Editorial Advisory Panel

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Editorial Advisory Panel

Chairman and Honorary Editor Professor Dr A. Puzrin

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland

Members

Professor A. Amorosi Politecnico di Bari, Italy Dr Z. Cabarkapa

Geotechnical Consulting Group, London Dr D. N. Chapman

University of Binningham Dr Y. P. Cheng

University College, London Dr P. J. Cleall

Cardiff University Dr Y-J. Cui

Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France Dr E. Ibraim

University of Bristol Professor A. Gens

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,

Spain '

Dr S. Haigh

University of Cambridge Dr J. Knappett University of Dundee Dr R. Lagioia

University of Brescia, Italy Prof essor L. Laloui

Ecole Polytechnique Fédédrale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Dr W Murphy University of Leeds Mr A. O'Brien

Mott MacDonald, Croydon Dr C. O'Sullivan Imperial College, London Dr A. Osman

Durham University Professor M. Randolph

University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Dr M. Rouainia

University of Newcastle Professor A. Tarantino

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Dr N. I. Thusyanthan

University of Cambridge

General Manager, ICE Publishing Mr M. Cookson Editorial Coordinators Mr C. Schaper &

Ms S. Walker

Production Editor Mr P. Allanson ISSN 0016-8505 (Print)

ISSN 1751-7656 (Online)

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JANUARY 2012

Contents

1 On the performance of bender elements in triaxial tests G. Alvarado and M. R. Coop

Rheological behaviour of reconstituted pyroclastic debris flow A. Scotto di Santolo, A. M, Pellegrino, A. Evangelista and P. Coussot

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29 Interaction of caisson foundations with a seismically rupturing normal faùllt:centrifuge testing versus numerical simulation M. Loli, M. F. Bransby, I. Anastasopoulosand G. Gazetas Dynamic properties of sand froIDdry to fully saturated states J. Kumar and B. N. Madhusudhan

Target reliability-based optimisation for internaI seismic stability of reinforced soil structures

B. M. Basha and G. L. S. Babu 55

69 Permeability and stiffness of sands at very low effective stresses

S. K. Haigh, J. Eadington and S. P. G. Madabhushi

Technical Notes

77 A theoretical envelope for internaI instability of cohesionless soil M. Li and R. J. Fannin

Calibration of a thermal conductivity sensor for field measurement of matric suction .

E. C. Leong, X.-H. Zhang and H. Rahardjo

Stability analysis of infinite clayey slopes subjected to pore pressure changes

E. Conte and A. Troncone 81

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