Acta Geotechnica Volume 3, Issue 4 (December 2008)

Foreword Josef Eberhardsteiner and Herbert A. Mang, 249 Impact of constitutive models on the numerical analysis of underground constructions Yousef Hejazi, Daniel Dias and Richard Kastner, 251-258 Influence of initial plastic anisotropy of overconsolidated clays on ground behaviour during tunneling J. R. Maranha and A. Vieira, 259-271 From micron-sized needle-shaped hydrates to meter-sized shotcrete tunnel shells: micromechanical upscaling of stiffness and strength of hydrating shotcrete Bernhard Pichler, Stefan Scheiner and Christian Hellmich, 273-294 Experimental insight into spalling behavior of concrete tunnel linings under fire loading Matthias Zeiml, Roman Lackner and Herbert A. Mang, 295-308 Time dependent deformations during tunnelling and stability of tunnel faces in fine-grained soils under groundwater Roger Höfle, Jochen Fillibeck and Norbert Vogt, 309-316 Advances in discrete element modelling of underground excavations Carlos Labra, Jerzy Rojek, Eugenio Oñate and Francisco Zarate, 317-322

ASTM – Geotechnical Testing Journal Volume 31, Issue 6 (November 2008)

Profiling of Heterogeneous Soil Using the Nuclear-Density Cone Penetrometer Karthikeyan M, Soon TT An Apparatus for Direct Shear, Pullout, and Uniaxial Testing of Geogrids Abdelrahman AH, Ashmawy AK, Abdelmoniem M Discussion “Sample Preparation of Silts for Liquefaction Testing” by Bradshaw, A. S. and Baxter, C. D. P.REFERENCE: Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 30, No. 4, July 2007, pp. 324–332 Amini F Response to Discussion of “Sample Preparation of Silts for Liquefaction Testing” by Bradshaw, A. S. and Baxter, C. D. P.REFERENCE: Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 30, No. 4, July 2007, pp. 324–332 Bradshaw AS, Baxter CD Coefficient of Consolidation by the Slope Method Al-Zoubi MS Methylene Blue Surface Area Method to Correlate with Specific Soil Properties Sivapullaiah PV, Prasad BG, Allam MM Determination of Diffusion Characteristics of Intact Rock Mass: A Critical Evaluation Hanumantha Rao B, Singh DN Effects of Particle Shape and Gradation on the Results of Miniature DCP Tests in Sand Muszynski MR A Revised Contact Filter Paper Method Power KC, Vanapalli SK, Garga VK Characterization of Locked Sand from Northeastern Alberta Abdelaziz TS, Derek Martin C, Chalaturnyk RJ

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Vol. 45 , No. 11 November, 2008

Modelling landfill leachate-induced clogging of field-scale test cells (mesocosms) Andrew J. Cooke and R. Kerry Rowe An integrated geotechnical–geophysical investigation of soft clay at a coastal site in the Mekong Delta for oil and gas infrastructure development Pham Huy Giao, N. T. Dung, and P. V. Long Effect of depositional method on the undrained response of silty sand Fletcher M. Wood, Jerry A. Yamamuro, and Poul V. Lade Effect of depositional method on the microstructure of silty sand Jerry A. Yamamuro, Fletcher M. Wood, and Poul V. Lade Load and resistance factor design of shallow foundations against bearing failure Gordon A. Fenton, D. V. Griffiths, and Xianyue Zhang An analytical solution for jointed tunnel linings in elastic soil or rock Hany El Naggar and Sean D. Hinchberger Assessment of alternative protection layers for a geomembrane – geosynthetic clay liner (GM–GCL) composite liner S. Dickinson and R. W.I. Brachman Numerical model tests of building response to excavation-induced ground movements Moorak Son and Edward J. Cording Response of tapered piles to axial harmonic loading Mahmoud Ghazavi Predicting the dynamic properties of glyben using a modular neural network (MNN) Alper Turan, Sean D. Hinchberger, and M. Hesham El Naggar A volume–stress model for sands under isotropic and critical stress states Daichao Sheng, Yangping Yao, and John P. Carter Discussion of “Reliability approach for the side resistance of piles by means of the total stress analysis (α Method)” Fred H. Kulhawy

Reply to the discussion by Kulhawy on “Reliability approach for the side resistance of piles by means of the total stress analysis (α Method)” Claudio Cherubini and Giovanna Vessia

