Acta Geotechnica

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ASTM – Geotechnical Testing Journal

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Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volume 47, Number 10, (October 2010)

A review of 41 legal cases involving geotechnical practice in Canada

Suhail Abdulahad, George Jergeas, and Janaka Ruwanpura

Evaluation of the effect of rolling correction of double-o-tunnel shields via one-side loading Shui-Long Shen, Yan-Jun Du, and Chun-Yong Luo

Prediction of end-bearing capacity of rock-socketed shafts considering rock quality

designation (RQD) Lianyang Zhang

Rheological properties of fine-grained sediment: the roles of texture and mineralogy Sueng Won Jeong, Jacques Locat, Serge Leroueil, and Jean-Philippe Malet

Preferential flow in geosynthetic clay liners exhumed from final covers with composite

barriers Joseph Scalia IV and Craig H. Benson

Shear strength and dilative characteristics of an unsaturated compacted completely

decomposed granite soil Md. Akhtar Hossain and Jian-Hua Yin

Numerical simulations of stone column installation Jorge Castro and Minna Karstunen

Determination of distribution coefficient of geomaterials and immobilizing agents D. N. Arnepalli, B. Hanumantha Rao, S. Shanthakumar, and D. N. Singh

Undrained shear strengths of clay around an advancing cone Shi-Fon Su

Discussion of “Wetting front advancing column test for measuring unsaturated hydraulic

conductivity” R. Chen, Z. H. Li, and J. H. Li

Reply to the discussion by Chen et al. on “Wetting front advancing column test for

measuring unsaturated hydraulic conductivity” X. Li, L. M. Zhang, and D. G. Fredlund

Discussion of “Use of terrestrial laser scanning for the characterization of retrogressive

landslides in sensitive clay and rotational landslides in river banks” Michael J. Olsen and Armin W. Stuedlein

Reply to the discussion by Olsen and Stuedlein on “Use of terrestrial laser scanning for the

characterization of retrogressive landslides in sensitive clay and rotational landslides in

river banks” Thierry Oppikofer, Michel Jaboyedoff, Denis Demers, Jacques Locat, Ariane Locat, Pascal

Locat, Denis Robitaille, and Dominique Turmel

Computers and Geotechnics

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Engineering Geology

Volume 115, Issues 3-4, (October 2010)

Introductory paper

Current methods and future trends in testing, durability analyses and provenance studies

of natural stones used in historical monuments

Á. Török, R. Přikryl

Research papers

Building stone databases in the UK: A practical resource for conservation

Ewan Hyslop, Andrew McMillan, Don Cameron, Alick Leslie, Graham Lott

Characterisation of monzogranitic batholiths as a supply source for heritage construction

in the northwest of Madrid

Rafael Fort, Monica Alvarez de Buergo, Elena Perez-Monserrat, Maria Jose Varas

Variability of some Lutetian building stones from the Paris Basin, from characterisation to

conservation

Gilles Fronteau, Claire Moreau, Céline Thomachot-Schneider, Vincent Barbin

Irregular silica cementation in sandstones and its implication on the usability as building

stone

José Nespereira, José A. Blanco, Mariano Yenes, Dolores Pereira

Properties and durability assessment of glauconitic sandstone: A case study on Zamel

sandstone from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (Czech Republic)

P. Martinec, M. Vavro, J. Scucka, M. Maslan

Sandstone weathering in tropical climate: Results of low-destructive investigations at the

temple of Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Heiner Siedel, Stephan Pfefferkorn, Esther von Plehwe-Leisen, Hans Leisen

Influence of temperature and salt concentration on the salt weathering of a sedimentary

stone with sodium sulphate

M. Angeli, R. Hébert, B. Menéndez, C. David, J.-P. Bigas

Jewish cemetery in Hamburg Altona (Germany): State of marble deterioration and

provenance

Siegfried Siegesmund, Tobias Kracke, Joerg Ruedrich, Regine Schwarzburg

Anisotropic behaviour of White Macael marble used in the Alhambra of Granada (Spain):

The role of thermohydric expansion in stone durability

A. Luque, G. Cultrone, S. Mosch, S. Siegesmund, E. Sebastian, B. Leiss

Exploitation of inherited weakness in fire-damaged building sandstone: the „fatiguing‟ of

