Abstract: The sliding-block model is often used for the prediction of permanent coseismic displacements of natural slopes and earth structures. This model assumes motion in an inclined plane but does not consider the decrease in ...

Abstract: Marls of a very high initial strength, are sandwiched between late pliocene lignites in the extended lacustrine deposits of Ptolemais, Greece. As they are extracted as waste from deep open pit lignite mines they are carried ...

Abstract: Proper planning of preloading requires time predictions that cannot be obtained reliably from laboratory odometer tests. Time forecasts should be based on field permeability tests or test fills. The settlement versus log ...

Abstract: The current procedure for controlling the quality of compaction in the granular shell of an earth dam is to compare the in situ density with the respective maximum laboratory density. This can be tedious on a routine basis ...

Abstract: This note describes slide failures of the inside slope of a water reservoir, following a prolonged period of heavy rainfall. The reservoir had just been completed and was empty. Sliding took place along the plane of the ...

Abstract: This article presents an assessment of the effects of pore water pressure generation of the soil foundation on the seismic road embankment response. Numerical simulations were carried out to study the preloading technique ...