Acta Geotechnica

Volume 6, Number 1 (March 2011)

Some remarks on the coefficient of earth pressure at rest in compacted sandy gravel

S. Lirer, A. Flora and M. V. Nicotera

One-dimensional consolidation under haversine repeated loading with rest period

Sabah S. Razouki and Tom Schanz

Passive earth pressure on embedded vertical plate anchors in sand

Adel Hanna, Farhana Rahman and Tahar Ayadat

Numerical investigation of undrained cavity expansion in fine-grained soils

Abid Ali, Thomas Meier and Ivo Herle

Structural optimization in geotechnical engineering: basics and application

T. Pucker and J. Grabe

ASTM – Geotechnical Testing Journal

No New Issue

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volume 48, Number 4, (April, 2011)

Threshold moisture content and matric suction potentials in expansive clays prior to

initiation of cracking in pavements

Anand J. Puppala, Thammanoon Manosuthkij, Soheil Nazarian, Laureano R. Hoyos

Thermal radiation and conduction properties of materials ranging from sand to rock-fill

Marie-Hélène Fillion, Jean Côté, Jean-Marie Konrad

Guidelines for offshore in situ testing and interpretation in deepwater soft clays

Tom Lunne, Knut H. Andersen, Han Eng Low, Mark F. Randolph, Morten Sjursen

Finite element modelling of pullout testing on a soil nail in a pullout box under different

overburden and grouting pressures

Wan-Huan Zhou, Jian-Hua Yin, Cheng-Yu Hong

Role of fines on cohesive behavior of mine tailings inferred from critical shear stress

Africa M. Geremew, Ernest K. Yanful

Distribution of residual load and true shaft resistance for a driven instrumented test pile

Sung-Ryul Kim, Sung-Gyo Chung, Bengt H. Fellenius

Influence of particle size on the correlation between shear wave velocity and cone tip

resistance

Mourad Karray, Guy Lefebvre, Yannic Ethier, Annick Bigras

Analysis and interpretation of piezocone data on the silty soils of the Venetian lagoon

(Treporti test site)

Laura Tonni, Guido Gottardi

Evaluation of lateral interpretation criteria for rigid drilled shafts

Yit-Jin Chen, Song-Wei Lin, Fred H. Kulhawy

The effect of ionic strength on surfactant-induced unsaturated flow

Rashid Bashir, James E. Smith, Dieter E. Stolle

Movement behaviour of the Little Chief Slide

Mohamed F. Mansour, C. Derek Martin, Norbert R. Morgenstern

Note

Weighted residual approach to constant strain rate test

Dieter Stolle, Jonathan Stolle

Discussion

Discussion of “A review of 41 legal cases involving geotechnical practice in Canada”

James M. Oswell

Reply to the discussion by J.M. Oswell on “A review of 41 legal cases involving geotechnical

practice in Canada”

Suhail Abdulahad, George Jergeas, Janaka Ruwanpura

Computers and Geotechnics

Volume 38, Issue 3, (April 2011)

Comparative study procedure for the safety evaluation of high arch dams

Jin Feng, Hu Wei, Jianwen Pan, Yang Jian, Jinting Wang, Chuhan Zhang

Numerical simulations and parametric study of SDCM and DCM piles under full scale

axial and lateral loads

Panich Voottipruex, Taweephong Suksawat, D.T. Bergado, Pitthaya Jamsawang

Automatic calibration of soil–water characteristic curves using genetic algorithms

Dorival M. Pedroso, David J. Williams

Simulation of yielding and stress–stain behavior of shanghai soft clay

Maosong Huang, Yanhua Liu, Daichao Sheng

Consolidation and deformation around stone columns: Numerical evaluation of analytical

solutions

Jorge Castro, César Sagaseta

Probabilistic analyses of a strip footing on horizontally stratified sandy deposit using

advanced constitutive model

R. Suchomel, D. Mašín

Numerical modeling of cyclic mobility based on fuzzy-set concepts in plasticity theory

