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Informationen zum Autor Bernard Schrefler is professor of Structural Mechanics at the University of Padua. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Wales Swansea where he obtained subsequently a Doctor of Science degree. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, from the Technical University of Lodz and an Honorary Degree from the University of Wales Swansea as well as a Honorary Guest Professorship from the University of Technology of Dalian. He is author of over 350 publications, author/co-author of 5 textbooks and editor/co-editor of 18 monographs and conference proceedings and is associate editor of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics & Engineering, regional editor of Mechanics Research Communications and serves on the editorial board of 16 International Journals. Pierre Delage is Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), Paris, France and Head of CERMES, the Centre? for Teaching and Research in Soil Mechanics of ENPC. He is also Vice-Chairman of the French Geotechnical Association (CFMS), he has been Chief-Editor from 2000 to 2004 of the Revue Française de Géotechnique. He also participates to the Editorial Boards of Géotechnique (2000-2003), of the Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM (1997-present) and of Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier, (2000-present). His main research areas concern the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils with applications to unsaturated soils, polluted soils, nuclear waste confinement, soil microstructure, deep marine sediments. He is co-editor of 4 books and has published more than 150 scientific papers. He is frequently invited as panellist or Keynote lecturer in Internatonal Conferences. Klappentext This title covers topics that are of increasing importance in engineering practice: natural hazards, pollution and environmental protection through good practice. The first part of the book deals with natural risk factors, of both natural and human origin, that should be borne in mind. The second part is devoted to pollution and polluted sites and their repercussions, a facet of growing significance given the increasing reclamation of land from abandoned industrial sites for urban development over the last 20 years. Different types of oil pollution and methods of decontamination are described, followed by a discussion of waste management and detailed coverage of confinement liners used in surface waste disposal. Zusammenfassung This title covers topics that are of increasing importance in engineering practice: natural hazards, pollution and environmental protection through good practice. The first part of the book deals with natural risk factors, of both natural and human origin, that should be borne in mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction xiii Chapter 1. Debris Flows 1 Christophe ANCEY 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Typology of torrential flows 2 1.3. Initiation, motion and effects of debris flows 6 1.4. Modeling debris flows 12 1.5. Bibliography 30 Chapter 2. Snow Avalanches 39 Christophe ANCEY 2.1. Introduction 39 2.2. Modeling avalanches 45 2.3. Bibliography 65 Chapter 3. Instability of Soil Masses 73 Laurent VULLIET 3.1. Introduction 73 3.2. Slowly moving slopes 75 3.3. Limit state analysis 78 3.4. Case of non-saturated masses 84 3.5. Conclusion and prospects 90 3.6. Bibliography 91 Chapter 4. Instability of Rock Masses 93 François DESCOEUDRES 4.1. Introduction 93 4.2. Cliff stability and toppling 94 4.3. Contact-impact 99 4.4. Flight trajectory 101 4.5. Sliding and rolling 103 4.6. Impact on an embankment (safety embankment) 107 4.7. Capacity of the protective structures 111 4.8. Conclusion 11...