Computers and Geotechnics

Vol. 36 , No. 1 & 2 January - March, 2009

A practical procedure for searching critical slip surfaces of slopes based on the strength reduction technique Hong Zheng, Guanhua Sun, Defu Liu Axisymmetric finite element analysis of pile loading tests I. Said, V. De Gennaro, R. Frank On the use of the generalised effective stress in the constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils Lyesse Laloui, Mathieu Nuth A general theoretical solution for the consolidation of a composite foundation Kang-He Xie, Meng-Meng Lu, An-Feng Hu, Guo-Hong Chen Parametric sensitivity analysis of coupled mechanical consolidation and contaminant transport through clay barriers T.W. Lewis, P. Pivonka, S.G. Fityus, D.W. Smith A fast common plane identification algorithm for 3D contact problem J. Liu, Q.D. Geng, X.J. Kong Dynamic response of pavements on poroelastic half-space soil medium to a moving traffic load Yuanqiang Cai, Zhigang Cao, Honglei Sun, Changjie Xu Discrete element modelling of drying shrinkage and cracking of soils H. Peron, J.Y. Delenne, L. Laloui, M.S. El Youssoufi Three-dimensional slope failure analysis by the strength reduction and limit equilibrium methods W.B. Wei, Y.M. Cheng, L. Li Critical contact stiffness concept and simulation of crack generation in particle models of large length-scales Chongbin Zhao, B.E. Hobbs, A. Ord, Shenglin Peng Strength reduction FEM in stability analysis of soil slopes subjected to transient unsaturated seepage Maosong Huang, Cang-Qin Jia

Soil height randomness influence on seismic response: Case of an Algiers site M. Badaoui, M.K. Berrah, A. Mebarki Comparison of analytical method, 3D finite element model with experimental subsidence measurements resulting from the extension of the Milan underground M. Migliazza, M. Chiorboli, G.P. Giani The effect of strength anisotropy on the bearing capacity of spudcan foundations Jun Liu, Yuxia Hu Seismic rock slope stability charts based on limit analysis methods A.J. Li, A.V. Lyamin, R.S. Merifield The concept of reference curves for constitutive modelling in soil mechanics Dorival M. Pedroso, Daichao Sheng, Jidong Zhao Modeling sand response using two-surface plasticity D. Loukidis, R. Salgado The at-rest earth pressure coefficient prediction using simple elasto-plastic constitutive models Antonio Federico, Gaetano Elia, Agnese Murianni An approximate spring–dashpot artificial boundary for transient wave analysis of fluid-saturated porous media Zihui Wang, Chenggang Zhao, Liang Dong Interpretation of strains in torsion shear tests Poul V. Lade, Jungman Nam, Won Pyo Hong Axial stress–strain relation of encapsulated granular column Cho-Sen Wu, Yung-Shan Hong, Hsien-Chin Lin Utilization of self-organizing map and fuzzy clustering for site characterization using piezocone data Sarat Kumar Das, Prabir Kumar Basudhar FE-modeling of shear resistance degradation in granular materials during cyclic shearing under CNS condition J. Tejchman, E. Bauer Discrete modelling of rock-ageing in rockfill dams Thi-Huong Tran, Romain Vénier, Bernard Cambou Application of nonlinear optimization technique to back analyses of deep excavation Yu-Geng Tang, Gordon Tung-Chin Kung

Numerical modelling of fluid flow tests in a rock fracture with a special algorithm for contact areas T. Koyama, B. Li, Y. Jiang, L. Jing Modeling small-strain behavior of Taipei clays for finite element analysis of braced excavations Gordon Tung-Chin Kung, Chang-Yu Ou, C. Hsein Juang Numerical simulation of drained triaxial test using 3D discrete element modeling N. Belheine, J.-P. Plassiard, F.-V. Donzé, F. Darve, A. Seridi Displacement based multiple wedge slope stability analysis Paul F. McCombie Seismic vertical uplift capacity of horizontal strip anchors using pseudo-dynamic approach Priyanka Ghosh Axi-symmetric active earth pressure obtained by the slip line method with a general tangential stress coefficient F.Q. Liu, J.H. Wang, L.L. Zhang