Yu Bao, Stein Sture

Parametric analyses of push-out tests and implications for design of rock-socketed steel H-

pile

Y.D. Zhou, L.G. Tham, X.W. Tang, Y.T. Liu, M.K. Wong

Comparison of SPT-N-based analysis methods in evaluation of liquefaction potential

during the 1999 Chi-chi earthquake in Taiwan

Muhsiung Chang, Chih-ping Kuo, Shih-hui Shau, Ron-eeh Hsu

Engineering Geology

Volume 119, Issues 1-2, (April 2011)

Empirical correlations of shear wave velocity (Vs) and penetration resistance (SPT-N) for

different soils in an earthquake-prone area (Erbaa-Turkey)

Muge K. Akin, Steven L. Kramer, Tamer Topal

Three-dimensional Electrical Resistivity Tomography to control the injection of expanding

resins for the treatment and stabilization of foundation soils

G. Santarato, G. Ranieri, M. Occhi, G. Morelli, F. Fischanger, D. Gualerzi

Spatial distribution and characteristics of fracture zones near a long-lived active fault: A

field-based study for understanding changes in underground environment caused by long-

term fault activities

M. Niwa, H. Kurosawa, T. Ishimaru

Model tests for studying the failure mechanism of dry granular soil slopes

Rong-Her Chen, Kwo Jane Kuo, Yi-Nung Chen, Chia-Wei Ku

A macro geomechanical approach to rank non-standard unbound granular materials for

pavements

Octavio Coronado, Bernardo Caicedo, Said Taibi, Antonio Gomes Correia, Jean-Marie Fleureau

A new prototype cell to study electrical and geo-mechanical properties of peaty soils

M. Ponziani, D.J.M. Ngan-Tillard, E.C. Slob

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

No New Issue

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

No New Issue

Geosynthetics International

No New Issue

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

No New Issue

Geotechnique

Volume 61, Issue 4, (April, 2011)

Benchmark of constitutive models for unsaturated soils

F. D'ONZA; D. GALLIPOLI; S. WHEELER; F. CASINI; J. VAUNAT; N. KHALILI; L.

LALOUI; C. MANCUSO; D. MAšíN; M. NUTH; J.M. PEREIRA; R. VASSALLO

Benchmark of experimental techniques for measuring and controlling suction

A. TARANTINO; D. GALLIPOLI; C.E. AUGARDE; V. DE GENNARO; R. GOMEZ; L.

LALOUI; C. MANCUSO; G. EL MOUNTASSIR; J.J. MUNOZ; J.-M. PEREIRA; H. PERON;

G. PISONI; E. ROMERO; A. RAVEENDIRARAJ; J.C. ROJAS; D.G. TOLL; S.

TOMBOLATO; S. WHEELER

An insight into the water retention properties of compacted clayey soils

E. ROMERO; G. DELLA VECCHIA; C. JOMMI

Hydromechanical behaviour of compacted granular expansive mixtures: experimental and

constitutive study

E.E. ALONSO; E. ROMERO; C. HOFFMANN

Experimental observations of the stress regime in unsaturated compacted clay when

laterally confined

J.L. BOYD; V. SIVAKUMAR

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volume 29, Issue 2, (April 2011)

Numerical analysis of tensile behavior of geogrids with rectangular and triangular

apertures

Yan-Li Dong, Jie Han, Xiao-Hong Bai

Effect of bituminous impregnation on nonwoven geotextiles tensile and permeability

properties

Natália de Souza Correia, Benedito de Souza Bueno

Filtration behaviour of soil-nonwoven geotextile combinations subjected to various loads

Yung-Shan Hong, Cho-Sen Wu

Numerical analysis of the behaviour of mechanically stabilized earth walls reinforced with

different types of strips

Abdelkader Abdelouhab, Daniel Dias, Nicolas Freitag

Evaluation of anti-reflective cracking systems using geosynthetics in the interlayer zone

David Zamora-Barraza, Miguel A. Calzada-Pérez, Daniel Castro-Fresno, Angel Vega-Zamanillo

