Acta Geotechnica

Volume 5, Number 3 (September 2010)

Molecular simulations of clay minerals: a study considering the change of cell size and

shape

Jianfeng Wang and Marte Gutierrez

A numerical study on effect of combined wave loadings in concrete slab

Z. L. Wang, Y. H. Yang and J. G. Wang

Bearing capacity factor, Nγ, for unsaturated soils by ZEL method

M. Jahanandish, G. Habibagahi and M. Veiskarami

Interference effect of two nearby strip footings on layered soil: theory of elasticity

approach

Priyanka Ghosh and Anirudh Sharma

On the behavior of piles in non-cohesive soil under combined horizontal and vertical

loading

Martin Achmus and Klaus Thieken

ASTM – Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volume 33, Issue 5 (September 2010)

Effects of Membrane Compliance on Pore Water Pressure Generation in Gravelly Sands

under Cyclic Loading

Haeri S., Shakeri M.

Calibration of Equipment Damping in a Resonant Column and Torsional Shear Testing

Device

Sasanakul I., Bay J.

Large Scale Laboratory Testing of Low Mobility Compaction Grouts for Drilled Shaft Tips

Pooranampillai S., Elfass S., Vanderpool W., Norris G.

Assessment of the Modified CUAPS Apparatus to Estimate In Situ Properties of Cemented

Paste Backfill

Yilmaz E., Belem T., Benzaazoua M., Bussière B.

An Evaluation of Fouled Ballast in a Laboratory Model Track Using Ground Penetrating

Radar

Su L., Rujikiatkamjorn C., Indraratna B.

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Vertical Piles Reinforced Sand Slopes Loaded

with Strip Footing

Rao S., Nasr A.

Principle and Prototype Testing of a New Matric Suction Sensor

Dunmola A., Simms P., Padilla M.

Monitoring the Oedometric Compression of Sands with Acoustic Emissions

Fernandes F., Syahrial A., Valdes J.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volume 47, Number 9, (September 2010)

Large-scale geomechanical model testing of an underground cavern group in a true three-

dimensional (3-D) stress state

Zhu, W. S.; Zhang, Q. B.; Zhu, H. H.; Li, Y.; Yin, J.-H.; Li, S. C.; Sun, L. F.; Zhang, L.

Quantitative prop support estimation and remote monitor early warning for hard roof

weighting at the Muchengjian Mine in China

Tan, Yunliang; Zhao, Tongbin; Xiao, Yaxun

Application of suction stress for estimating unsaturated shear strength of soils using direct

shear testing under low confining pressure

Kim, Byeong-Su; Shibuya, Satoru; Park, Seong-Wan; Kato, Shoji

Influence of exsolved gases on slope performance at the Sarnia approach cut to the St.

Clair Tunnel

Dittrich, J. P.; Rowe, R. Kerry.; Becker, Dennis E.; Lo, K. Y.

Finite element investigations of granular material behaviour during cyclic wall shearing

under a constant normal stiffness condition

Tejchman, J.

Upper-bound approach for analysis of cantilever retaining walls

Vrecl Kojc, H.; Trauner, L.

A factored strength approach for the limit states design of geotechnical structures

Callisto, Luigi

Radial consolidation modelling incorporating the effect of a smear zone for a multilayer

soil with downdrag caused by mandrel action

Rujikiatkamjorn, Cholachat; Indraratna, Buddhima

Discussion of ―Analysis of active earth pressure against rigid caissons backfilled with

crushed rock and sand‖

Chugh, Ashok K.

Reply to the discussion by Chugh on ―Analysis of active earth pressure against rigid

caissons backfilled with crushed rock and sand‖

Paik, Kyuho; Sagong, M.; Lee, H.

Computers and Geotechnics

Volume 37, Issue 6 (September 2010)

An anisotropic Model for Structured Soils: Part I: Theory

George Belokas, Michael Kavvadas

Analysis of geocell-reinforced mattress with consideration of horizontal-vertical coupling

Ling Zhang, Minghua Zhao, Xiaowei Zou, Heng Zhao

Assessment of identifiable defect size in a drilled shaft using sonic echo method: Numerical

simulation

Yan-Hong Huang, Sheng-Huoo Ni, Kuo-Feng Lo, Jenq-Jy Charng

Investigating the effect of soil models on deformations caused by braced excavations

through an inverse-analysis technique

Yu-Geng Tang, Gordon Tung-Chin Kung

Modelling the pre-failure instabilities of sand

Andrzej Sawicki, Waldemar Swidzinski

A stable meshfree method for fully coupled flow-deformation analysis of saturated porous

media

Arman Khoshghalb, Nasser Khalili

Selected aspects of the stability assessment of slopes with the assumption of cylindrical slip

surfaces

Janusz Konkol

Numerical study of the soil-structure interaction within mining subsidence areas

Olivier Deck, Harlalka Anirudh

Class A predictions of a NATM tunnel in stiff clay

T. Svoboda, D. Masin, J. Bohac

Engineering Geology

Volume 115, Issues 1-2, (September 2010)