„shocked‟ stone

S. McCabe, B.J. Smith, P.A. Warke

Role of pore size distribution in salt uptake, damage, and predicting salt susceptibility of

eight types of Japanese building stones

Swe Yu, Chiaki T. Oguchi

The influence of fabric and water content on selected rock mechanical parameters of

travertine, examples from Hungary

Á. Török, B. Vásárhelyi

Dionysos marble beams under bending: A contribution towards understanding the

fracture of the Parthenon architraves

S.K. Kourkoulis, E. Ganniari-Papageorgiou, M. Mentzini

Contribution of clayey–calcareous silicite to the mechanical properties of structural

mortared rubble masonry of the medieval Charles Bridge in Prague (Czech Republic)

R. Přikryl, A. Šťastná

Research Highlights

Influence of geomorphological constraints and exploitation techniques on stone quarry

spatial organisation: Example of Lutetian underground quarries in Rheims, Laon and

Soissons areas

Alain Devos, Gilles Fronteau, Olivier Lejeune, Christelle Sosson, Edith Chopin, Vincent Barbin

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

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Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards

Volume 4, Issue 3 (October 2010)

Special issue on risk assessment in geotechnical and geoenvironmental practice

G.L. Sivakumar Babu

Hydro-mechanical modelling of geological CO2 storage and the study of possible caprock

fracture mechanisms

Jungwon Huh; Achintya Haldar; Kiseok Kwak; Jae-Hyun Park

Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) approach for the reliability-based seismic design

of bridge abutments

B. Munwar Basha; G.L. Sivakumar Babu

Reliability-based design of earth-fill dams based on the spatial distribution of strength

parameters

Shin-ichi Nishimura; Akira Murakami; Ken Matsuura

System reliability analysis of the external stability of reinforced soil structures

Ioannis E. Zevgolis; Philippe L. Bourdeau

Geosynthetics International

Volume 17, Issue 5, (October 2010)

Geosynthetic capillary barriers: current state of knowledge

J.G. Zornberg; A. Bouazza; J.S. McCartney

Development of suction measurement techniques to quantify the water retention behaviour

of GCLs

R.A. Beddoe; W.A. Take; R.K. Rowe

A novel laboratory technique to determine the water retention curve of geosynthetic clay

liners

H. Abuel-Naga; A. Bouazza

Application of geosynthetic material in capillary barriers for slope stabilization

H. Krisdani; H. Rahardjo; E.-C. Leong

Draining unsaturated soils with geosynthetics

J.C. Stormont; K.S. Henry; R.E. Pease

Characterisation of permeability to gas of geosynthetic clay liners in unsaturated

conditions

M.J.A. Mendes; P. Pierson; N. Touze-Foltz; H. Mora; E.M. Palmeira

Testing system for hydraulic properties of unsaturated nonwoven geotextiles

J.S. McCartney; D. Znidarcic

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

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Géotechnique

Volume 60, Issue 10, (October 2010)

Modelling time-dependent behaviour of Murro test embankment

M. KARSTUNEN; Z.-Y. YIN

Influence of strain rate and acceleration on the behaviour of reconstituted clays at small

strains

K.K. SORENSEN; B.A. BAUDET; B. SIMPSON

Coupled deformation–flow analysis for methane hydrate extraction

A. KLAR; K. SOGA; M.Y.A. NG

Evaluation of the viscous behaviour of clay using generalised overstress viscoplastic theory

G. QU; S.D. HINCHBERGER; K.Y. LO

The mechanics of fibre-reinforced sand

A.P.SILVA DOS SANTOS; N.C. CONSOLI; B.A. BAUDET

An upper-bound solution for the undrained bearing capacity of strip footings at the top of

a slope

K. GEORGIADIS

A dynamical systems-based approach to soil shear

P.G. JOSEPH

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volume 28, Issue 5, (October 2010)

Evaluation of creep behavior of high density polyethylene and polyethylene-terephthalate

geogrids

S.-S. Yeo, Y.G. Hsuan

Construction of an offshore dike using slurry filled geotextile mats S.W. Yan, J. Chu

Behaviour of footings on reinforced sand subjected to repeated loading – Comparing use of

3D and planar geotextile S.N. Moghaddas Tafreshi, A.R. Dawson

Behavior of cantilever and geosynthetic-reinforced walls on deformable foundations Ching-Chuan Huang, Woei-Ming Luo

