Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Acknowledgements; Commonly used symbols; 1 Introduction; 2 Basic concepts from continuum mechanics; 3 Incremental continuum mechanics; 4 Buckling of layered elastic media; 5 Mechanics of water-saturated granular materials; 6 Plasticity theory for granular materials; 7 Bifurcation analysis of element tests; 8 Shear-band bifurcation in granular media; 9 Cosserat continuum model for granular materials; 10 Second-grade plasticity theory for geomaterials; 11 Stability of undrained deformations; Index;