Book description
This 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.
The 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).
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
maintaining an accessible format. This compendium provides a
well-documented information resource, and above all, a tool for
approaching the issue of erosion of geomaterials in an up-to-date
fashion for students, researchers and practitioners alike.
