Editors: | F. Kongoli, E. Aifantis, T. Vougiouklis, A. Bountis, P. Mandell, R. Santilli, A. Konstantinidis, G. Efremidis. |
Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
Publication Year: | 2022 |
Pages: | 235 pages |
ISBN: | 978-1-989820-64-3(CD) |
ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
Geomechanics involves both the built and natural environment and their interface. It is devoted to the understanding of the mechanical behavior of geomaterials (soil, rock, concrete, bricks and other porous materials) under various environmental conditions involving the interaction with other fields such as heat and fluid flow, chemical reactions and others. The theories and models developed in this context find applications in a many fields of engineering: earth dams, embankments, and natural sites such as slopes and cliffs; conventional and non-conventional energy production, reservoir engineering and mining, and their influence on the geosphere; the built environment, architectural heritage, underground structures such as tunnels; waste disposal, pollution, depollution and environmental protection through good practice; natural hazards such as seismic actions, debris flow and avalanches and others.