A new constitutive model for textured geomembrane/geotextile interfaces

Belén M. Bacas, Heinz Konietzky, Jorge Cañizal Berini, César Sagaseta

Mechanically reinforced granular shoulders on soft subgrade: Laboratory and full scale

studies

Mohamed M. Mekkawy, David J. White, Muhannad T. Suleiman, Charles T. Jahren

Discussion of Moghaddas Tafreshi, S.N. and Dawson, A.R. (2010) “Comparison of bearing

capacity of a strip footing on sand with geocell and with planar forms of geotextile

reinforcement” Geotextiles and Geomembranes, vol. 28, pp. 72–84.

Ching-Chuan Huang

Reply to the discussions by Huang, C.C. on “Comparison of bearing capacity of a strip

footing on sand with geocell and with planar forms of geotextile reinforcement”

[Geotextiles and Geomembranes 28(1), 2010, pp. 72–84]

S.N. Moghaddas Tafreshi, A.R. Dawson

Discussion on: Numerical simulation of geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls under seismic

shaking [Lee, K.Z.Z., Chang, N.Y., Ko, H.Y., 2010. Geotextiles and Geomembranes 28,

317–334]

Hoe I. Ling

Reply to the discussion by Ling, H.I. on “Numerical simulation of geosynthetic-reinforced

soil walls under seismic shaking” [Geotextiles and Geomembranes 28 (4), 2010, pp. 317–334]

K.Z.Z. Lee, N.Y. Chang, H.Y. Ko

Factors affecting kinked steel grid reinforcement in MSE structures

N. Tin, D.T. Bergado, L.R. Anderson, P. Voottipruex

Geomembrane strains from wrinkle deformations

S. Gudina, R.W.I. Brachman

Technical Notes

Laboratory model studies on unreinforced and geogrid-reinforced sand bed over stone

column-improved soft clay

Kousik Deb, Narendra Kumar Samadhiya, Jagtap Babasaheb Namdeo

Stabilisation of soil using hybrid needlepunched nonwoven geotextiles

Amit Rawal, Harshvardhan Saraswat

Ground Improvement

No New Issue

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volume 11, Issue 2 (March/April 2011, Partial)

Nonisothermal Multicomponent Reactive Transport Model for Unsaturated Soil

Suresh Channarayapatna Seetharam, Hywel Rhys Thomas, and Philip James Vardon

Three-Dimensional Field-Scale Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling: Parallel

Computing Implementation

Philip James Vardon, Peter John Cleall, Hywel Rhys Thomas, Roger Norman Philp, and Ioana

Banicescu

Critical Review of the Methodologies Employed for Soil Suction Measurement

S. Sreedeep and Devendra N. Singh

Large Strain Settling Behavior of Polymer-Amended Laterite Slurries

Shahid Azam

Coupled Consolidation and Contaminant Transport in Compressible Porous Media

Patrick J. Fox, Ph.D., P.E., Jangguen Lee, Ph.D., P.E., and John J. Lenhart, Ph.D.

Thermally Induced Behavior of the Openings in Rock Mass Affected by High

Temperatures

Naoki Kinoshita and Hide Yasuhara

Pattern of Two-Phase (DNAPL-Water) Flow through Single Fracture under Temporal

Evolution of Aperture

Shibani Jha and M. S. Mohan Kumar

Influence of Precipitates on Hydraulic Performance of Permeable Reactive Barrier Filters

Benoît Courcelles, Arezou Modaressi-Farahmand-Razavi, Daniel Gouvenot, and Annette

Esnault-Filet

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volume 35, Issue 5 (April 2011)

Response of shear wave from a corrugated interface between elastic solid/viscoelastic half-

spaces

S. S. Singh

Numerical analysis of a one-dimensional infiltration problem in unsaturated soil by a

seepage–deformation coupled method

E. Garcia, F. Oka and S. Kimoto

Numerical and analytical observations on long and infinite slopes D. V. Griffiths, Jinsong Huang and Giorgia F. deWolfe

