Mechanical Modelling and Computational Issues in Civil Engineering Book

From the contents:

Monumental Dams.- Approach of Mechanical Behaviour and Rupture of Cohesive Granular Media. Validation on a Model Medium.- Phase Change of Volatile Organic Compounds in Soil Remediation Processes.- Thermo-mechanical Behaviour of a Soil. Yield Surface Evolution.- Water Transport in Soil with Phase Change.- Tunnels in Saturated Elasto-plastic Soils: Three-dimensional Validation of a Plane Simulation Procedure.- A Plasticity Model and Hysteresis Cycles.- Computational Analysis of Isotropic Plasticity Models.- A Non-linear Hardening Model Based on Two Coupled Internal Hardening Variables: Formulation and Implementation.- Comparison between Static and Dynamic Criteria of Material Stability.- Material Damage Description via Structured Deformations.- Singular equilibrated stress fields for no-tension panels.- Damage of Materials: Damaging Effects of Macroscopic Vanishing Motions.- A Numerical Method for Fracture of Rods.- Softening Behavior of Reinforced Cementitious Beams.