Engineering Aspects of Geomechanics, Glaciology and Geocryology

The complex behaviour of media such as seasonally frozen soils, permafrost, and glaciers is becoming more discernable thanks to the availabiliy of ever more reliable analytical and numerical tools. These methods of analysis are still somewhat mathematically involved, and are usually taught at postgraduate levels, or used for research purposes. Engineering Aspects of Geomechanics, Glaciology & Gecryology is written with a wider readership in mind, with an attempt to make modelling more accessible to undergraduate students and practising engineers alike. The book – which includes a variety of topics such as engineering properties of soils, rock, frozen grounds and ice – is organised in a concise and logical way, backed by more than 120 state of the art illustrations and in excess of 20 detailed worked examples. As such, it is an essential text for modellers and practising engineers.