Geomechanics of Failures

From the reviews:

“The main goal of this text is to illustrate how basic concepts in soil mechanics can be used as a ‘forensic’ tool in the investigation of geotechnical failures. … provide a detailed and step-by-step description of the hypothesis introduced and of the analysis performed. … Each chapter is self-contained and provides a review of soil mechanics principles and methods. The target audience is undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and practising professionals in the field of Civil and Geotechnical engineering.” (International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, Vol. 25 (1), March, 2011)