Numerical parametric investigation of infiltration in one-dimensional sand–geotextile

columns Greg Siemens, Richard J. Bathurst

Bearing capacity of geocell reinforcement in embankment engineering Ling Zhang, Minghua Zhao, Caijun Shi, Heng Zhao

Technical Note

New procedure for measuring adherence between a geosynthetic material and a

bituminous mixture

David Zamora-Barraza, Miguel Calzada-Peréz, Daniel Castro-Fresno, Angel Vega-Zamanillo

Ground Improvement

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International Journal of Geomechanics

Volume 10, Issue 5 (September/October 2010)

Site Characterization Model Using Artificial Neural Network and Kriging

Pijush Samui and T. G. Sitharam

Consolidation Behavior of Soils Subjected to Asymmetric Initial Excess Pore Pressure

Distributions

Julie Lovisa, Wayne Read, and Nagaratnam Sivakugan

Micromechanical Aspects of Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading

U. El Shamy, M. Zeghal, R. Dobry, S. Thevanayagam, A. Elgamal, T. Abdoun, C. Medina, R.

Bethapudi, and V. Bennett

Implementation of a Critical State Two-Surface Model to Evaluate the Response of

Geosynthetic Reinforced Pavements

Munir D. Nazzal, Murad Y. Abu-Farsakh, and Louay N. Mohammad

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volume 34, Issue 14 (10 Oct 2010)

Computational homogenization of uncoupled consolidation in micro-heterogeneous porous

media (pages 1431–1458)

Fredrik Larsson, Kenneth Runesson and Fang Su

Mechanics of land subsidence due to groundwater pumping (pages 1459–1478)

Muniram Budhu and Ibrahim Bahadir Adiyaman

The Mandel–Cryer effect in chemoporoelasticity (pages 1479–1511) A. P. Bunger

An unsaturated soil model with minimal number of parameters based on bounding surface

plasticity (pages 1512–1537) M. Morvan, H. Wong and D. Branque

Erratum: Numerical local analysis of relevant internal variables for constitutive modelling

of granular materials (pages 1538–1539)

Yuhanis Yunus, Eric Vincens and Bernard Cambou

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volume 34, Issue 15 (25 Oct 2010)

Probabilistic yielding and cyclic behavior of geomaterials (pages 1541–1559)

Kallol Sett and Boris Jeremić

Certified solutions for hydraulic structures using the node-based smoothed point

interpolation method (NS-PIM) (pages 1560–1585)

. Cheng, X. L. Chang, S. C. Wu and G. Y. Zhang

Explicit integration of bounding surface model for the analysis of earthquake soil

liquefaction (pages 1586–1614) Konstantinos I. Andrianopoulos, Achilleas G. Papadimitriou and George D. Bouckovalas

A practical method to estimate crack openings in concrete structures (pages 1615–1633) M. Matallah, C. La Borderie and O. Maurel

Multiscale investigation of shear bands in sand: Physical and numerical experiments (pages

1634–1650)

T. Matthew Evans and J. David Frost

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volume 136, Issue 10, (October 2010)

Technical Papers

Exhumed Geogrid-Reinforced Retaining Wall

Dov Leshchinsky, Baris Imamoglu, and Christopher L. Meehan

Seismic Earth Pressures on Cantilever Retaining Structures

Linda Al Atik and Nicholas Sitar

CPT-Based Evaluation of Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading in Centrifuge

Michael K. Sharp, Ricardo Dobry, and Ryan Phillips

Postcyclic Reconsolidation Strains in Low-Plastic Fraser River Silt due to Dissipation of

Excess Pore-Water Pressures

Dharma Wijewickreme and Maria V. Sanin

p-Wave Reflection Imaging of Submerged Soil Models Using Ultrasound

Joseph Coe and Scott J. Brandenberg

Membrane Behavior of Compacted Clay Liners

Jong-Beom Kang and Charles D. Shackelford

Undrained Capacity of Plate Anchors under General Loading

Ming Yang, James Donald Murff, and Charles Paul Aubeny

Experimental Study of Eccentrically Loaded Raft with Connected and Unconnected Short

Piles

Mostafa El Sawwaf

Behavior of Driven Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete H-Piles Subjected to

