finite Elements for Collagen Gels -- Viscous Effects in Particulates -- Pore Roughness Effects on Highfrequency Permeability -- Influence of High-Frequency Acoustic Waves on the Flow of a Liquid through Porous Material: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation -- Large Strain Analysis of 3-D Viscoelastic Swelling of Charged Tissues and Gels --…
Prologue -- Karl von Terzaghi’s Childhood, Youth and his Road to Practice and Theory -- Prelude to the Scandal -- Intermezzo -- The Scandal -- The Further Development -- Epilogue.The Engineer and the Scandal gives an in-depth study into an important part of the development of the Theory of Porous Media as well as the amazing story of the glittering life of Professor Karl von Terzaghi. It prov…
Design -- Installations in tunnels -- Investigation and description of the ground -- Heading -- Support -- Grouting and freezing -- The New Austrian Tunnelling Method -- Management of groundwater -- Application of compressed air -- Subaqueous tunnels -- Shafts -- Safety during construction -- Tunnelling Mechanics -- Behaviour of soil and rock -- Stress and deformation fields around a deep circu…
Over the last decade and particularly in recent years, the macroscopic porous media theory has made decisive progress concerning the fundamentals of the theory and the development of mathematical models in various fields of engineering and biomechanics. This progress has attracted some attention, and therefore conferences devoted almost exclusively to the macrosopic porous media theory have bee…
The Basic Facts of Imaging the Ocean -- Preliminary Remarks -- Alternatives to Imaging the Sea by Sound and First Acoustic Trials -- Acoustic Features of the Sea -- Technical and Physical Characteristics of High Resolution Echosounders -- Applications of Acoustic Imaging the Ocean -- The Sea Floor — Natural Formations -- The Ocean Volume -- Man-made Matter.Ocean acoustics comprises a key subf…
Rocks, dissolution and karst -- Sinkhole classification and nomenclature -- Rock failure in collapse and caprock sinkholes -- Soil failure in subsidence sinkholes -- Buried sinkholes and rockhead features -- Sinkholes in insoluble rocks -- Rock failure under imposed load over caves -- Sinkholes induced by engineering works -- Ground investigation in sinkhole terrains -- Hazard and risk assessme…
Experimental Evidence and Elementary Theory -- Hydraulic Fractures -- Termination and Spacing of Tension Joints in Layered Rocks -- Multiple Sets of Tension Joints -- Shear Joints -- Joints in Faulting and Folding -- Échelon Joints and Veins.Rock Joints deals exclusively with the mechanical genesis of joints in rocks. It is aimed at a coherent, critical and comprehensible presentation of the u…
Experimental Procedures -- Experimental Studies on the Brittle Fracture Stress -- Griffith Theory of Brittle Failure -- Evolution of Physical Properties during Brittle Failure -- Micromechanics of Brittle Fracture -- The Role of Pore Fluids -- Friction and Sliding Phenomena -- Brittle-Ductile Transition.This monograph deals with the part of the field of experimental rock deformation that is dom…
Seismic Hazard and Extreme Motions -- Data Needs for Improved Seismic Hazard Analysis -- Capturing and Limiting Groundmotion Uncertainty in Seismic Hazard Assessment -- Long-Period Ground Motions from Digital Acceleration Recordings: A New Era in Engineering Seismology -- Observed Ground Motions, Extreme Ground Motions, and Physical Limits to Ground Motions -- Engineering Uses of Strong Motion …
The U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program: A Successful State—Federal Partnership -- The NTHMP Tsunameter Network -- Real-Time Tsunami Forecasting: Challenges and Solutions -- The Seismic Project of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program -- Impact of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program on Operations of the Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center -- Pro…