Acta Geotechnica

No New Issue

ASTM – Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volume 34, Issue 1 (January 2011)

Undrained Response of Clay in Hollow Cylinder Expansion Tests

Silvestri V., Diab R., Abou Samra G., Bravo-Jonard C.

Triaxial Testing of Soft Rocks

Berre T.

Static Testing of Pile-Base Post-Grouting Piles of the Suramadu Bridge

Dai G., Gong W., Zhao X., Zhou X.

Laboratory Apparatus and Procedures for Preparing Test Specimens of Slurry Mixed Soils

Castelbaum D., Olson M., Sale T., Shackelford C.

Measurement of Gas Permeability in Geosynthetic Clay Liners in Transient Flow Mode

Pitanga H., Pierson P., Vilar O.

Stress Concentration Ratio of Model Stone Columns in Soft Clays

Fattah M., Shlash K., Al-Waily M.

Hydraulic Conductivity Determination of Compacted Sand-Bentonite Mixture Using Filter

Press

Rico R., Gilles B., Irini D.

Laboratory Determination of Direct Tensile Strength and Deformability of Intact Rocks

Fuenkajorn K., Klanphumeesri S.

Effects of Temperature on Measurements of Soil Water Content with Time Domain

Reflectometry

Schanz T., Baille W., Tuan L.

Water Characteristic Curves of Recycled Materials

Rahardjo H., Vilayvong K., Leong E.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volume 48, Number 1, (January, 2011)

Measurement of dynamic properties of stiff specimens using ultrasonic waves

Zahid Khan, Giovanni Cascante, and M. Hesham El Naggar

Numerical modeling of underwater rockfalls

Dominique Turmel and Jacques Locat

Development and evaluation of an automation algorithm for a time-domain reflectometry

bridge scour monitoring system

X. B. Yu and X. Yu

Laboratory study on radial consolidation and deformation in clay reinforced with stone

columns

Ana Cimentada, Almudena Da Costa, Jorge Cañizal, and César Sagaseta

Field investigation of a suction break designed to control slope-induced desaturation in an

oxygen barrier

Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Bruno Bussière, Michel Aubertin, Michel Chouteau, and Mamert

Mbonimpa

Numerical modelling of borehole water-inflow tests in the foundation of the Alqueva arch

dam

M. L.B. Farinha, J. V. Lemos, and E. Maranha das Neves

Modeling of low-cement extruded curb of concrete-faced rockfill dam

Ga Zhang and Jian-Min Zhang

Comparison of the measured and finite element–predicted ground deformations of a stiff

lodgement till

Myles L. Lawler, Eric R. Farrell, and Andrew L.E. Lochaden

Effect of depth on seismic response of circular tunnels

Ulas Cilingir and S. P. Gopal Madabhushi

Landslide hazard assessment of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake: a case study in Beichuan

area

Chuan Tang, Jing Zhu, and Xin Qi

A method to assess risk reduction when utilizing geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) with

compacted soil liners

W. T. Menzies, G. A. Fenton, C. B. Lake, and D. V. Griffiths

Practical reliability analysis of slope stability by advanced Monte Carlo simulations in a

spreadsheet Yu Wang, Zijun Cao, and Siu-Kui Au

Computers and Geotechnics

Volume 38, Issue 1 (January 2011)

Modelling the mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils using a genetic algorithm-based

neural network

A. Johari, A.A. Javadi, G. Habibagahi

Modeling shear behavior and strain localization in cemented sands by two-dimensional

distinct element method analyses

M.J. Jiang, H.B. Yan, H.H. Zhu, S. Utili

Application of a Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian approach on geomechanical problems

involving large deformations

Gang Qiu, Sascha Henke, Jurgen Grabe

Modelling rock fracturing and blast-induced rock mass failure via advanced discretisation

within the discontinuous deformation analysis framework

Youjun Ning, Jun Yang, Xinmei An, Guowei Ma

Optimum design of stone column-improved soft soil using multiobjective optimization

technique

Kousik Deb, Anirban Dhar

Stochastic response surface method for reliability analysis of rock slopes involving

correlated non-normal variables

Dianqing Li, Yifeng Chen, Wenbo Lu, Chuangbing Zhou

Interpretation of the lime column penetration test

D.S. Liyanapathirana, R.B. Kelly

A nonlinear HHT-[alpha] method with elastic-plastic soil-structure interaction in a coupled

SBFEM/FEM approach

M. Bransch, L. Lehmann

Numerical analysis of an embankment on soft soils considering large displacements