Vertical and Lateral Loadings

Muhannad T. Suleiman, Thomas Vande Voort, and Sri Sritharan

Ground Movements around Corners of Excavations: Empirical Calculation Method

Raul Fuentes and Mike Devriendt

Microporosity Structure of Coarse Granular Soils

L. M. Zhang and X. Li

Influence of Shear Rate on Undrained Vane Shear Strength of Organic Harbor Mud

Benjamin Friedrich Schlue, Tobias Moerz, and Stefan Kreiter

Impacts of Unsaturated Zone Soil Moisture and Groundwater Table on Slope Instability

Ram L. Ray, Jennifer M. Jacobs, and Pedro de Alba

Improvement of Problematic Soils by Lime Slurry Pressure Injection: Case Study

Alex Wilkinson, Asadul Haque, Jayantha Kodikara, John Adamson, and David Christie

TECHNICAL NOTES

Use of Impedance Probe for Estimation of Porosity Changes in Saturated Granular Filters

under Cyclic Loading: Calibration and Application

Laricar Dominic O. Trani and Buddhima Indraratna

Soils and Foundations

No New Issue

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Vol.30, Issue 10 (October 2010)

Seismic stability analysis of gravity retaining walls

Xinpo Li, Yong Wu, Siming He

Zero-stress, cylindrical wave functions around a circular underground tunnel in a flat,

elastic half-space: Incident P-waves

Chi Hsin Lin, Vincent W. Lee, Maria I. Todorovska, Mihailo D. Trifunac

Bounding surface plasticity model for the seismic liquefaction analysis of geostructures

Konstantinos I. Andrianopoulos, Achilleas G. Papadimitriou, George D. Bouckovalas

Slab foundation subjected to thrust faulting in dry sand: Parametric analysis and

simplified design method

I. Anastasopoulos, G. Antonakos, G. Gazetas

Wave propagation in the elastic half-space due to an interior load and its application to

ground vibration problems and buildings on pile foundations

L. Auersch

A local time-domain transmitting boundary for simulating cylindrical elastic wave

propagation in infinite media

Xiuli Du, Mi Zhao

Local amplification of deep mining induced vibrations part.2: Simulation of ground motion

in a coal basin

J.F. Semblat, N. Lokmane, L. Driad-Lebeau, G. Bonnet

Three-dimensional simulation of track on poroelastic half-space vibrations due to a moving

point load

Honglei Sun, Yuanqiang Cai, Changjie Xu

On the seismic behavior of cylindrical base-isolated liquid storage tanks excited by long-

period ground motions

M.R. Shekari, N. Khaji, M.T. Ahmadi

Regional subsidence of Mexico City and its effects on seismic response

Javier Avilés, Luis Eduardo Pérez-Rocha

Linear and nonlinear response of concrete slab on CFR dam during earthquake

Alemdar Bayraktar, Murat Emre Kartal

Estimation of particle velocity based on blast event measurements at different rock units

Josip Mesec, Ivan Kovač, Božo Soldo

Nonlinear behaviour of RC frames under repeated strong ground motions

George D. Hatzigeorgiou, Asterios A. Liolios

Shear wave velocity as function of standard penetration test resistance and vertical

effective stress at California bridge sites

Scott J. Brandenberg, Naresh Bellana, Thomas Shantz

Evaluation of equivalent lateral force procedure in estimating seismic isolator

displacements

Gokhan Ozdemir, Michael C. Constantinou

Mitigation measures for pile groups behind quay walls subjected to lateral flow of liquefied

soil: Shake table model tests

Ramin Motamed, Ikuo Towhata

Probabilistic correlation between laboratory and field liquefaction potentials using relative

state parameter index (ξR)

Y. Jafarian, A. Sadeghi Abdollahi, R. Vakili, M.H. Baziar

Amplification of linear strain in a layer excited by a shear-wave earthquake pulse

V. Gicev, M.D. Trifunac

Torsional response of a rigid circular foundation on a saturated half-space to SH waves

Yuan-qiang Cai, Peng Wang, Hong-Lei Sun, Chang-jie Xu

Seismic performance of bar-mat reinforced-soil retaining wall: Shaking table testing versus

numerical analysis with modified kinematic hardening constitutive model

I. Anastasopoulos, T. Georgarakos, V. Georgiannou, V. Drosos, R. Kourkoulis

Towards a seismic design method for plane steel frames using equivalent modal damping

ratios

George A. Papagiannopoulos, Dimitri E. Beskos