Engineering Geology Vol. 102, Issues 3-4 December 1st, 2008

Spatial data for landslide susceptibility, hazard, and vulnerability assessment: An overview Cees J. van Westen, Enrique Castellanos, Sekhar L. Kuriakose Zoning for flowslide and debris flow in pyroclastic soils of Campania Region based on “infinite slope” analysis L. Picarelli, L. Olivares, B. Avolio Rockfall susceptibility zoning at a large scale: From geomorphological inventory to preliminary land use planning Ramon Copons, Joan M. Vilaplana Evaluation of approaches to calculate debris-flow parameters for hazard assessment Marcel Hürlimann, Dieter Rickenmann, Vicente Medina, Allen Bateman Applicability of landslide susceptibility and hazard zoning at different scales Leonardo Cascini Risk assessment strategies for the reactivation of earth flows in the Northern Apennines (Italy) Giovanni Bertolini, Marco Pizziolo A review of assessing landslide frequency for hazard zoning purposes Jordi Corominas, José Moya Transient deterministic shallow landslide modeling: Requirements for susceptibility and hazard assessments in a GIS framework J.W. Godt, R.L. Baum, W.Z. Savage, D. Salciarini, W.H. Schulz, E.L. Harp Modeling landslide recurrence in Seattle, Washington, USA Diana Salciarini, Jonathan W. Godt, William Z. Savage, Rex L. Baum, Pietro Conversini Landslide susceptibility and hazard mapping in Australia for land-use planning — with reference to challenges in metropolitan suburbia Andrew R. Leventhal, Greg P. Kotze A conceptual framework for quantitative estimation of physical vulnerability to landslides Marco Uzielli, Farrokh Nadim, Suzanne Lacasse, Amir M. Kaynia

Engineering Geology Vol. 103, Issues 1-2

January 8th, 2009 Yielding and shear behaviour of cement-treated dredged materials C.F. Chiu, W. Zhu, C.L. Zhang Simplified DMT-based methods for evaluating liquefaction resistance of soils Pai-Hsiang Tsai, Der-Her Lee, Gordon Tung-Chin Kung, C. Hsein Juang Oscillation-induced mobility of flows of rock fragments with quasi-rigid plugs in rectangular channels with frictional walls: A hypothesis B. Cagnoli, F. Quareni Strength characteristics and mechanisms of salt-rich soil–cement Haofeng Xing, Xiaoming Yang, Chao Xu, Guanbao Ye The impact of tunneling construction on the hydrogeological environment of “Tseng-Wen Reservoir Transbasin Diversion Project” in Taiwan Feng-Rong Yang, Cheng-Haw Lee, Wen-Jui Kung, Hsin-Fu Yeh Increase in basin sediment yield from landslides in storms following major seismic disturbance Shan-Chieh Chuang, Hongey Chen, Guan-Wei Lin, Ching-Weei Lin, Chung-Pai Chang

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

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Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and

Geohazards December 2008

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Geosynthetics International

Vol. 15, No. 6 December, 2008

Foreward By Bathurst Geotextile Containment for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering By Lawson Interaction Characteristics of Geosynthetics with Fine Tailings in Pullout Test By Yin, Wei, Wang, Wan, and Shen Long-Term Water Flow Capacity of Geosynthetic Drains and Structural Stability of their Drain Cores By Muller, Jakob, and Tatzky-Gerth A Numerical Study on The Use of Geofoam to Increase the External Stability of Reinforced Soil Walls By Hatami and Witthoeft Iron Oxide Coating of Geosynthetic Fibers for Water Treatment Applications By Mitchell-Blackwood, Gurian, Kumar, and Sarich Technical Note: Puncture Resistance of PVC Geomembranes using the Truncated Cone Test By Stark, Boerman, and Connor Corrigendum Note of Appreciation to Paper Reviewers

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Vol. 26, No. 6 December 2008

Preface: Special Issue on Laboratory and Field Testing of Unsaturated Soils A. Tarantino, E. Romero and Y. J. Cui Measurement of Matric Suction Using Tensiometric and Axis Translation Techniques F. A. M. Marinho, W. A. Take and A. Tarantino Indirect Measurement of Suction Rifat Bulut and Eng Choon Leong Axis Translation and Negative Water Column Techniques for Suction Control Sai K. Vanapalli, M. V. Nicotera and Radhey S. Sharma Vapour Equilibrium and Osmotic Technique for Suction Control James A. Blatz, Yu-Jun Cui and Luciano Oldecop Mechanical Testing in Unsaturated Soils Laureano R. Hoyos, Lyesse Laloui and Roberto Vassallo Laboratory Hydraulic Testing in Unsaturated Soils Farimah Masrouri, Kátia V. Bicalho and Katsuyuki Kawai Microstructure Investigation in Unsaturated Soils: A Review with Special Attention to

