Acta Geotechnica

No New Issue

ASTM – Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volume 34, Issue 2 (March 2011)

Axial Response and Bearing Capacity of Tapered Piles in Sandy Soil

Paik K., Lee J., Kim D.

A Fiber Optic Sensored Triaxial Testing Device

Lee J., Tien K., Te Ho Y., Huang A.

Measurement of Coefficient of Consolidation During Reconsolidation of Liquefied Sand

Brennan A., Madabhushi S.

On the Design of Instrumented Double-Wall Model Piles Used to Investigate Plugging of

Open-Ended Pipe Piles

Iskander M.

Experimental and Numerical Study of the Effect of an Oversize Particle on the Shear

Strength of Mined-Rock Pile Material

Fakhimi A., Hosseinpour H.

A New Pressurized Vane Shear Apparatus

Messerklinger S., Zumsteg R., Puzrin A.

Regression Models for Validating Cyclic Triaxial Test Results

Polito C.

Reconstitution of Saturated Cement-Treated Soil by Wet-Mixing

Lewsley G., Fannin R.

Field Apparatus for Measurement of Elastic Rebound and Final Set for Driven Pile

Capacity Estimation

Oliveira J., Nunes P., Silva M., Cabral D., Ferreira A., Carneiro L., Giraldi M.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volume 48, Number 3, (March, 2011)

Earth pressures on twin positive projecting and induced trench box culverts under high

embankments

Benjamin L. McGuigan and Arun J. Valsangkar

Field monitoring of an unsaturated saprolitic hillslope

A. K. Leung, H. W. Sun, S.W. Millis, J.W. Pappin, C. W.W. Ng, and H. N. Wong

Measurement of swelling pressure: direct method versus indirect methods

Kamil Kayabali and Saniye Demir

Physical and numerical modelling of a dual-porosity fractured rock surrounding an in-pit

uranium tailings management facility

K. Lange and P. J. Van Geel

Studies on the determination of swelling properties of soils from suction measurements

B. Hanumantha Rao, K. Venkataramana, and D. N. Singh

Undrained shear strength properties of organic harbor mud at low consolidation stress

levels

Benjamin Friedrich Schlue, Tobias Mörz, and Stefan Kreiter

Spatial and temporal progression of internal erosion in cohesionless soil

Ricardo Moffat, R. Jonathan Fannin, and Stephen J. Garner

A hydromechanical relation governing internal stability of cohesionless soil

Ricardo Moffat and R. Jonathan Fannin

Modelling the applied vertical stress and settlement relationship of shallow foundations in

saturated and unsaturated sands

Won Taek Oh and Sai K. Vanapalli

Computers and Geotechnics

Volume 38, Issue 2, (March 2011)

Finite element modelling of rate-dependent ratcheting in granular materials

A. Karrech, A. Seibi, D. Duhamel

Numerical modeling of stress effects on solute transport in fractured rocks

Zhihong Zhao, Lanru Jing, Ivars Neretnieks, Luis Moreno

Inclination correction of the parallel seismic test for pile length detection

Sheng-Huoo Ni, Yan-Hong Huang, Xian-Min Zhou, Kuo-Feng Lo

A tensile damage model for rocks: Application to blast induced damage assessment

E. Hamdi, N.B. Romdhane, J.M. Le Cléac’h

Numerical modeling of multiphase fluid flow in deforming porous media: A comparison

between two- and three-phase models for seismic analysis of earth and rockfill dams

A.R. Khoei, T. Mohammadnejad

Design charts for elastic pile shortening in the equivalent top–down load–settlement curve

from a bidirectional load test

Jose Leo C. Mission, Hyeong-Joo Kim

Reliability analysis using radial basis function networks and support vector machines

Xiao-hui Tan, Wei-hua Bi, Xiao-liang Hou, Wei Wang

Face stability analysis of shallow shield tunnels in dry sandy ground using the discrete

element method

R.P. Chen, L.J. Tang, D.S. Ling, Y.M. Chen

Efficient system reliability analysis illustrated for a retaining wall and a soil slope

