| Preface | |
| On constitutive models for geosynthetics: Recent advances | p. 3 |
| Mechanical constitutive framework for thermal effects on unsaturated soils | p. 9 |
| On chemical degradation of properties of chalk | p. 15 |
| Factors affecting three-dimensional failure in soils | p. 21 |
| Elasto- plastic microplane model for geotechnical applications | p. 27 |
| Micromechanical formulation of stress dilatancy and its implications on the flow rule | p. 35 |
| Multiscale clastoplastic and damage modelling of hard clay | p. 43 |
| A new model of plasticity-damage coupling for saturated porous media | p. 49 |
| Modelling the effect of temperature on unsaturated swelling clays | p. 57 |
| Application of a novel micro-polar media to the brittle materials: Role of porosity and characteristic length | p. 63 |
| A critical state model for bonded geomaterials | p. 71 |
| SANICLAY: A new simple anisotropic clay plasticity model | p. 79 |
| Description of induced anisotropy of soils using isotropic hardening rule in modified stress space | p. 85 |
| Development of a modified Duncan-Chang model for soils | p. 93 |
| Proposition for a simple volume change model for expansive saturated soils | p. 99 |
| Instabilities in granular media, an overall picture from micro to macro scale | p. 107 |
| Bifurcation in granular materials: Micro-mechanical bases | p. 113 |
| On simulation of shear band propagation in trapdoor-tests | p. 119 |
| Deterministic and statistical size effect during shearing of granular layer | p. 125 |
| Soil structure evolution: Experimental and constitutive consideration | p. 133 |
| Compaction bands in high porosity soft rocks | p. 139 |
| Anisotropic stiffness of Hostun sand | p. 147 |
| Estimation of shear modulus from seismic tests on Pliocene clays | p. 153 |
| Spatial stress fluctuations: Acoustic evidence and numerical simulations | p. 159 |
| Characterization of crack networks in desiccating soils using image analysis techniques | p. 167 |
| Parallelising the Boundary Element Method using ParaFEM | p. 177 |
| Continuous tunnel excavation in a poro-elastoplastic medium | p. 183 |
| Formulation and validation of a quasi-static Material Point Method | p. 189 |
| Uniqueness and stability of plane boundary value problems in finite element description | p. 197 |
| A three-invariant non-associative plasticity model for hard rocks: Implicit integration and strain localization analysis | p. 205 |
| Numerical integration of elasto-plastic constitutive models using the extrapolation method | p. 211 |
| Alternative stress integration schemes in large deformation problems of geomechanics | p. 219 |
| A stochastic element free seepage flow analysis of heterogeneous subsurface | p. 225 |
| Shakedown analysis of cohesive-frictional materials using adaptive remeshing | p. 233 |
| Finite element modelling of penetration problems in geomechanics | p. 239 |
| FE-investigations of granular flow in silos using an uncoupled ALE-formulation and a non-local hypoplastic model | p. 247 |
| Three-dimensional Mohr-Coulomb limit analysis using semidefinite programming | p. 255 |
| Low level radioactive waste disposal - modelling the behaviour of a potential repository | p. 263 |
| Modelling of the hydromechanical response of a shaft sinking in a deep claystone | p. 269 |
| Mechanisms of desiccation cracking of soil: Validation | p. 277 |
| Multicomponent chemical and gas transfer in unsaturated soil integrated impact assessment | p. 283 |
| Oedometric consolidation of a fluid-saturated composite | |
| Simultaneous leakage and diffusion of organic pollutants through damaged geomembranes | p. 297 |
| Numerical simulation of the ground deformation due to methane hydrate dissociation by a chemo-thermo-mechanically coupled analysis | p. 303 |
| Numerical modelling and the implementation of artificial ground freezing | p. 311 |
| Evaluation of grout concentration during grouting process bused on convective dispersive flow model | p. 317 |
| Modeling the permeability evolution of a grouted soil, with special emphasis on filtration | p. 323 |
| Location of the fluid front in hydraulic fracturing of rocks | p. 329 |
| A comment on the similarity of the coupled consolidation models with point-symmetry | p. 337 |
| Determination of soil parameters from an inverse analysis of a tunnel excavation | p. 347 |
| Strain softening analysis of tunnel excavation with a multilaminate model | p. 353 |
| Comparison of different approaches to model compensation grouting | p. 359 |
| Abandoned mine remediation measures by chamber filling with granular materials | p. 365 |
| 3D Modelling for effects of tunnelling on existing support systems | p. 373 |
