Page 5 - Numerical Analysis and Modelling in Geomechanics

Contents

List of figures vi
List of tables xiii

List of contributors xv
Preface xvii

1 The effect of increasing the depth of an underground void on 1
the surface displacements of an airfield runway
J.W.BULL AND C.H.WOODFORD

2 Numerical and experimental study of compressed air 26
tunnelling
A.A.JAVADI
3 A general finite element model for wave-seabed-structure 61
interaction
D.S.JENG
4 The stability of unsaturated soil slopes subjected to rainfall 104
infiltration
C.W.W.NG AND Q.SHI
5 Computational modelling of ground waves due to pile 132
driving
C.L.RAMSHAW AND A.R.SELBY
6 Back analysis of geotechnical problems 168
ANNAMARIA CIVIDINI AND GIANCARLO GIODA

7 Parameter estimation using extended Bayesian method in 201
tunnelling
I.-M.LEE AND D.-H.KIM

8 Seismic microzoning using numerical modelling: the Umbria- 223
Marche earthquake of 26 September 1997
F.PERGALANI, V.PETRINI, A.PUGLIESE AND T.SANÒ