B.K. Low, J. Zhang, Wilson H. Tang

A wavelet based method for estimating the damping ratio in statnamic pile load tests

Pei-hsun Tsai, Zheng-yi Feng, Shang-yuh Lin

Connectivity of a network of random discontinuities

J.H. Li, L.M. Zhang

Analytical layer-element solution to axisymmetric consolidation of multilayered soils

Zhi Yong Ai, Yi Chong Cheng, Wen Ze Zeng

The mechanical behaviour and design concerns for a hybrid reinforced earth embankment

built in limited width adjacent to a slope

Chia-Cheng Fan, Chih-Chung Hsieh

Analysis of soil resistance on laterally loaded piles based on 3D soil–pile interaction

Youngho Kim, Sangseom Jeong

Comparison of rock discontinuity mean trace length and density estimation methods using

discontinuity data from an outcrop in Wenchuan area, China

Qiong Wu, P.H.S.W. Kulatilake, Hui-ming Tang

Settlement analysis of the Shuibuya concrete-face rockfill dam

Wei Zhou, Junjie Hua, Xiaolin Chang, Chuangbing Zhou

Empirical modeling of plate load test moduli of soil via gene expression programming

Ali Mollahasani, Amir Hossein Alavi, Amir Hossein Gandomi

A numerical interpretation of load tests on vibro-piles

Annamaria Cividini, Livio Locatelli, Alessio Contini, Giancarlo Gioda

Validation study of the distinct lattice spring model (DLSM) on P-wave propagation across

multiple parallel joints

J.B. Zhu, G.F. Zhao, X.B. Zhao, J. Zhao

Engineering Geology

Volume 118, Issues 3-4, (24 March 2011)

Ring shear test for transform mechanism of slide–debris flow Review Article

Ming Zhang, Yueping Yin, Ruilin Hu, Shuren Wu, Yongshuang Zhang

Rainfall-based criteria for assessing slump rate of mountainous highway slopes: A case

study of slopes along Highway 18 in Alishan, Taiwan

Shun-Kung Chang, Der-Her Lee, Jian-Hong Wu, C. Hsein Juang

Investigating the validity of conventional joint set clustering methods

Behzad Tokhmechi, Hossein Memarian, Behzad Moshiri, Vamegh Rasouli, Hossein Ahmadi

Noubari

A probabilistic systems methodology to analyze the importance of factors affecting the

stability of rock slopes

Masoud Zare Naghadehi, Rafael Jimenez, Reza KhaloKakaie, Seyed-Mohammad Esmaeil Jalali

A study of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of compacted crushed argillite

C.S. Tang, A.M. Tang, Y.J. Cui, P. Delage, C. Schroeder, B. Shi

Determination of the regions used as facing and building stone according to the material

characteristics in an andesite quarry

Y. Ozcelik

The pore system of sedimentary rocks as a key factor in the durability of building materials E. Molina, G. Cultrone, E. Sebastián, F.J. Alonso, L. Carrizo, J. Gisbert, O. Buj

Coupled hydro-thermal modeling of ice ring formation around a pilot LNG cavern in rock

Yong-Bok Jung, Eui-Seob Park, So-Keul Chung, Ho-Yeoung Kim

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

Volume 6, Issue 1 2011

Laboratory study of feasibility of compaction grouting of soil

Albert T. Yeung; Sunny T. C. So; S.K. Alfred Au; Tsz Kin Lee

Laboratory study of static and dynamic compaction grouting in triaxial condition

S. Y. Wang; D. H. Chan; K. C. Lam; S. K. A. Au

Centrifuge model testing on super-long rock-socketed bored piles under vertical loading

