Cyclic Behaviour of Soils and Liquefaction Phenomena

Preface; Organization; Micro-mechanical investigation of the granular ratcheting; Seismic decay of psammoids and peloids with and without hypoplasticity; A continuous hyperplasticity model for sands under cyclic loading; Undrained behaviour of near-saturated sand in cyclic and monotonic loading; Application of elasto-plastic model with anisotropic hardening to analysis of cyclic loading of cohesive soil; Incorporation of a fabric tensor in sand model; Application of a new definition for the number of cycles of loading; Explicit accumulation model for cyclic loading; Mechanical differences between sand and clay under monotonic and cyclic loading; Numerical simulation of cyclic behavior of dense sand using a cyclic elasto-plastic model; Constitutive microplane model for geotechnical materials; A cyclic elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model: theoretical discussion and validation; Modelling of cyclic behaviour of a cohesive soil by shear torsional and triaxial tests; Behavioral characteristics of gravelly soils under general cyclic loading conditions; Two-way cyclic tests on a soil-structure interface; Liquefaction of sand in simple shear condition; Cyclic failure of low plasticity silt; On line pseudo-dynamic response tests on stratified layers consisting of clay and sand; Material behaviour of dry sand under cyclic loading; Behaviour of model piles subjected to cyclic axial loading; Study of the unbound crushed materials behaviour in road pavements; Cyclic behaviour of sand-structure interfaces; Stress-strain characteristics of fine grained soils under cyclic loading; Laboratory investigation of the undrained cyclic behaviour of a natural coarse sand from undisturbed and reconstituted samples; Comparison of fine-grained model material and natural soil during cyclic shear in resonant column device; Liquefaction-induced volumetric change during re-consolidation of sandy soil subjected to undrained cyclic loading histories; Effect of initial stress state on the cyclic simple shear behaviour of sands; Post liquefaction response of initially strain softening sand; Influence of nonplastic fines content on the liquefaction resistance of soils in terms of the unit energy; Strain accumulation in sand due to drained uniaxial cyclic loading; The effect of volumetric and out-of-phase cyclic loading on strain accumulation; Dynamic properties and liquefaction resistance of soil materials used in earthfill dams - results of laboratory tests; Liquefaction strength of volcanic debris flow deposits originated from Unzen Volcano; Cyclic behavior of sand-silt mixtures; Post-cyclic degradation of saturated plasticity silts; Initiation of pore pressure rise in earthquakes; Case studies on evaluation of liquefaction resistance of imperfectly saturated soil deposits; Estimation of liquefaction potential using dynamic penetration with pore pressure transducer; Using large hydraulic shakers to induce liquefaction in the field; On the determination of cyclic strain history; Centrifuge tests on monotonic and cyclic loaded caissons; Pile failure during seismic liquefaction - theory and practice; Centrifuge modelling of liquefaction of saturated sand under cyclic loading; Centrifuge model testing for offshore structure research and design; Horizontal cyclic loading of piles installed in sand: study of the pile head displacement and maximum bending moment; Cyclic clay data for foundation design of structures subjected to wave loading; Occurrence of liquefaction in cyclic burial of a structure submitted to wave-actions and resting on the seabed; Wave induced liquefaction underneath gravity structures; Settlements of vertical caisson breakwater; Wave-induced transient and residual pore pressure in the sand bed underneath a caisson breakwater - processes leading to liquefaction; Influence of cyclic load on model caisson seawalls embedded in marine clay; Modelling earthquake-induced phenomena in the Izmit Bay coastal area; Liquefaction and settlements of backfill behind quay-walls, caused by seismic loads; Wave-induced seabed liquefaction and the stability of marine pipelines; Site effects and soil-structure interaction in the 1999, Athens earthquake: large-scale nonlinear simulations; Seismic durability design for an embankment crossing the Tunt-zu-chiao Fault in Taiwan; Assessment of liquefaction potential by principal component analysis and golden section search; Geotechnical hybrid simulation for predicting earthquake deformation of liquefiable ground both during and after; Condition indicators for liquefaction susceptibility with focus on silty soils; A case study on analysis of the earthquake response of slopes; Liquefaction potential assessment in layered soils by probabilistic neural networks based on the Kocaeli, Turkey earthquake; Vibratory driven pile performances in Flanders clay. International Prediction Event 2003; Densification of sand caused by vibratory sheetpiling; Comparative behaviour and performances of impact and vibratory driven piles in stiff clay; Toe and shaft resistance analysis during the vibratory driving of piles in Montoir; Macroelement for study of dynamic response of gravity retaining walls; 2D and 3D seismic response analysis using experimental data on cyclic behaviour of soils; Numerical modeling of soil liquefaction at slope site; Dynamic effects of moving load on a poroelastic soil medium; Dynamic response and liquefaction of saturated granular soils: a micro-mechanical approach; A structural analysis-based method for calculating the residual settlement of a railway track platform under traffic loading; Experimental determination of a ballast lateral settlement law; The effect of coal dust fouling on the cyclic behaviour of railtrack ballast; An estimation method of residual settlement in ballasted track under repeated moving loads; A new method for evaluating the characteristics of railway capping layer; Modelling ballast under cyclic loading using Discrete Element Method; Numerical simulation of the compaction of granular soils with vibratory rollers; Effects of subsoil and backfill conditions on seismic displacement of gravity type retaining walls; Nonlinear hysteretic load transfer model for Winkler type soil-foundation interaction springs for deep foundations; Numerical analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced walls subjected to seismic loads; Author index 689