Paulo J. Venda Oliveira, Luis J.L. Lemos

A discrete numerical approach for modeling face stability in slurry shield tunnelling in soft

soils

Z.X. Zhang, X.Y. Hu, Kieffer D. Scott

Engineering Geology

Volume 117, Issues 1-2, (January 2011)

Critical state framework for liquefaction of fine grained soils

Balasingam Muhunthan, Diana L. Worthen

A thermometric indicator method as a replacement for the filter paper spot test in the

titration of clays using methylene blue

Alebachew Demoz, Randy J. Mikula

A case history of field pumping tests in a deep gravel formation in the Taipei Basin, Taiwan

James C. Ni, Wen-Chieh Cheng, Louis Ge

New approaches to determine the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations based

on artificial neural networks and ant colony optimization

Adem Kalinli, M. Cemal Acar, Zeki Gündüz

Faults and fractures in the Gallery 04 of the Mont Terri rock laboratory: Characterization,

simulation and application

J.-F. Thovert, V.V. Mourzenko, P.M. Adler, C. Nussbaum, P. Pinettes

Logistic regression model for predicting the failure probability of a landslide dam Jia-Jyun

Dong, Yu-Hsiang Tung, Chien-Chih Chen, Jyh-Jong Liao, Yii-Wen Pan

Comparing electromagnetic and seismic geophysical methods: Estimating the depth to

water in geologically simple and complex arid environments

Eric M. Parks, John H. McBride, Stephen T. Nelson, David G. Tingey, Alan L. Mayo, W.

Spencer Guthrie, John C. Hoopes

Performances of two instrumented laboratory models for the study of rainfall infiltration

into unsaturated soils

Lee Min Lee, Azman Kassim, Nurly Gofar

Hydraulic conductivity characterization of a karst recharge area using water injection tests

and electrical resistivity logging

Bárbara Angulo, Tomás Morales, Jesús A. Uriarte, Iñaki Antigüedad

Impact of rainstorm-triggered landslides on high turbidity in a mountain reservoir

Guan-Wei Lin, Hongey Chen, Dave N. Petley, Ming-Jame Horng, Shuei-Ji Wu, Bin Chuang

Microcracks in ultrabasic rocks under uniaxial compressive stress Ioannis Rigopoulos,

Basilios Tsikouras, Panagiotis Pomonis, Konstantin Hatzipanagiotou

Research on the stabilization treatment of clay slope topsoil by organic polymer soil

stabilizer

Jin Liu, Bin Shi, Hongtao Jiang, He Huang, Gonghui Wang, Toshitaka Kamai

Electrical resistivity in support of geological mapping along the Panama Canal

Dale F. Rucker, Gillian E. Noonan, William J. Greenwood

A study on the uplift mechanism of Tongjiezi dam using a coupled hydro-mechanical

model

Xiaoli Liu, Sijing Wang, Enzhi Wang

Geotechnical characterization of marine sediments in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea Changho

Lee, Tae Sup Yun, Jong-Sub Lee, Jang Jun Bahk, J. Carlos Santamarina

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

No New Issue

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

Volume 5 Issue 1 (Jan 2011)

Editorial

Michael Havbro Faber

Bayesian probabilistic network approach for managing earthquake risks of cities Yahya Y. Bayraktarli; Michael H. Faber

Selection and quantification of near-fault velocity pulses owing to source directivity Banu Mena; P. Martin Mai

Uncertainty treatment in earthquake modelling using Bayesian probabilistic networks Yahya Y. Bayraktarli; Jack W. Baker; Michael H. Faber

The use of post-earthquake residual displacements as a performance indicator in seismic

assessment Ufuk Yazgan; Alessandro Dazio

Automatic 3D building extraction from aerial and space images for earthquake risk

management

Mehdi Rezaeian; Armin Gruen

Geosynthetics International

No New Issue

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volume 28, Number 6 (November 2010)

Technologies of Preventing Coal Mine Water Hazards for Sustainable Development in

North China

Liu Hanhu and Cao Yunquan

A GIS-based Decision Support System for Typhoon Emergency Response in Taiwan

Ming-Hsi Hsu, Albert S. Chen, Liang-Chun Chen, Cheng-Shang Lee and Feng-Tyan Lin, et al.