Rui Gao; Youjin Zeng; Bin Zhu

Effect of vehicle–pavement interaction on dynamic response of rigid pavements

V. A. Sawant; V. A. Patil; Kousik Deb

Actual evidence of the model of compression and shear fracture nucleus of rock for

earthquakes

Qun-li Zhou; Zhen-hong Liu; Qing-bo Liu; Rao Ming; Zhong-lin Guo

Undrained monotonic response of sand–silt mixtures: effect of nonplastic fines

H. K. Dash; T. G. Sitharam

The relationship between geomechanical properties and weathering indices of granitic

rocks, Hamedan, Iran

M. Heidari; G. R. Khanlari; A. A. Momeni; H. Jafargholizadeh

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

No New Issue

Geosynthetics International

No New Issue

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volume 29, Number 2 / March 2011

Special Issue : IACMAG - Characterization of Unsaturated Soils

Guest Editors: D.N. Singh and Sai K. Vanapalli

Shear Strength Criteria for Unsaturated Soils

Daichao Sheng, Annan Zhou and Delwyn G. Fredlund

Influence of Unsaturated Soil Properties Uncertainty on Moisture Flow Modeling

H. B. Dye, S. L. Houston and B. D. Welfert

Theoretical Evaluation of the Mechanical Behavior of Unsaturated Soils

Michinori Honda, Shintaro Ohno, Atsushi Iizuka, Katsuyuki Kawai and Hideki Ohta

On the Inclusion of Some Biological Impacts and Influences in Coupled Transport

Phenomena in Unsaturated Soil

Hywel Rhys Thomas, Suresh Channarayapatna Seetharam and Philip James Vardon

A four elements porous model to estimate the strength of unsaturated soils

E. Rojas, A. Zepeda, M. L. Pérez-Rea, J. Leal and G. Gallegos

Consistent Modelling of Expansive and Collapsive Response of Unsaturated Soils

X. S. Li and X. W. Fang

Probabilistic Methods Applied to Unsaturated Numerical Modeling

Murray Fredlund and Gilson Gitirana

Geotechnique

Volume 61, Issue 3, (March, 2011)

The effect of fabric on the behaviour of gold tailings

N. CHANG; G. HEYMANN; C. CLAYTON

Analysis of cases of gravity quaywall movement during earthquakes

G.-S. HWANG; C.-H. CHEN

Hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of mixtures of Nagoya clay with sand or

bentonite

Y. WATABE; K. YAMADA; K. SAITOH

Large-displacement interface shear between steel and granular media

T.Y.K. HO; R.J. JARDINE; N. ANH-MINH

Numerical study on plate anchor stability in clay

L. YU; J. LIU; X.-J. KONG; Y. HU

Effects of bond crushing on the settlements of shallow foundations on soft rocks

R. NOVA; M. PARMA

Undrained failure envelope for skirted foundation under general loading

S. GOURVENEC; S. BARNETT

Towards a dimensionless description of soil swelling behaviour

O. BUZZI; A. GIACOMINI; S. FITYUS

Book review: Urban geology in Wales: 3.

Stephen Bentley

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

No new Issue

Ground Improvement

Volume 164, Issue 1, (February 2011)

Electrokinetic treatment on a tropical residual soil

Kamarudin Bin Ahmad; Mohd. Raihan Taha; Khairul Anuar Kassim

Role of moulding water content in lime stabilisation of soil

Heddur Nagappa Gowda Ramesh; Puvvadi Venkata Sivapullaiah

Geometric parametric studies on reinforced soil gabion walls

Parameswaran Kamala Jayasree; Krishnan Sulochana Beena

Field behaviour of stiffened deep cement mixing piles

Pittaya Jamsawang; Dennes T. Bergado; Panich Voottipruex

International Journal of Geomechanics

No New Issue

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volume 35, Issue 3 (25 Feb 2011)

Numerical characterization of dispersion coefficients by meshless-based inverse analysis

(pages 309–328)

Guang Y. Sheu

Fully coupled poromechanical back analysis of the pulse test by inverse method (pages

329–359)

Richard Giot, Albert Giraud, Christophe Auvray, Françoise Homand and Théophile Guillon

Dilatancy of granular materials in a strain space multiple mechanism model (pages 360–

392) Vincenzo Silvestri and Ghassan Abou-Samra

Bearing capacity factors of circular foundations for a general c–ϕ soil using lower bound

finite elements limit analysis (pages 393–405) Jyant Kumar and Vishwas N. Khatri

A three-point time discretization technique for parabolic partial differential equations

