Abstract: A boundary‐element solution procedure is illustrated and applied to the analyses of both steady‐state and non‐steady‐state unconfined seepage problems. These analyses are performed for a laboratory model and prototype earth ...

Abstract: The measured coefficient of consolidation,

Abstract: Limit equilibrium methods for slope stability analysis do not, in general, satisfy the overall equilibrium conditions; they must make assumptions regarding the inclination and location of the interslice forces. An alternative ...

Abstract: A solution procedure using boundary element method is presented for seepage analysis of earth dams involving drawdown of the water level in the reservoir. Applicability of the boundary element method is evaluated by comparing ...

Abstract: A micromechanical analysis is carried out to introduce a tensor measure for the strain of granular media. This strain tensor, being different from that of the conventional definition, includes explicit descriptions for the ...

Abstract: Within a micromechanical framework, a constitutive model for sand capable of predicting noncoaxiality between stress and strain increments is presented. Anisotropy of elastic and plastic material properties is considered ...

Abstract: Large pressure exerting on soil due to dynamic response of a liquid storage tank may cause excessive settlement of the supporting soil. Analysis for the dynamic response of such a system should consider the sloshing of ...

Abstract: It is difficult to obtain explicit expressions of Green’s function for elastic medium with general anisotropy. The difficulty is associated with an integration of functions with high degrees of ...

Abstract: Within a micromechanical framework, a constitutive model for sand capable of predicting noncoaxiality between stress and strain increments is presented. Anisotropy of elastic and plastic material properties is considered ...