The 12 lectures survey the achievements of geotechnical engineering during the 20th century to encourage young colleagues to continue improving and innovating. They highlight the maturing of many sub-disciplines, such as the stability of earth masses, foundation engineering, ground improvement, soil-structure interaction, soil dynamics and earthquake engineering, off-shore engineering, applying numerical methods, the constitutive modeling of soils, sophisticated laboratory and in-situ testing, and geo-environmental engineering. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This text covers topics in soil and granular mechanics, such as: slope protection and erosion control; ground behaviour during earthquakes; environmental geotechnic problems caused by underground engineering activities; and morphology, ageing and engineering behaviour of sands.
