ISBN-13: 9789058096043 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 1448 str.
A selection of thirty nine papers presented at the third FLAC Symposium. Topics covered include constitutive models, slope stability, underground cavity design, mining applications, soil structure interaction, dynamic analysis and thermal analyses.
The main themes of this conference are experimental investigations into deformation properties - from very small strains to beyond failure, laboratory, in-situ and field observation interpretations, and behaviour characterization and modelling. Emphasis is placed on exploring recent investigations into time-related stresses, and on applying advanced geotechnical testing to real engineering problems.