Research papers:

Mapping accumulated mine subsidence using small stack of SAR differential

interferograms in the Southern coalfield of New South Wales, Australia

Alex Hay-Man Ng, Linlin Ge, Yueguan Yan, Xiaojing Li, Hsing-Chung Chang, Kui Zhang,

Chris Rizos

The use of soil-flushing to remediate metal contamination in a smelting slag dumping area:

Column and pilot-scale experiments

Andrés Navarro, Francisco Martínez

Evaluation of deformation modulus of cemented sand using CPT and DMT

Moon-Joo Lee, Sung-Jin Hong, Young-Min Choi, Woojin Lee

Assessment of ground subsidence using GIS and the weights-of-evidence model

Hyun-Joo Oh, Saro Lee

Monitoring rapid head scarp movement in an alpine rockslide

R. Nishii, N. Matsuoka

Effect of air-drying duration on the engineering properties of four clay-bearing rocks in

Texas

Heejung Youn, Fulvio Tonon

Total risk rating and stability analysis of embankment dams in the Kachchh Region,

Gujarat, India

Amit Srivastava, G.L. Sivakumar Babu

Characterizing crack patterns on tunnel linings associated with shear deformation induced

by instability of neighboring slopes

Tai-Tien Wang

Behavior of rounded granular materials in direct shear: Mechanisms and quantification of

fluctuations

Y.R. Li, A. Aydin

Study of the land subsidence in Orihuela City (SE Spain) using PSI data: Distribution,

evolution and correlation with conditioning and triggering factors

R. Tomas, G. Herrera, J.M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente, A. Cuenca, J.J. Mallorquí

Correlation between groundwater level and altitude variations in land subsidence area of

the Choshuichi Alluvial Fan, Taiwan

Chieh-Hung Chen, Chung-Ho Wang, Ya-Ju Hsu, Shui-Beih Yu, Long-Chen Kuo

Technical Note:

Estimation of the thermal properties for partially saturated granite

Won-Jin Cho, Sangki Kwon

Geomechanics and Geoengineering Volume 5, Issue 3 (2010)

Modelling of the mechanical interaction between anchored wire meshes and granular soils

Claudio Giulio di Prisco; Fulvio Besseghini; Federico Pisanò

An automatic time increment selection scheme for simulation of elasto-viscoplastic

consolidation of clayey soils

M. R. Karim; F. Oka

Semi-analytical model for the determination of vertical settlement of crest of road

embankments founded on sloping ground

Lysandros Pantelidis

Finite element reliability analysis of reinforced retaining walls

Sajna Sayed; G. R. Dodagoudar; K. Rajagopal

Influence of initial conditions on liquefaction resistance of silty sands

K. Rangaswamy; A. Boominathan; K. Rajagopal

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

No New Issue

Geosynthetics International

No New Issue

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volume 28, Number 5 (September 2010)

Desiccation Induced Shrinkage of Compacted Lateritic Soil Treated with Blast Furnace

Slag

Kolawole J. Osinubi and Adrian O. Eberemu

Adsorption of Lead (II) and Zinc (II) from Aqueous Solution by Bituminous coal

Ahmed Melegy

Effects of Non-Plastic Silts on Liquefaction Potential of Solani Sand

B. K. Maheshwari and Akhilesh K. Patel

Effect of Geotextile Ties on Uplift Capacity of Anchors Embedded in Sand

Amalendu Ghosh and Ashis Kumar Bera

Soil–Structure Interaction of Damped Infinite Beams on Extensible Geosynthetic

Reinforced Earth Beds Under Moving Loads

Priti Maheshwari and M. N. Viladkar

Evaluation of Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio of Granular Materials Using Discrete

Element Approach

T. G. Sitharam and J. S. Vinod

Experimental Investigations on the Behaviour of Pile Groups in Clay Under Lateral Cyclic

Loading

S. S. Chandrasekaran, A. Boominathan and G. R. Dodagoudar

Characterization and Estimation of Geotechnical Variability in Ankara Clay: A Case