Contribution of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy

Enrique Romero and Paul H. Simms Geoenvironmental Testing Pierre Delage and Enrique Romero Field Measurement of Suction, Water Content, and Water Permeability Alessandro Tarantino, Andrew M. Ridley and David G. Toll Water Balance and Evapotranspiration Monitoring in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental

Engineering Yu-Jun Cui and Jorge G. Zornberg Monitoring the Performance of Unsaturated Soil Slopes Charles W. W. Ng, Sarah M. Springman and Eduardo E. Alonso

Monitoring Large-Scale Tests for Nuclear Waste Disposal Eduardo E. Alonso, Sarah M. Springman and Charles W. W. Ng

Geotechnique

Volume: 58, Issue: 10 December 1st, 2008

The uplift resistance of pipes and plate anchors buried in sand D. J. White, C. Y. Cheuk, |M. D. Bolton Revealing the bearing capacity mechanisms of a penetrating spudcan through sand overlying clay K. L. Teh, M. J. Cassidy, C. F. Leung, Y. K. Chow, M. F. Randolph, C. K. Quah Spatial variability: drained and undrained deviatoric load response H.-K. Kim, J. C. Santamarina Upper-bound and load–displacement solutions for laterally loaded piles in clays based on energy minimization A. Klar, M. F. Randolph Vertical uplift capacity of a group of shallow horizontal anchors in sand J. Kumar, K. M. Kouzer Unstable behaviour of model Jamuna micaceous sand V. N. Georgiannou On seismic landslide hazard assessment (J. Yang (2007). Géotechnique 57, No. 8, 707–713) A. D. W. Sparks Hydrostatic paradox of saturated media (M. EL TANI (2007). Géotechnique 57, No. 9, 773–777) D. Kolymbas, A. Verruijt

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volume 26, Issue 6, Pages 447-518 December 2008

Editorial Board Page IFC Geotextiles and Geomembranes: Best papers in 2007 R. Kerry Rowe Gravel contacts and geomembrane strains for a GM/CCL composite liner R.W.I. Brachman, S. Gudina Performance of a two-tier geosynthetic reinforced segmental retaining wall under a surcharge load: Full-scale load test and 3D finite element analysis Chungsik Yoo, Sun-Bin Kim Hydraulic permeability of structures made of geotextile sand containers: Laboratory tests and conceptual model Juan Recio, Hocine Oumeraci Geomembrane strains from coarse gravel and wrinkles in a GM/GCL composite liner R.W.I. Brachman, S. Gudina Numerical simulation and sensitivity analyses of full-scale test embankment with reinforced lightweight geomaterials on soft Bangkok clay T. Tanchaisawat, D.T. Bergado, P. Voottipruex Mechanical behavior of lightweight soil reinforced with waste fishing net Y.T. Kim, H.J. Kim, G.H. Lee

Ground Improvement

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International Journal of Analytical and Numerical Methods in Geomechanics

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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Vol.134, No.12 Month: December, Year: 2008

TECHNICAL PAPERS Probability and Risk of Slope Failure Francisco Silva, T. William Lambe, and W. Allen Marr Reliability Evaluation of Earth Slopes H. P. Hong and G. Roh Underwater Shake Table Tests on Waterfront Structures Protected with Tire Chips Cushion Hemanta Hazarika, Eiji Kohama, and Takahiro Sugano Hydraulic Conductivity Measurement from On-the-Fly uCPT Sounding and from VisCPT Dae Sung Lee, Derek Elsworth, and Roman Hryciw Experience from Two Resistivity Inversion Techniques Applied in Three Cases of Geotechnical Site Investigation Roger Wisén, Anders V. Christiansen, Torleif Dahlin, and Esben Auken Determination of the Material Damping Ratio with the Bender Element Test Lutz Karl, Wim Haegeman, Geert Degrande, and David Dooms Stress Integration Approach in Resonant Column and Torsional Shear Testing for Soils Inthuorn Sasanakul and James A. Bay Relationships between In Situ and Roller-Integrated Compaction Measurements for Granular Soils David J. White and Mark J. Thompson Estimating Compaction of Cohesive Soils from Machine Drive Power Mark J. Thompson and David J. White Simple Method for the Design of Jet Grouted Umbrellas in Tunneling G. P. Lignola, A. Flora, and G. Manfredi Treatment of Cr(VI) in COPR Using Ferrous Sulfate–Sulfuric Acid or Cationic Polysulfides James M. Tinjum, Craig H. Benson, and Tuncer B. Edil

