How Long to Read Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics

How Long Does it Take to Read Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 23 minutes to read Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics by Paul Joseph

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book is a short yet rigorous course on a new paradigm in soil mechanics, one that holds that soil deformation occurs as a simple friction-based Poisson process in which soil particles move to their final position at random shear strains. It originates from work by Casagrande’s soil mechanics group at Harvard University that found that an aggregate of soil particles when sheared reaches a "steady-state" condition, a finding in line with the thermodynamics of dissipative systems. The book unpacks this new paradigm as it applies to soils. The theory explains fundamental, ubiquitous soil behaviors and relationships used in soils engineering daily thousands of times across the world, but whose material bases so far have been unknown. These include for example, why for one-dimensional consolidation, the e-log σ line is linear, and why Cα/Cc is a constant for a given soil. The subtext of the book is that with this paradigm, the scientific method of trying to falsify hypotheses fully drives advances in the field, i.e., that soil mechanics now strictly qualifies as a science that, in turn, informs geotechnical engineering. The audience for the book is senior undergraduates, graduate students, academics, and researchers as well as industry professionals, particularly geotechnical engineers. It will also be useful to structural engineers, highway engineers, military engineers, persons in the construction industry, as well as planetary scientists. Because its fundamental findings hold for any mass of particles like soils, the theory applies not just to soils, but also to powders, grains etc. so long as these are under pseudo-static (no inertial effects) conditions.

How long is Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics?

Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics by Paul Joseph is 142 pages long, and a total of 35,784 words.

This makes it 48% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 15 minutes to read Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics aloud.

What Reading Level is Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics?

Dynamical Systems-Based Soil Mechanics is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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