History

Sami O. Akbas and Fred H. Kulhawy

Pseudo-Dynamic Active Response of Non-Vertical Retaining Wall Supporting c-Φ Backfill

Sima Ghosh and Richi Prasad Sharma

Extended Finite Element Method for the Analysis of Discontinuities in Rock Masses

Debasis Deb and Kamal C. Das

Performance of Scrap Tire Shreds as a Potential Leachate Collection Medium

Gunjan Bhalla, Arvind Kumar and Ajay Bansal

Hydrochemistry and Classification of Groundwater Resources of Ishwardi Municipal

Area, Pabna District, Bangladesh

Golzar Hossain, M. Farhad Howladar, Lutfun Nessa, Syed Samsuddin Ahmed and Chowdhury

Quamruzzaman

Performance Analysis of Piezo-Ceramic Elements in Soils

A. Patel, D. N. Singh and K. K. Singh

Stone Columns with Vertical Circumferential Nails: Laboratory Model Study

R. Shivashankar, M. R. Dheerendra Babu, Sitaram Nayak and R. Manjunath

Influence of Loading Rate on Deformability and Compressive Strength of Three Thai

Sandstones

Kittitep Fuenkajorn and Numchok Kenkhunthod

TECHNICAL NOTE

Static Equilibrium of Screw Anchor Pile Under Lateral Load in Sands

Satyendra Mittal, B. Ganjoo and Sunny Shekhar

Géotechnique

Volume 60, Issue 9 (September 2010)

Yielding and plastic behaviour of Boom clay

N. SULTAN; Y.-J. CUI; P. DELAGE

Measurements of transient ground movements below a ballasted railway line

J.A. PRIEST; W. POWRIE; L. YANG; P.J. GRABE; C.R.I. CLAYTON

Hydraulic conductivity changes of a low-plasticity till subjected to freeze–thaw cycles

J.-M. KONRAD

Compression behaviour of reconstituted soils at high initial water contents

Z.-S. HONG; J. YIN; Y.-J. CUI

Evaluation of the sand-cone method for determination of the in-situ density of soil

S.-S. PARK

One-dimensional consolidation theories for layered soil and coupled and uncoupled

solutions by the finite-element method

J. HUANG; D.V. GRIFFITHS

Response of stiff piles to random two-way lateral loading

C. LEBLANC; B.W. BYRNE; G.T. HOULSBY

Development of a generalised formula for dynamic active earth pressure

W.-C. KIM; D. PARK; B. KIM

Influence of hydraulic hysteresis on effective stress in unsaturated soils

N. KHALILI; S. ZARGARBASHI

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

No New Issue

Ground Improvement

No New Issue

International Journal of Geomechanics

No New Issue

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volume 34, Issue 12 (25 Aug 2010)

Axisymmetric interaction of a rigid disc with a transversely isotropic half-space (pages

1211–1236)

Chung Fang

Non-coaxial elasto-plasticity model and bifurcation prediction of shear banding in sands (p

906-919)

Amir Aabbas Katebi, Ali Khojasteh, Mohammad Rahimian and Ronald Y. S. Pak

2D modelling of a dry joint masonry wall retaining a pulverulent backfill (pages 1237–

1249) A. S. Colas, J. C. Morel and D. Garnier

A discrete thermodynamic approach for anisotropic plastic–damage modeling of cohesive-

frictional geomaterials (pages 1250–1270) Q. Z. Zhu, C. B. Zhou, J. F. Shao and D. Kondo

Numerical integration of an elastic–viscoplastic constitutive model for dry metamorphosed

snow (pages 1271–1296)

Silene Cresseri, Francesco Genna and Cristina Jommi

Study of the soil–atmosphere moisture exchanges through convective drying tests in non-

isothermal conditions (pages 1297–1320)

Pierre Gerard, Angélique Léonard, Jean-Pierre Masekanya, Robert Charlier and Frédéric Collin

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volume 34, Issue 13 (September 2010)

Micromechanical viscoelasto-plastic models and finite element implementation for rate-

independent and rate-dependent permanent deformation of stone-based materials (pages

1321–1345)

Qingli Dai

Monotonic and cyclic modeling of interface between geotextile and gravelly soil (pages

1346–1361)

Ga Zhang, Liping Wang and Jian-Min Zhang

Damage–viscoplastic consistency model with a parabolic cap for rocks with brittle and

ductile behavior under low-velocity impact loading (pages 1362–1386) Timo Saksala

Analytical solution for the response of a flexible retaining structure with an elastic backfill

