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Editorial Advisory Panel
Chairman and Honorary Editor Professor C. R. I. Clayton University of Southampton Members
Professor E. E. Alonso
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Dr B. A. Baudet University College, London Dr P. Boume-Webb
Cementation Foundations Skanska, Herts Dr A. Brennan
University of Dundee Dr B. Byrne University of Oxford Dr A. C. F. Chiu
Hohai University, Nanjing, PR. China Assoc. Professor F. Cotecchia Politecnico di Bari Professor M. Fahey
University of Western Australia Dr R. 1. Fowell
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Technical University of Dresden, Germany Dr M. Karstunen
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Dr 1. R. McDougall
Napier University, Edinburgh Dr G. W. E. Milligan
Oxford
Professor R. Nova Politecnico di Milano, Italy Dr T. Off
Trinity College, Dublin Assoc. Professor K. K. Phoon National University of Singapore Professor A. Puzrin
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
Dr T. Roberts
WJ Groundwater, Herts Professor C. D. F. Rogers University of Birmingham Professor E. Rust
University of Pretoria, South Africa Professor F. Schnaid
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil Dr R. S. Sharrna
Louisiana State University, USA Professor S. Shibuya
Kobe University, Japan Dr C. Smith University of Sheffield Dr A. Zervos
University of Southampton Publisher Mr L. Heward-Mills
Editorial Coordinators Mr C. Schaper &
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