Analytic Methods in Geomechanics

Professor K.T. Chau, Ph.D., is the chair professor of geotechnical engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained his Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from Northwestern University in Chicago and an executive certificate from the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University. Dr. Chau is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), the chairman of the Elasticity Committee (2009–2012) of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) of ASCE, and chairman of the TC103 of the ISSMGE. His research interests have included geomechanics and geohazards, including bifurcation and stability theories in geomaterials, rock mechanics, fracture and damage mechanics in brittle rocks3-D elasticity, earthquake engineering and mechanics, landslides and debris flows, tsunami and storm surges, and rockfalls and dynamic impacts, seismic pounding, vulnerability of tall buildings with transfer systems, and shaking table tests. He is the author of more than 100 journal papers and 200 conference publications.

• Elementary Tensor Analysis. Elasticity and Its Applications. Complex Variable Methods for 2-D Elasticity. Three-Dimensional Solutions in Elasticity. Plasticity and Its Applications. Fracture Mechanics and Its Applications. Viscoelasticty and Its Applications. Linear Elastic Fluid-Infiltrated Solids and Poroelasticity. Dynamics and Waves in Geomaterials. Appendices. Selected Biographies. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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