| Application of a Multilaminate Model for Soil to tunnel excavation | p. 381 |
| Numerical study of fracture openings by tunnelling in fractured rock mass | p. 399 |
| Numerical analysis of interaction between underground caverns | p. 393 |
| Parametric studies of an underground excavation in jointed rock mass | p. 399 |
| Stability analysis of 3D square trapdoors in cohesive soil | p. 405 |
| Simulation of footings under inclined loads using different constitutive models | p. 413 |
| A numerical study on the effect of ageing on undrained bearing capacity | p. 419 |
| Modelling of suction caissons using two- and three-dimensional finite element method | p. 425 |
| Arching in soils | p. 433 |
| Ultimate lateral resistance of sheet pile walls by numerical lower bound analysis | p. 439 |
| Behaviour of a laterally loaded pile | p. 447 |
| Numerical modelling of large diameter steel piles under monotonic and cyclic horizontal loading | p. 453 |
| Numerical simulation of the installation of a displacement pile in sand | p. 461 |
| Numerical model to predict the propagation of particle velocity values during vibratory pile-driving | p. 467 |
| Improved embedded beam elements for the modelling of piles | p. 475 |
| Reliability of rigid piles subjected to lateral loads: A response surface approach | p. 481 |
| Reliability of strength of a free head laterally loaded pile embedded in soft clay | p. 489 |
| Numerical modelling of deep mixed columns with volume averaging technique | p. 496 |
| Performance of partially penetrating stone columns during an earthquake | p. 503 |
| Bearing capacity of offshore gravity platforms by 3D FEM | p. 509 |
| Numerical analysis of the effect of sleepers on the lateral displacement of railway track | p. 517 |
| Probabilistic FEM analysis of railway-platform settlements | p. 525 |
| FEM analyses of non-dime nsional models of a pile wall | p. 531 |
| A 3D finite element study of slope reliability | p. 539 |
| Numerical study of the stability of a partially saturated soil slope | p. 545 |
| Finite element analysis of two landslides with the second order work criterion | p. 551 |
| Analytical and numerical analysis of slopes reinforced by the Deep Mixing Method | p. 559 |
| Finite element simulation for the collapse of a dip slope during earthquake | p. 567 |
| Finite clement back-analysis of trial bank at Empingham Dam | p. 575 |
| Calculated and observed behaviour of subsoil under a reinforced embankment | p. 583 |
| Effect of wall and soil permeability on the long-term ground movements adjacent to a deep excavation | p. 589 |
| A study on the behaviour of a railway embankment: In-situ monitoring and numerical analysis | p. 595 |
| Geo-hydrologic design procedure for peat dykes under drying conditions | p. 603 |
| Influence of existing load on excavation problems - model tests and numerical simulation | p. 611 |
| Non-uniformity of stresses within a sand specimen in triaxial shear | p. 621 |
| Implementation of constitutive models in computational intelligence framework | p. 627 |
| Application of artificial neural network for constitutive modeling in finite element analysis | p. 635 |
| Optimization of parameters of constitutive models using genetic algorithms | p. 641 |
| A new algorithm for training artificial neural networks for site investigation data | p. 647 |
| Artificial neural network and support vector machine models for evaluating spatial variability of SPT data | p. 653 |
| Neural networks for the determination of embankment safety | p. 659 |
| Soil parameter identification from in-situ measurements using a genetic algorithm and a principle component analysis | p. 665 |
| 3D finite element seismic analyses of bridges and dams | p. 673 |
| Three-dimensional non-linear finite element modeling of integral abutment bridges | p. 679 |
| Critical plane approach: Application to seismic analysis of masonry structures | p. 685 |
| Silo music: Experimental investigations and a mechanical model | p. 691 |
| Rockfall modeling: Numerical simulation of the impact of a particle on a coarse granular medium | p. 699 |
| DEM modeling of a cellular structure for rock fall protection based on a multiscale approach | p. 707 |
| Microstructural effect on the cavity expansion in a soil cylinder | p. 715 |
| The effect of structure in pressuremeter tests in clay | p. 721 |
| Repeated liquefaction and consolidation of sand: Tests and numerical simulation considering finite deformation | p. 729 |
| Hysteretic damping in a small-strain stiffness model | p. 737 |
| The importance of cyclic nonlinear models in dynamic finite element analysis | p. 743 |
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