(pages 1387–1408) Chulmin Jung, Antonio Bobet and Gabriel Fernández

Rocking vibrations of a rigid embedded foundation in a poroelastic half-space (pages 1409–

1430)

X. Q. Hu, Y. Q. Cai, G. Y. Ding and J. Wang

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volume 136, Issue 9, (September 2010)

Diffusive Transport of VOCs through LLDPE and Two Coextruded Geomembranes Rebecca S. McWatters and R. Kerry Rowe

Dynamic Compaction of Collapsible Soils Based on U.S. Case Histories Kyle M. Rollins and Jihyoung Kim

Seismic Behavior of Batter Piles: Elastic Response

A． Giannakou, N. Gerolymos, G. Gazetas, T. Tazoh, and I. Anastasopoulos

Effects of the Source on Wave Propagation in Pile Integrity Testing Hua-You Chai, Kok-Kwang Phoon, and Dian-Ji Zhang

Time Effects Relate to Crushing in Sand Hamid Karimpour and Poul V. Lade

Groundwater Modeling for the Analysis of Active Slow-Moving Landslides Leonardo Cascini, Michele Calvello, and Giuseppe M. Grimaldi

Physical Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste for Geotechnical Purposes Dimitrios Zekkos, Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Jonathan D. Bray, Neven Matasovic, and Michael F.

Riemer

Method for Estimating the Deformability of Heavily Jointed Rock Masses Lianyang Zhang

State Boundary Surfaces for an Aged Compacted Clay Abraham C. F. Chiu, X. Zhao, and J. P. Yuan

Effect of Sand Columns on the Undrained Load Response of Soft Clays Shadi S. Najjar, Salah Sadek, and Tarek Maakaroun

Flow Pattern for a Silo with Two Layers of Materials with Single or Double Openings Y. M. Cheng, K. T. Chau, L. J. Xiao, and N. Li

Numerical Study of the Effect of Verification Core Hole on the Point Bearing Capacity of

Drilled Shafts Heejung Youn and Fulvio Tonon

TECHNICAL NOTES

Shear-Wave Velocity Correlations for Puyallup River Alluvium Armin W. Stuedlein

DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES

Discussion of ―Analysis of Extensible Reinforcement Subject to Oblique Pull‖ by J. T.

Shahu and S. Hayashi Andrzej Sawicki and Marek Kulczykowsk

Closure by J. T. Shahu and S. Hayashi

Discussion of ―Investigation of Consolidation-Induced Solute Transport. I: Effect of

Consolidation on Transport Parameters‖ by J. Lee, P. J. Fox, and J. J. Lenhart Zhenze Li, Takeshi Katsumi, Toru Inui, Xiaowu Tang, and Qiang Tang

Closure by Jangguen Lee, Patrick J. Fox, and John J. Lenhart

ERRATA

Errata for ―Bayesian Probabilistic Approach for the Correlations of Compression Index

for Marine Clays‖ by W. M. Yan, Ka-Veng Yuen, and Gil Lim Yoon W. M. Yan, Ka-Veng Yuen, and Gil Lim Yoon

Errata for ―Suction-Monitored Direct Shear Testing of Residual Soils from Landslide-

Prone Areas‖ by Apiniti Jotisankasa and Warakorn Mairaing

Apiniti Jotisankasa and Warakorn Mairaing

Soils and Foundations

No New Issue

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Vol.30, Issue 9 (September 2010)

On the state of the art and practice of long–term seismicity

N. Ambraseys

Linear vertical vibrations of suspension bridges: A review of continuum models and some

new results

J. Enrique Luco, José Turmo

Accidental design eccentricity: Is it important for the inelastic response of buildings to

strong earthquakes?

Kyriakos G. Stathopoulos, Stavros A. Anagnostopoulos

Effective linear damping and stiffness coefficients of nonlinear systems for design spectrum

based analysis

Agathoklis Giaralis, Pol D. Spanos

Response of a non-linear system with restoring forces governed by fractional derivatives—

Time domain simulation and statistical linearization solution

Pol D. Spanos, Georgios I. Evangelatos

Early history of soil–structure interaction

Eduardo Kausel

Dynamic stresses in an elastic half-space

Winfried Schepers, Stavros Savidis, Eduardo Kausel

Horizontal dynamic stiffness of pile groups: Approximate expressions

Wentao Dai, Jose M. Roesset

Soil–structure interaction effects on seismic inelastic analysis of 3-D tunnels

George D. Hatzigeorgiou, Dimitri E. Beskos

Vibrations induced by HST passage on ballast and non-ballast tracks

P. Galvín, A. Romero, J. Domínguez