Geomechanics of Failures

It is not an easy task to fascinate a student with a standard course on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. If, however, the same material is presented as a tool to explore a natural or a man-made "disaster", both the motivation and the ability to absorb this material increase dra...

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Autors principals: Puzrin, Alexander M., Alonso, Eduardo E., 1947- (Autor), Pinyol, Núria M. (Autor)
Format: Livre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Springer e-books [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
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Edition sous un autre format:• Geomechanics of failures, A. M. Puzrin, E. E. Alonso, N. M. Pinyol, 2010, Dordrecht, Springer, 1 vol. (viii-245 p.), 978-90-481-3530-1
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