(pages 406–418)

A. Khoshghalb, N. Khalili and A. P. S. Selvadurai

Three-phase medium model for filled rock joint and interaction with stress waves (pages

97–110)

G. W. Ma, J. C. Li and J. Zhao

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volume 35, Issue 4 (March 2011)

Smooth particle hydrodynamics simulations of low Reynolds number flows through porous

media (pages 419–437)

David W. Holmes, John R. Williams and Peter Tilke

Analytical solutions for advective–dispersive solute transport in double-layered finite

porous media (pages 438–460)

Yu-Chao Li and Peter John Cleall

Exact solutions for one-dimensional transient response of fluid-saturated porous media

(pages 461–479) Zhendong Shan, Daosheng Ling and Haojiang Ding

Simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation near a natural fracture using virtual

multidimensional internal bonds (pages 480–495) Z. Zhang and A. Ghassemi

Hydromechanical behavior of Tournemire argillites: Measurement of the poroelastic

parameters and estimation of the intrinsic permeability by œdometric tests (pages 496–518)

A. Noiret, R. Giot, E. Bemer, A. Giraud and F. Homand

Cauchy problem of three-dimensional critical slip surfaces of slopes (pages 519–527)

Hong Zheng, Guan Hua Sun and Chun Guang Li

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volume 137, Issue 3, (March 2011)

TECHNICAL PAPERS

Recent Stress-History Effects on Compressible Chicago Glacial Clays

Richard J. Finno and Wanjei Cho

Estimating Fully Probabilistic Seismic Sliding Displacements of Slopes from a

Pseudoprobabilistic Approach Ellen M. Rathje and Gokhan Saygili

Soil Uncertainty and Its Influence on Simulated G/Gmax and Damping Behavior

Kallol Sett, Berna Unutmaz, Kemal Önder Çetin, M.ASCE, Suzana Koprivica, and Boris Jeremić

Slope Reliability Analysis Considering Site-Specific Performance Information

J. Zhang, L. M. Zhang, and Wilson H. Tang

Reliability-Based Design for External Stability of Narrow Mechanically Stabilized Earth

Walls: Calibration from Centrifuge Tests

Kuo-Hsin Yang, Jianye Ching, and Jorge G. Zornberg

Use of a Line of Piles to Prevent Damages Induced by Tunnel Excavation

Emilio Bilotta and Gianpiero Russo

CASE STUDIES

Fill Placement on Slopes Underlain by Franciscan Mélange

Timothy D. Stark, Ph.D., P.E., Erik J. Newman, Ph.D., Gregory de la Peña, and Donald H.

Hillebrandt

TECHNICAL NOTES

Influence of Underlying Weak Soil on Passive Earth Pressure in Cohesionless Deposits

Scott J. Brandenberg and Pirooz Kashighandi

Pipe-Soil Interaction Model Incorporating Large Lateral Displacements in Calcareous

Sand

Yinghui Tian and Mark J. Cassidy

Impact of Bituminous Subballast on Railroad Track Deformation Considering

Atmospheric Actions

T. Moço Ferreira, P. Fonseca Teixeira, Ph.D., and R. Cardoso, Ph.D.

DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES

Discussion of ―Method for Evaluation of Depth of Wetting in Residential Areas‖ by

Kenneth D. Walsh, Craig A. Colby, William N. Houston, and Sandra L. Houston

John D. Nelson, Ph.D, P.E., Kuo-Chieh Chao, Ph.D., P.E., and Daniel D. Overton, P.E.

Discussion of ―Method for Evaluation of Depth of Wetting in Residential Areas‖ by

Kenneth D. Walsh, Craig A. Colby, William N. Houston, and Sandra L. Houston

Vukoslav E. Aguirre, P.E.

