Erosion of Geomaterials Bonelli Hardback ISTE Ltd. 9781848213517

Erosion of GeomaterialsAuthor(s): Stephane Bonelli\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc, United Kingdom\nImprint: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9781848213517, 978-1848213517\nSynopsis\nThis book aims to deliver significant scientific progress on the problem of the erosion of geomaterials, focusing on the mechanical/physical aspect. The chapters oscillate between a phenomenological outlook that is well grounded in experiments, and an approach that can offer a modeling framework.\nThe basic mechanisms of internal and surface erosion are tackled one-by-one: filtration, suffusion, contact erosion, concentrated leak erosion, sediment and wind transport, bedload transport. These erosion mechanisms comprise both hydraulic structures (dams, dikes) and natural environments (wind, river, coastal).\n\n In this book, physicists and mechanicians share with the reader their most recent findings in their field work and study, while at the same time.