ABSTRACT

In this volume a number of developments on a variety of topics have been reported. These topics include: partially saturated soil; instabilities in soil behaviour; environmental geomechanics; parallel computing; and applications to tunnels, embankments, slopes, foundations and anchors.

part 1|82 pages

Constitutive relations for geomaterials: Formulation and verification

part 2|56 pages

Modelling of instabilities and strain localization in geomaterials

part 3|96 pages

Numerical algorithms: Formulation and performance

chapter |5 pages

Parallel finite element analysis

part 4|74 pages

Modelling of transient/coupled and dynamic problems

part 5|366 pages

Application ofnumerical techniques topractical problems

part 5.1|108 pages

Tunnels and underground structures

part 5.2|96 pages

Piles, foundations andanchors

part 5.3|73 pages

Slopes, embankments and retaining walls

part 5.4|87 pages

Other applications