Seismic Response of Liquid Storage Tanks Incorporating Soil Structure Interaction Tam Larkin TECHNICAL NOTES Effective Soil Density for Propagation of Small Strain Shear Waves in Saturated Soil Tong Qiu and Patrick J. Fox Influence of Mineral Composition on the Simple Shear Response of Sands: Experimental Study Julio R. Valdes and Selene L. Leleu Evaluation of a Predictive Constitutive Model for Sands José E. Andrade and Kirk C. Ellison Estimation of Soil Permeability Using an Acoustic Technique Chung R. Song, Jinwon Kim, and A. H.-D. Cheng DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES Discussion of “Staged Construction and Settlement of a Dam Founded on Soft Clay” by Sukru Ozcoban, Mehmet M. Berilgen, Havvanur Kilic, Tuncer B. Edil, and I. Kutay Ozaydin Cem Akgüner and Jeong-Yun Won Closure to “Staged Construction and Settlement of a Dam Founded on Soft Clay” by Sukru Ozcoban, Mehmet M. Berilgen, Havvanur Kilic, Tuncer B. Edil, and I. Kutay Ozaydin Sukru Ozcoban, Mehmet M. Berilgen, Havvanur Kilic, Tuncer B. Edil, and I. Kutay Ozaydin Reviewers

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volume 29 Issue 2 February 2009

TECHNICAL NOTES Numerical model for unsaturated sandy soils under cyclic loading: Application to liquefaction Hanbing Bian, Isam Shahrour Study of transient poroviscoelastic soil motions by semi-analytical and numerical approaches A. Mesgouez, G. Lefeuve-Mesgouez Seismic active thrust on cantilever walls with short heel Venanzio R. Greco REGULAR PAPERS Simulation of torsional shear test results with neuro-fuzzy control system S. Altun, A.B. Göktepe, A.M. Ansal, C. Akgüner Tectonic deformation buildup in folded mountain terrains in the October 23, 2004, Mid-Niigata earthquake Kazuo Konagai, Tomohiro Fujita, Takaaki Ikeda, Shigeki Takatsu A simplified model for lateral response of large diameter caisson foundations—Linear elastic formulation Varun, Dominic Assimaki, George Gazetas The effect of energy concentration of earthquake ground motions on the nonlinear response of RC structures H. Cao, M.I. Friswell Nonlinear seismic soil–pile–structure interactions: Shaking table tests and FEM analyses K.T. Chau, C.Y. Shen, X. Guo Damage reconstruction of 3D frames using genetic algorithms with Levenberg–Marquardt local search Seweryn Kokot, Zbigniew Zembaty Low-velocity zone and topography as a source of site amplification effect on Tarzana hill, California Vladimir Graizer

A case study of damages of the Kandla Port and Customs Office tower supported on a mat–pile foundation in liquefied soils under the 2001 Bhuj earthquake Suresh R. Dash, L. Govindaraju, Subhamoy Bhattacharya Axisymmetric transient waves in transversely isotropic half-space Morteza Eskandari-Ghadi, Siamak Sattar Consolidation of inelastic clays under rectangular cyclic loading Mohammad M. Toufigh, Ahad Ouria Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Romania and sensitivity analysis: A case of joint consideration of intermediate-depth (Vrancea) and shallow (crustal) seismicity Vladimir Yu Sokolov, Friedemann Wenzel, Rakesh Mohindra The role of strong motion rotations in the response of structures near earthquake faults Mihailo D. Trifunac Kizawa tunnel cracked on 23 October 2004 Mid-Niigata earthquake: An example of earthquake-induced damage to tunnels in active-folding zones Kazuo Konagai, Shigeki Takatsu, Tetsuo Kanai, Tomohiro Fujita, Takaaki Ikeda, Jörgen Johansson Design and commissioning of a laminar soil container for use on small shaking tables Alper Turan, Sean D. Hinchberger, Hesham El Naggar

Soils and Foundations

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