An Effective Approach to Rehabilitate Damaged Barrier System Against Piping and

Contaminant Flow

David Washington, Daniel Rodriguez and Vincent Ogunro

Efficient Cable Shovel Excavation in Surface Mines

Kwame Awuah-Offei and Samuel Frimpong

A Simplified Approach to Bridge Substructure Design

Thomas Nicholas, Karl E. Barth and David M. Boyajian

Structural Integrity: Key to Reliability of Waste Containment Systems

Channagiri V. Char

Straw Blankets Sewn With Recycled Plastic Threads for Erosion and Urban Sediments

Control

Terezinha Cássia de Brito Galvão, Aloisio Rodrigues Pereira, Arnaldo Teixeira Coelho,

Paula Rodrigues Pereira and Joaquim Fernandes Teixeira Coelho

Changes in Properties of Clay Surrounding Cast in situ Piles

G. S. Ghataora, L. Lee and U. K. Ling

Laboratory Validation of Ultra-Soft Soil Deformation Model

Myint Win Bo, Victor Choa, Kai Sin Wong and Arul Arulrajah

On the Evaluation of Settlement Measurements Using Borehole Extensometers

Ahmed Bayoumi

The Effects of Fines on the Behaviour of a Sand Mixture

Ali Firat Cabalar

Effects of Testing Conditions on Intact Rock Strength and Variability

Widjojo A. Prakoso and Fred H. Kulhawy

Simple Shear Behavior of Calcareous and Quartz Sands

H. G. Brandes

COMMENTS/DISCUSSIONS AND REPLIES

Reply to Discussion of the Technical Note ―Seismic Passive Earth Thrust on Retaining

Walls with Cohesive Backfills Using Pseudo-Dynamic Approach‖ by A.H. Shafiee, A.

Eskandarinejad, M. Jahanandish: Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, DOI

10.1007/s10706-010-9327-3

A. H. Shafiee, A. Eskandarinejad and M. Jahanandish

TECHNICAL NOTE

On the Use of Skempton’s Compression Index Equation

Snehasis Tripathy and Anil Kumar Mishra

TECHNICAL NOTE

Development of a Simple Mechanical Impact System as a Non-Explosive Seismic Source

Maochen Ge, H. Reginald Hardy, Hongliang Wang and Jin Wang

Géotechnique

Not yet published

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 35, Issue 1 (Jan 2011)

Modeling the interaction between fluid flow and particle movement with discontinuous

deformation analysis (DDA) method

Tomofumi Koyama, Satoshi Nishiyama, Meng Yang and Yuzo Ohnishi

Compressibility and permeability of sand–kaolin mixtures. Experiments versus non-linear

homogenization schemes

Claude Boutin, Grzegorz Kacprzak and Doanh Thiep

Application of the exact constitutive relationship of modified Cam clay to the undrained

expansion of a spherical cavity Vincenzo Silvestri and Ghassan Abou-Samra

Study on interaction between dissimilar piles in layered soils Qianqing Zhang and Zhongmiao Zhang

Numerical modelling of desiccation cracking

Aruna L. Amarasiri, Jayantha K. Kodikara and Susanga Costa

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

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

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volume 137, Issue 1, January 2011

Hydraulic Conductivity of Geosynthetic Clay Liners Exhumed from Landfill

Final Covers with Composite Barriers

Joseph Scalia IV and Craig H. Benson

Evaluation of Undrained Shear Strength Using Full-Flow Penetrometers

Jason T. DeJong, Nicholas J. Yafrate, and Don J. DeGroot

Hydromechanical Analysis of Upstream Tailings Disposal Facilities

Bassam Saad and Hani Mitri

Stability of Steep Slopes in Cemented Sands

Brian D. Collins and Nicholas Sitar

Three-Dimensional Large Deformation FE Analysis of Square Footings in Two-

Layered Clays

Long Yu, Jun Liu, Xian-jing Kong, and Yuxia Hu

Horizontal Bearing Capacity of Piles in a Lateritic Soil

Maycon André de Almeida, Miriam Gonçalves Miguel, and Sidnei Helder Cardoso

Teixeira

Characterization of Model Uncertainty in the Static Pile Design Formula

M. Dithinde, K. K. Phoon, M. De Wet, and J. V. Retief

Void Ratio Estimation of Soft Soils Using Electrical Resistivity Cone Probe

Joon Han Kim, Hyung-Koo Yoon, and Jong-Sub Lee

Case Studies

Performance of Excavations with Cross Walls

Chang-Yu Ou, Pio-Go Hsieh, and Yi-Lang Lin

Technical Notes

Validation of Lade’s Failure Criteria at Overconsolidated General Stress States

Sonia Fortuna

Discussions and Closures

Discussion of ―Axial Compression of Footings in Cohesionless Soils. I: Load-

Settlement Behavior‖ by Sami O. Akbas and Fred H. Kulhawy

Marco Uzielli and Paul W. Mayne

Closure by Sami O. Akbas and Fred H. Kulhawy

Discussion of ―Behavior of Pile Groups Subject to Excavation-Induced Soil

Movement in Very Soft Clay‖ by D. E. L. Ong, C. F. Leung, and Y. K. Chow

Francesco Castelli

Closure by D. E. L. Ong, C. F. Leung, and Y. K. Chow

SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS

Vol. 50 (2010), No. 4

FOREWORD

FUSAO OKA, KENICHI TOKIDA, HARUSHIGE KUSUMI and AKIRA MURAKAMI

TECHNICAL PAPERS

INCLINODEFORMOMETER FOR EARTH PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN

