Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering

(NUMGE 2010)

Thomas Benz, Steinar Nordal

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9780415592390
• eBook ISBN: 9781136905162
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering contains 153 scientific papers presented at the 7th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, NUMGE 2010, held at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, 2 4 June 2010.The contributions cover topics from emerging research to engineering pra

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Scientific Committee (ERTC 7)
• Constitutive modelling
• A non-associated creep model for structured anisotropic clay (n-SAC)
• A state dependent constitutive model for sand-structure interfaces
• Adaptive integration of hypoplasticity
• An anisotropic bubble model for soft clays
• An anisotropic model for structured soils
• An examination of strain space versus stress space for the formulation of elastoplastic constitutive models
• Anisotropic small strain stiffness within the multilaminate framework
• Application of discontinuity layout optimization to problems involving non-associative friction
• Associated plasticity for non-associated frictional materials
• Comparison of methods for calculation of settlements of soft clay
• Effect of yield surface shape on the simulated elasto-plastic response of cohesive soils
• Impact of input data on soil model calibration using Genetic Algorithms
• Influence of destructuration of soft clay on time-dependant settlements
• Modeling liquefaction behavior of sands by means of hypoplastic model
• Modeling of creep mechanism and damage of rock salt
• Modeling static liquefaction within multilaminate framework
• On the differences between the Drucker-Prager criterion and exact implementation of the Mohr-Coulomb criterion in FEM calculations
• Simulation of mechanical behaviour of Toyoura sand using Severn Trent constitutive model
• Soil parameter identification for cyclic loading
• Time- and stress-compressibility of clays during primary consolidation
• Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of laboratory test simulations using an elastoplastic model
• Validation of empirical formulas to derive model parameters for sands
• Computer codes and algorithms
• 3D parallel computing FEA in offshore foundation design
• 70-line 3D finite deformation elastoplastic finite-element code
• A simple time stepping algorithm for material point method
• Analysis of the stability of sheet pile walls using Discontinuity Layout Optimization
• Application of Discontinuity Layout Optimization to geotechnical limit analysis problems
• Enhancing solution procedures of a new numerical scheme for dynamic analysis of soil-structure interaction problems
• Numerical bearing capacity computation and load-displacement behavior of shallow foundations by stress level based ZEL method
• Simple quality indicators for FE analysis based on stress maps for Gauss points
• The upper bound limit analysis of bearing capacity problems using the finite element method
• Discontinuum and particulate modelling
• A numerical simulation on centrifuge liquefaction model using microscopic fluid coupling scheme with Discrete Element Method
• Discrete element modeling of low strength rock
• Effect of drying on a granular slope physical model analysed by Discrete Element Method (DEM)
• Isotropic compression of cohesive-frictional particles with rolling resistance
• Size effects on a virtual calibration chamber
• Large deformation - large strain analysis
• A Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian approach to solve geotechnical problems involving large deformations
• Advances in meshless methods with application to geotechnics
• An ALE Finite Element Method for cohesionless soil at large strains: Computational aspects and applications
• Analysis of dynamic penetration of objects into soil layers
• Large deformation analysis of the installation of Dynamic Anchor
• Modelling of installation effects of driven piles using hypoplasticity
• Flow and consolidation
• A multiscale approach for the consideration of spatial groundwater flow in the stability analysis of a large excavation pit
• A numerical model for the electrokinetic treatment of natural soils with calcite
• Analysis of artificial ground freezing in the Pari-Duomo platform tunnel of the Naples metro
• Large scale hydraulic conductivity of the soil deposits of the Venezia Lagoon from numerical back-analysis
• Numerical analyses of granulometric stability of moraine dam cores
• Numerical prediction of time-dependent rock swelling based on an example of a major tunnel project in Ontario/Canada
• Some features of the coupled consolidation models used for the evaluation of the dissipation test
• Steady state seepage flow through zoned earth structures affected by permeability defects
• Unsaturated soil mechanics
• A comparison between numerical integration algorithms for unsaturated soils constitutive models
• Comparison of stress update algorithms for partially saturated soil models
• Modelling of the hysteretic soil-water retention curve for unsaturated soils
• Numerical integration and analysis of equilibrium in unsaturated multiphase media
• Artificial intelligence
• A genetic algorithm for solving slope stability problems: From Bishop to a free slip plane
• Simulation of the mechanical behavior of railway ballast by intelligent computing
• Three-dimensional site characterization model of Suurpelto (Finland) using support vector machine
• Reliability and probability analysis
• Evaluation of soil variability and its consequences
• Inverse modelling including spatial variability applied to the construction of a road embankment
• Reliability analysis of piping in embankment dam
• Spatial variability of soil parameters in an analysis of a strip footing using hypoplastic model
• Validating models against experience in foundation engineering, using the ROC curve
• Dynamic problems and Geohazards
• A 2.5D finite element model for simulation of unbounded domains under dynamic loading
• A comparison of different approaches for the modelling of shallow foundations in seismic soil-structure interaction problems
• A finite element approach for dynamic seepage flows
• A method to solve Biot’ s u-U formulation for soil dynamics applications using the ABAQUS/explicit platform
• Alternative formulations for cyclic nonlinear elastic models: Parametric study and comparative analyses
• Analysis of the effect of pile length in a pile group on the transfer and impedance functions in soil-pile interaction models
• Dynamic fragmentation in rock avalanches: A numerical model of micromechanical behaviour
• Evaluation of the efficiency of a model of rockfall protection structures based on real-scale experiments
