Constitutive and Centrifuge Modelling

Foreword: Modelling & truth at Monte Verita; Special lectures & events, The Tower of Pisa is back to the future Constitutive cladistics: the progeny of Critical State Soil Mechanics(+ Discussion) Micro-geomechanics (+Discussion) Centrifuge technology(+ Discussion) The philosophy of modelling versus testing(+ Discussion) Impact of centrifuge modelling on offshore foundation design(+ Discussion) Construction of models in the ETH Zurich drum centrifuge(+ Discussion) The Seven Ages of Centrifuge Modelling Problems governed by failure: Observed failures of laboratory sand samples and constitutive modelling, Centrifuge modelling of failures and safe structures, The use of centrifuge modelling to investigate progressive failure of overconsolidated clay embankments, Localisation and critical states, Influence of the structure on the mechanical behaviour of sand, Combined loading of a jack-up unit, Centrifuge modelling of caisson capacity under uplift loading, Discussion on problems governed by FAILURE, Problems governed by deformation, Difficulties related to numerical predictions of deformation, Measurement of displacement - Trends or numbers? Time effects in creep of sands, A few observations on the rheology of powder-binder systems, Experimental investigations on sand under cyclic loading, Deformation behaviour of a soft Swiss lacustrine clay, First results oftriaxial creep tests on permafrost soil samples, Discussion on problems governed by DEFORMATION, Problems governed by interfaces: Constitutive modelling of soil and rock interacting with interfaces, Size effects in shear interfaces, Observing friction fatigue on a jacked pile, Experimental observations of interface friction, Discussion on problems governed by INTERFACES, Closure.