Numerical Methods in Geomechanics : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Held at Vimeiro, August 24 – September 4, 1981

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Braga, Portugal, August 24-September 4, 1981 Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Field Equations....Pages 3-37 Basic Formulation of Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Soil and other Porous Media....Pages 39-55 Generalized Plasticity and Some Models for Geomechanics....Pages 57-78 Constitutive Equations for Soil Media....Pages 79-101 Constitutive Modeling and Soil-Structure Interaction....Pages 103-143 Rock Mass Behaviour and Its Mathematical Modelling....Pages 145-163 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 Numerical Analysis of Shallow Foundations....Pages 167-185 Numerical Analysis of Deep Foundations....Pages 187-201 Finite Element Analysis of Coupled Deformation and Fluid Flow in Porous Media....Pages 203-227 Finite Elements and Slope Stability....Pages 229-244 Front Matter....Pages 245-245 Plastic Analysis in Geomechanics by Mathematical Programming....Pages 247-272 Optimization Methods for Parametric Identification of Geotechnical Systems....Pages 273-304 Embankments and Slopes by Mathematical Programming....Pages 305-334 Front Matter....Pages 335-335 Fundamentals of Boundary Elements....Pages 337-354 Boundary Elements in Groundwater Flow Problems....Pages 355-374 Boundary Element Formulation to Solve No-Tension Problems in Geomechanics....Pages 375-388 Elastoplastic Analysis using Boundary Elements....Pages 389-406 Front Matter....Pages 407-407 Seismic Site and Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis....Pages 409-454 Liquefaction of Sandy Soils....Pages 455-469 Front Matter....Pages 471-471 Statistical and Probabilistic Methods in Geomechanics....Pages 473-504 Back Matter....Pages 507-589 List of Participants xi Lecture Program xv CHAPTER I - FUNDAMENTALS 1 Field Equations E.R. Arantes e Oliveira 3 2 Basic Formulation of Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Soil and Other Porous Media O.C. ZienkieuJicz 39 3 Generalized Plasticity and Some Models for Geomechanics O.C. Zienkiewicz 57 4 Constitutive Equations for Soil Media Jean H. Proevost 79 5 Constitutive Modeling and Soil-Structure Interaction C.S. Desai 103 6 Rock Mass Behaviour and Its Mathematical Modelling K. KovaY'i 145 CHAPTER II - FINITE ELEMENTS TECHNIQUES 165 1 Numerical Analysis of Shallow Foundations I.M. Smith 167 2 Numerical Analysis of Deep Foundations 187 I.M. Smith CONTENTS 3 Finite Element Analysis of Coupled Deformation and Fluid Flow in Porous Media 203 Ranbir S. Sandhu 4 Finite Elements and Slope Stability 229 D.J. Naylor CHAPTER III - MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING METHODS 245 1 Plastic Analysis in Geomechanics by Mathematical Programming John MUnro 247 2 Optimization Methods for Parametric Identification of Geotechnical Systems G. Maier and G. Gioda 273 3 Embankments and Slopes by Mathematical Programming J.B. Martins 305 CHAPTER IV - BOUNDARY ELEMENT TECHNIQUES 335 1 Fundamentals of Boundary Elements C.A. Brebbia 337 2 Boundary Elements in Groundwater Flow Problems L.C. Wrobel and C.A. Brebbia 355 3 Boundary Element Formulation to Solve No-Tension Problems in Geomechanics W.S. Venturini and C.A. Brebbia 375 4 Elastoplastic Analysis Using Boundary Elements J.C.F. Telles and C.A