• Evaluation of viscous damping due to solid-fluid interaction in a poroelastic layer subjected to shear dynamic actions
• Non linear numerical modeling of slopes stability under seismic loading - reinforcement effect
• Numerical analysis of blast impact on sealings of neighbouring structures
• Numerical analysis of the seismic behavior of vertical shaft
• Numerical and experimental study of the detection of underground heterogeneities
• Numerical modelling of impacts on granular materials with a combined discrete - continuum approach
• Numerical simulations of the dynamic impact force of fluidized debris flows onto structures
• Three-dimensional analysis of seismic performance of an earthfill dam in Ethiopia
• Slopes and cuts
• Effect of updated geometry in analyses of progressive failure
• Evaluation of the effective width method for strip footings on slopes under undrained loading
• Failure induced pore pressure by simple procedure in LEM
• Investigation of soil property sensitivity in progressive failure
• Short-term slope stability calculation according to Eurocode 7
• Embankments, shallow foundations, and settlements
• 3D settlement analysis using GIS and FEM: A case study in Sliedrecht area, the Netherlands
• A comparison of 1D, 2D, and 3D settlement analyses of the Tower of Pisa
• Analysis of a full scale failure test on old railway embankment
• Analysis of ground movements induced by diaphragm wall installation
• Bearing capacity of a surface footing founded on a layered clay subsoil
• Finite element analysis of the main embankment at Empingham dam
• Forecasting of the stability of the tailing dam in permafrost region on the basis of numerical methods
• Numerical modeling of the mechanical response of recycled materials in embankments
• Rail track structural analysis using three-dimensional numerical models
• Three-dimensional analyses of ring foundations
• Piles
• A back analysis of vertical load tests on bored piles in granular soil
• A numerical study on the effects of time on the axial load capacity of piles in soft clays
• Analysis of foundation solution of new building in built-up area
• Collapse of thin-walled model piles during hard driving
• Dynamic analysis of large diameter piles Statnamic load test
• Finite difference analysis of pile on sloping ground under passive loading
• Ground displacements due to pile driving in Gothenburg clay
• Lateral loading of pile foundations due to embankment construction
• Modelling of piled rafts with different pile models
• Modelling performance of jack-in piles
• Numerical analyses of axial load capacity of rock socketed piles in Turkey
• Numerical simulation of low-strain integrity tests on model piles
• Response of pile groups in clays under lateral loading based on 3-D numerical experiments
• Selection of the proper hammer in pile driving and estimation of the total driving time
• Settlement analysis of a large piled raft foundation
• Study of a complex deep foundation system using 3D Finite Element analysis
• The influence of pile displacement on soil plug capacity of open-ended pipe pile in sand
• Deep excavations and retaining walls
• 3D modelling of a deep excavation in a sloping site for the assessment of induced ground movements
• Analysis of an excavation in asymmetrical soil conditions: The Marquês station
• Comparison of finite element predictions with results from a centrifuge test representing a double anchor wall in sand
• Crane monopile foundation analysis
• Influence of excavation and wall geometry on the base stability of excavations in soft clays
• Numerical modelling of a steel sheet-pile quay wall for the harbour of Ravenna, Italy
• Numerical modelling of spatial passive earth pressure in sand
• Practical numerical modelling for very high reinforced earth walls
• Short term Three-dimensional back-analysis of the One New Change basement in London
• Tunnels and caverns
• 3D analysis of a micropile umbrella for stabilizing the tunnel face of a NATM tunnel
• Analysis and design of a two span arch cut & cover structure
• Analysis of a bolt-reinforced tunnel face using a homogenized model
• Class A prediction of the effects induced by the Metro C construction on a preexisting building, in Rome
• Estimated settlements during the Brescia Metrobus tunnel excavation
• Numerical investigation of the face stability of shallow tunnels in sand
• Numerical modeling of a bolt-reinforced tunnel in a fractured ground
• On the effects of modelling gap closure and assumed soil behavior on the FE predictions of ground movements induced by tunneling in soft clay
• Role of numerical modelling in the current practice of tunnel and cavern design for hydroelectric projects
• Some modeling techniques for deep tunnels in rock with FE-continuum models
• Stress-strain behaviour of a soft-rock pillar acted upon vertical loads
• Tunnel face stability with groundwater flow
• Viscoplastic models for the analysis of tunnel reinforcement in squeezing rock conditions
• Ground improvement modelling
• 3D FEM analysis of soil improving resin injections underneath a mediaeval tower in Italy
• A numerical study of factors governing the performance of stone columns supporting rigid footings on soft clay
• Calibration and verification of numerical model of ground improved by dynamic replacement
• Identification and quantification of the mechanical response of soil-wall structures in soft ground improvement
• Modelling embankments on floating stone columns
• Numerical investigation of the mechanical behaviour of Vibro Replacement stone columns in soft soils
• Numerical modelling of consolidation around stone columns
• Numerical modeling of inertial soil-inclusion interaction
• Performance of geogrid-encased stone columns as a reinforcement of soft ground
• Offshore geotechnical engineering
• A new elasto-plastic spring element for cyclic loading of piles using the p -y-curve concept
• Behaviour of cyclic laterally loaded large diameter monopiles in saturated sand
• Caisson movement caused by wave slamming-a comparison of ABAQUS and FLAC analyses
• Comparison of calculation approaches for monopiles for offshore wind turbines
• Effects of diameter on initial stiffness of p-y curves for large-diameter piles in sand
• Numerical investigations for the pile foundation of an offshore wind turbine under transient lateral load
• Numerical study of piping limits for installation of large diameter buckets in layered sand
• Shallow circular foundations under undrained general combined loading in three-dimensional space
• Undrained ultimate capacity of suction anchors using an advanced constitutive model
• Numerical methods and Eurocode
• Embedded cantilever retaining wall ULS design by FEA in accordance with EN 1997—1
• Ultimate Limit State Design to Eurocode 7 using numerical methods
• Author index