Table of Contents
1 Foundations -- Identification of the deformability of an arch dam foundation using back-analysis techniques /ATavares de Castro -- Strain-hardening and strain-softening in soils numerical approach /C Santos Pereira -- Numerical analysis of pressuremeter tests and its application to the design of shallow foundations /NC Consoli, F.Schnaid&F.MMantaras -- 2 Dams -- Collapse settlement - Some developments /DJ.Naylor -- Modelling collapse effects /I.Marcelino&E.Maranha das Neves -- Numerical modelling of erosion phenomena in fractured rock masses downstream of spillways /G. F. Simoes, E.do A Vargas Jr&R. Taylor de Lima -- On the failure of Carsington dam /M.MFarias -- 3 Computational systems -- Solid discrete element modeling using nonmanifold topological data structures /L.F.Martha, P.C.Pinto Carvalho, P.R.Cavalcanti, B.Castier&J.L.E.Campos -- Comparison of coupled stress-flow numerical simulations to experimental data from shear permeability tests /J.E.Gale, G.Dillabough&S.Butt -- Strain localisation in granular media using multilaminate framework /M.Karstunen&G.N.Pande -- An algorithm for limit analysis in soils /LD.S.Pontes Fo., LABorges, N.Zouain&RR.Lopes -- Implicit integration scheme applied to a multi-surface constitutive model /E.J.Macari, P.Arduino&S.Weihe -- Deterministic and probabilistic back analysis in rock mechanics /A.Cividini&G.Gioda -- 4 Slopes, soil excavations and retaining structures -- Geotechnical-geological appraisal of the Marlim submarine slope /A Maia da Costa, Cdos Santos Amaral&R. Q Kowsmann -- The inclusion density and geometry and the behaviour of walls reinforced with geosynthetics - A numerical analysis /M.L.Lopes &A.S.Cardoso -- Behaviour of excavations supported by nailing /A.S.Cardoso&M.Gonralves -- Utilization of the Lade plastic-elasticity model in the numerical simulation of the driving of a railway tunnel /J.Almeida e Sousa, M Matos Fernandes&AS. Cardoso -- Coupled analysis of excavations /CL Nogueira&R.F.Azevedo -- A reappraisal of arching around braced excavations in soft ground /M.Matos Fernandes, E.Fortunato&A.S.Cardoso -- 5 Rock excavations -- Numerical simulation of the evolution of subsidence in mining areas /C Dinis da Gama&A Curi -- Interpretation of the monitored behaviour of a large underground powerhouse using back analysis techniques /A.Tavares de Castro&L.Ribeiro e Sousa -- Interpretation of long term testing in rocksalt cavities /J.E.Quintanilha de Menezes, D.Nguyen-Minh, P.Berest, J.G.Durup&L. Ribeiro e Sousa -- Analysis of deep tunnels and shafts driven at constant rate /D.Nguyen-Minh&CGuo -- Interpretation of the monitored behaviour of underground structures using computational methods /L.Ribeiro e Sousa, A Tavares de Castro, N. S. Leitao&J.Almeida e Sousa -- Author index.