CREEPING LANDSLIDES

MARKUS V. SCHWAGER, ANDREAS M. SCHMID and ALEXANDER M. PUZRIN

NAIL REINFORCEMENT MECHANISM OF COHESIVE SOIL SLOPES

UNDER EARTHQUAKE CONDITIONS

LIPING WANG, GA ZHANG and JIAN-MIN ZHANG

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EROSION AND THE TRANSPORT OF FINE

PARTICLES WITHIN SOILS LEADING TO THE PIPING PHENOMENON

KAZUNORI FUJISAWA, AKIRA MURAKAMI and SHIN-ICHI NISHIMURA

A SEEPAGE-DEFORMATION COUPLED ANALYSIS OF AN UNSATURATED

RIVER EMBANKMENT USING A MULTIPHASE ELASTO-VISCOPLASTIC

THEORY

FUSAO OKA, SAYURI KIMOTO, NAOAKI TAKADA, HITOSHI GOTOH and

YOSUKE HIGO

LIQSEDFLOW: ROLE OF TWO-PHASE PHYSICS IN SUBAQUEOUS

SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOWS

SHINJI SASSA and HIDEO SEKIGUCHI

DISTINCT ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR PROGRESSIVE FAILURE IN ROCK

SLOPE

TSUYOSHI NISHIMURA, TSUYOSHI FUKUDA and KOUJI TSUJINO

A COUPLED MPM-FDM ANALYSIS METHOD FOR MULTI-PHASE ELASTOPLASTIC

SOILS

YOSUKE HIGO, FUSAO OKA, SAYURI KIMOTO, YUICHI MORINAKA, YUSUKE

GOTO and ZHEN CHEN

NUMERICAL MODELING OF AN EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED LANDSLIDE

CONSIDERING THE STRAIN-SOFTENING CHARACTERISTICS AT THE

BEDDING PLANE

AKIHIKO WAKAI, KEIZO UGAI, ATSUO ONOUE, SEIICHIRO KURODA and

KUNIHIRO HIGUCHI

PARTICLE CRUSHING AND DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR

MAMORU KIKUMOTO, DAVID MUIR WOOD and ADRIAN RUSSELL

SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS

Vol. 50 (2010), No. 5

TECHNICAL PAPERS

INDEPENDENT REINFORCED SOIL STRUCTURE WITH PILE

FOUNDATION —PILED GEO-WALL: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE

APPLICATION TO SEISMIC MEASURE FOR EMBANKMENT—

TAKASHI HARA, SHINICHIRO TSUJI, ATSUSHI YASHIMA, KAZUHIDE

SAWADA, NAOKI TATTA and YU OTAKE

STATIC FATIGUE CONTROLS PARTICLE CRUSHING AND TIME EFFECTS

IN GRANULAR MATERIALS

POUL V. LADE and HAMID KARIMPOUR

SETUP OF DRIVEN PILES IN LAYERED SOIL

WONJE LEE, DAEHYEON KIM, RODRIGO SALGADO and MIR ZAHEER

FULL-SCALE EMBANKMENT CONSOLIDATION TEST USING

PREFABRICATED VERTICAL THERMAL DRAINS

CHANIDNUN POTHIRAKSANON, DENNES T. BERGADO and HOSSAM M.

ABUEL-NAGA

BEHAVIOR OF LARGE SCALE UNDERGROUND CAVERN LOCATED IN

JOINTED ROCK MASSES EVALUATED BY USING DISTINCT ELEMENT

METHOD

BO LI, YUJING JIANG, YOSHIHIKO TANABASHI and YUJI YAMASHITA

BURIAL CONSOLIDATION PROCESSES OF DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS: AN

EXAMPLE OF CORE SEDIMENTS COLLECTED FROM THE LABRADOR

SEA IN THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC

KIICHIRO KAWAMURA

LARGE-SCALE TRIAXIAL TESTS TO STUDY EFFECTS OF COMPACTION

ENERGY AND LARGE CYCLIC LOADING HISTORY ON SHEAR BEHAVIOR

OF GRAVEL

SAJJAD MAQBOOL and JUNICHI KOSEKI

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF ANISOTROPIC SAND GROUND BENEATH

STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO CYCLIC LOADING SUCH AS WAVE

LOADING

SHIMA KAWAMURA, SEIICHI MIURA and SHOJI YOKOHAMA

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE TO EVALUATE EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED

RESIDUAL DISPLACEMENT OF GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL

RETAINING WALLS

SUSUMU NAKAJIMA, JUNICHI KOSEKI, KENJI WATANABE and MASARU

TATEYAMA

A TRY TO GIVE A UNIFIED DESCRIPTION OF TOYOURA SAND

FENG ZHANG, YOUNGJI JIN and BIN YE

INFLUENCE OF NON-PLASTIC FINES ON THE RESPONSE OF A SILTY

SAND TO CYCLIC LOADING

H. K. DASH, T. G. SITHARAM and B. A. BAUDET

AGEING EFFECTS ON THE YIELDING CHARACTERISTICS OF CEMENTMIXED

GRANULAR MATERIALS

ALAN EZAOUI, FUMIO TATSUOKA, YUSUKE SANO, YUSUKE IGUCHI, YOHEI

MAEDA, YUTA SASAKI and ANTOINE DUTTINE

EFFECT OF GAPPING ON THE TRANSIENT AND SUSTAINED UPLIFT

CAPACITY OF A SHALLOW SKIRTED FOUNDATION IN CLAY

HUGO E. ACOSTA-MARTINEZ, SUSAN M. GOURVENEC and MARK F.

RANDOLPH

FREQUENCY RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS OF BENDER ELEMENT TEST

SYSTEM IDENTIFIED BY FREQUENCY-SWEPT SIGNAL INPUT —

INFLUENCE ON ACCURACY OF RECEIVED WAVEFORM

RECONSTRUCTION—

TOSHIHIRO OGINO, TOSHIYUKI MITACHI, HIROSHI OIKAWA, TAKAYUKI

TAKAHASHI and MASAKI TSUSHIMA

TECHNICAL NOTES

NEGATIVE PORE AIR PRESSURE GENERATION IN BACKFILL OF

RETAINING WALLS DURING EARTHQUAKES AND ITS EFFECT ON

SEISMIC EARTH PRESSURE

JUNICHI KOSEKI, HONG KIMHOR, SUSUMU NAKAJIMA, SARJU MULMI,

KENJI WATANABE and MASARU TATEYAMA

THE INFLUENCE OF THE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT AND ELECTROLYTE

CONCENTRATION OF THE PORE FLUIDS ON THE UNDRAINED SHEAR

STRENGTH OF SMECTITE

GIOVANNI SPAGNOLI, TOMÁS FERNÁNDEZ-STEEGER, MARTIN

FEINENDEGEN, HELGE STANJEK and RAFIG AZZAM

DISCUSSIONS

SEISMIC BEARING CAPACITY OF PILES IN LIQUEFIABLE SOILS

W. A. CHARLIE

SEISMIC BEARING CAPACITY OF PILES IN LIQUEFIABLE SOILS

(CLOSURE)

J. A. KNAPPETT and S. P. G. MADABHUSHI

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Vol. 31, Issue 1, January, 2011

Analysis of repeated-load laboratory tests on buried plastic pipes in sand

S.N. Moghaddas Tafreshi, O. Khalaj

Interpretation of dynamic retaining wall model tests in light of elastic and plastic solutions

Christos Giarlelis, George Mylonakis

Characterization and utilization of noisy displacement signals from simple shear device

using linear and kernel regression methods

Eric Yee, Jonathan P. Stewart, Frederic P. Schoenberg

Investigation of damping in arch dam-water-foundation rock system of Mauvoisin arch

dam

Jin-Ting Wang

A field testing study on negative skin friction along piles induced by seismic subsidence of

loess

Lanmin Wang, Junjie Sun, Xuefeng Huang, Shunhua Xu, Yucheng Shi, Rendong Qiu,

Zhenzhong Zhang

Response spectrum-oriented pulse identification and magnitude scaling of forward

directivity pulses in near-fault ground motions

Yuchuan Tang, Jian Zhang

Evaluation of ASCE-41, ATC-40 and N2 static pushover methods based on optimally

designed buildings

Nikos D. Lagaros, Michalis Fragiadakis

Experimental estimation of soil profiles through spatial phases analysis of surface waves

Marcelo A. Ceballos, Carlos A. Prato