Closure to ―Method for Evaluation of Depth of Wetting in Residential Areas‖ by Kenneth

D. Walsh, Craig A. Colby, William N. Houston, and Sandra L. Houston

Kenneth D. Walsh, Craig A. Colby, William N. Houston, and Sandra L. Houston

Discussion of ―Mechanisms of Seismically Induced Settlement of Buildings with Shallow

Foundations on Liquefiable Soil‖ by Shideh Dashti, Jonathan D. Bray, Juan M. Pestana,

Michael Riemer, and Dan Wilson

Curtis N. Jensen

Closure to ―Mechanisms of Seismically Induced Settlement of Buildings with Shallow

Foundations on Liquefiable Soil‖ by Shideh Dashti, Jonathan D. Bray, Juan M. Pestana,

Michael Riemer, and Dan Wilson

Shideh Dashti, Jonathan D. Bray, Juan M. Pestana, M.ASCE, Michael F. Riemer, and Dan

Wilson

Soils and Foundations

Vol. 50 (2010), No. 6

PART I. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS 1960-2010

HISTORY OF ―SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS‖ UPDATED: DEVELOPMENTS AND

PAPERS AKIHIRO TAKAHASHI and SATOSHI NISHIMURA

RETROSPECTIVE OVERVIEW ON DEVELOPMENTS OF ―SOILS AND

FOUNDATIONS‖

KENJI ISHIHARA

GEOTECHNICAL MEGA-PROJECTS IN JAPAN 1960-2010

CEMENT-MIXED SOILS IN TRANS-TOKYO BAY HIGHWAY PROJECT FUMIO TATSUOKA

THE SECOND PHASE CONSTRUCTION OF KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

CONSIDERING THE LARGE AND LONG-TERM SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAY

DEPOSITS

TERUAKI FURUDOI

TECHNICAL TRANSITION OF EARTH STRUCTURES FOR SHINKANSEN

HIROSHI KANAZAWA and HISASHI TARUMI

SEVERAL GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ISSUES WITH

AKASHI STRAIT BRIDGE

KOJI KAWAGUCHI and FUMIO TATSUOKA

PART II. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS—THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

OBSERVATION OF GEOMATERIAL BEHAVIOR

JUNICHI KOSEKI and TAKAYUKI KAWAGUCHI

MODELING OF GEOMATERIALS BEHAVIOR

KENICHI SOGA and CATHERINE O’SULLIVAN

NUMERICAL METHODS

AKIRA MURAKAMI, AKIHIKO WAKAI and KAZUNORI FUJISAWA

GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF GROUNDWATER CONTROL

MAKOTO NISHIGAKI

FOUNDATIONS

OSAMU KUSAKABE and SHUN-ICHI KOBAYASHI

MODEL TEST AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS METHODS IN TUNNEL

EXCAVATION PROBLEM

YING CUI and MAKOTO KIMURA

LESSONS FROM EARTHQUAKES IN RECENT TIMES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON

THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOTECHNOLOGY

IKUO TOWHATA and HIROFUMI TOYOTA

SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS DURING EARTHQUAKES

SUSUMU IAI and KOJI ICHII

CONTRIBUTION OF ―SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS‖ TO STUDIES ON RAINFALL-

INDUCED SLOPE FAILURE

RYOSUKE KITAMURA and KAZUNARI SAKO

CONTRIBUTIONS TO ―SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS‖: GROUND IMPROVEMENT

MASAKI KITAZUME and MITSU OKAMURA

THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE GEO-ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN

HIDEO KOMINE and YASUTAKA WATANABE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN CODES GROUNDED ON THE PERFORMANCE-

BASED DESIGN CONCEPT IN JAPAN

YUSUKE HONJO, YOSHIAKI KIKUCHI and MASAHIRO SHIRATO

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Vol.31, Issue 3 (March, 2011)

