Elsoufiev S.A. Strength Analysis in Geomechanics

2nd edition — Springer, 2010. — 258 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-01300-3.This book presents a new method for solving geomechanical problems – one that explicitly takes into account deformation and fractures of soils, which create important effects, but are neglected in classical approaches. The method reveals the influence of the form of a structure on its ultimate state. The entire approach takes into account five types of physical as well as geometrical non-linearity, and highlights the simplicity of some non-linear computations against the consequently linear ones.