Diffuse and localized failure modes: Two competing mechanisms François Nicot and Félix Darve

A fixed grid algorithm for simulating the propagation of a shallow hydraulic fracture with

a fluid lag

E. Gordeliy and E. Detournay

A new method to calculate the equivalent Mohr–Coulomb friction angle for cohesive and

frictional materials

Hua Jiang and Xiaowo Wang

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

No New Issue

Soils and Foundations

No New Issue

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Vol.31, Issue 4 (April, 2011)

Dynamic effects of moving loads on road pavements: A review

Niki D. Beskou, Dimitrios D. Theodorakopoulos

A survey of geotechnical system identification techniques

Caglar Oskay, Mourad Zeghal

EC8-based earthquake record selection procedure evaluation: Validation study based on

observed damage of an irregular R/C building

Anastasios G. Sextos, Evangelos I. Katsanos, George D. Manolis

Tsunami hazard in the Eastern Mediterranean and its connected seas: Toward a Tsunami

warning center in Turkey

Nurcan Meral Ozel, Necmioglu Ocal, Yalciner Ahmet Cevdet, Dogan Kalafat, Mustafa Erdik

A ground motion selection and modification method capturing response spectrum

characteristics and variability of scenario earthquakes

Gang Wang

Stochastic 1D site response analysis at a site in central Italy

M. Rota, C.G. Lai, C.L. Strobbia

A note on the wave-passage effects in out-of-plane response of long structures to strong

earthquake pulses

Reza S. Jalali, Mihailo D. Trifunac

Example of application of response spectrum analysis for seismically isolated curved

bridges including soil-foundation effects

Sevket Ates, Michael C. Constantinou

Assessment of site-effects using acceleration time series. Application to Sao Sebastiao

volcanic crater

Jaime A. Santos, Pedro Chitas, Isabel Lopes, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, Isabel Moitinho de Almeida,

Joao Carlos Nunes

Natural frequency and damping ratio of a vertically vibrated surface foundation

Jaehun Ahn, Giovanna Biscontin, Jose M. Roesset

Evaluation of reliquefaction resistance using shaking table tests

Ik-Soo Ha, Scott M. Olson, Min-Woo Seo, Myoung-Mo Kim

Free field vibrations caused by high-speed lines: Measurement and time domain simulation

G. Kouroussis, O. Verlinden, C. Conti

Rocking vibrations of a rigid circular foundation on poroelastic half-space to elastic waves

Peng Wang, Yuan-Qiang Cai, Chang-Jie Xu, Hong-Lei Sun, Li-Zhong Wang

Enhancement of double integration procedure through spectral subtraction

B. Coelho, P. Holscher, F. Barends

Discussion on “Damping coefficients for near-fault ground motion response spectra”

George D. Hatzigeorgiou, George A. Papagiannopoulos

Authors' reply to discussion by G.D. Hatzigeorgiou and G.A. Papagiannopoulos of

“Damping coefficients for near-fault ground motion response spectra”, Soil Dynamics and

Earthquake Engineering 2011;31:401-17

Derek T. Hubbard, George P. Mavroeidis

Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering

Volume 164, Issue 2, (April 2011)

Assessment of pyritic Lower Lias mudrocks for earthworks Mourice A. Czerewko, Stephen A. Cross, Philip G. Dumelow and Amon Saadvandi

Earthworks to reclaim UK quarry for housing development

Stewart T. Jarvis

The design and construction of filled building platforms

Denis Patrick McNicholl

High Speed 1, UK: a silty sustainable earthworks case study

Chris Barker, Alan Phear

Compaction of fills involving stabilisation of expansive soils

Mohamad Nidzam Rahmat and John Mungai Kinuthia

Study of carbonate sedimentary rocks as engineered dry fills

Hugh T. Brocklebank and Peter Sharp

Assessment of water retention behaviour in compacted fills

Marcin Zielinski, Marcelo Sánchez, Enrique Romero and Philippe Sentenac