From ambient noise recordings to site effect assessment: The case study of Barcelona

microzonation

Heloise Cadet, Albert Macau, Beatriz Benjumea, Fabian Bellmunt, Sara Figueras

Numerical analysis of permafrost effects on the seismic site response

Zhaohui (Joey) Yang, Utpal Dutta, Gang Xu, Kenan Hazirbaba, Elmer E. Marx

Application of a second-order paraxial boundary condition to problems of dynamics of

circular foundations on a porous layered half-space

Jin Ho Lee, Jae Kwan Kim, John L. Tassoulas

Full scale experimental study on vibration scattering using open and in-filled (GeoFoam)

wave barriers

Ashref Alzawi, M. Hesham El Naggar

Sectional forces for seismic design of R/C frames by linear time history analysis and

application to 3D single-story buildings

K.G. Kostinakis, A.M. Athanatopoulou, I.E. Avramidis

Example of application of response history analysis for seismically isolated curved bridges

on drilled shaft with springs representing soil

Sevket Ates, Michael C. Constantinou

A method for generating fully non-stationary and spectrum-compatible ground motion

vector processes

Pierfrancesco Cacciola, George Deodatis

Seismic response of an embedded pile in a transversely isotropic half-space under incident

P-wave excitations

M. Shahmohamadi, A. Khojasteh, M. Rahimian, R.Y.S. Pak

Evaluation of temperature and freeze?thaw effects on excess pore pressure generation of

fine-grained soils

Kenan Hazirbaba, Yu Zhang, J. Leroy Hulsey

Least square approach to simulate wave propagation in irregular profiles using the indirect

boundary element method

A. Rodriguez-Castellanos, F.J. Sanchez-Sesma, C. Ortiz-Aleman, M. Orozco-del-Castillo

Seismic lateral movement prediction for gravity retaining walls on granular soils

J.C. Tiznado, F. Rodriguez-Roa

Damping coefficients for near-fault ground motion response spectra

Derek T. Hubbard, George P. Mavroeidis

Equivalent uniform damping ratios for linear irregularly damped concrete/steel mixed

structures A.V. Papageorgiou, C.J. Gantes

Evaluating empirical regression equations for Vs and estimating Vs30 in northeastern

Taiwan Chun-Hsiang Kuo, Kuo-Liang Wen, Hung-Hao Hsieh, Tao-Ming Chang, Che-Min Lin, Chun-Te

Chen

A methodology to select seismic coefficients based on upper bound ―Newmark‖

displacements using earthquake records from Turkey

Ilknur Bozbey, Ozgun Gundogdu

A model study on the effects of input motion on the seismic behaviour of tunnels

Ulas Cilingir, S.P. Gopal Madabhushi

Convex set theory-based seismic hazard analysis of low seismicity area

Lizhe Jia, Hui Li, Zhongdong Duan

Indirect Boundary Element Method applied to fluid?solid interfaces

A. Rodriguez-Castellanos, E. Flores, F.J. Sanchez-Sesma, C. Ortiz-Aleman, M. Nava-Flores, R.

Martin

Comparative seismic performance of steel frames retrofitted with buckling-restrained

braces through the application of Force-Based and Displacement-Based approaches

Amador Teran-Gilmore, Jorge Ruiz-Garcia

Transient dynamic response of fluid-saturated soil under a moving cyclic loading

Yu-Jia Hu, Yuan-Yuan Zhu, Chang-Jun Cheng

A procedure to develop scalable models for the transient response of sleepers in

conventional and high-speed railway lines and implementation to the vertical vibration

mode

E. Leon, D.C. Rizos, J.M. Caicedo

A framework for validation of seismic response analyses using seismometer array

recordings Brendon A. Bradley

Towards an improved seismic risk scenario for Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

D. Bindi, M. Mayfield, S. Parolai, S. Tyagunov, U.T. Begaliev, K. Abdrakhmatov, B.

Moldobekov, J. Zschau

Dynamic active thrust from c-ф soil backfills

Sanjay Kumar Shukla

Seismic characterization of shallow bedrock sites with multimodal Monte Carlo inversion

of surface wave data

Paolo Bergamo, Cesare Comina, Sebastiano Foti, Margherita Maraschini

Analysis on multiple scattering by an arbitrary configuration of piles as barriers for

vibration isolation

Tang-dai Xia, Miao-miao Sun, Chen Chen, Wei-yun Chen, Xu Ping