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Chairman and Honorary Editor Prof essor A. l'vI. Puzrin ETH Zürich, Switzerland Members

Professor A. Al11orosi Politecnico di Bari, Italy Dr Z. Cabarkapa

Geotechnical Consulting Grollp, London Dr D. N. Chapman

University of Birmingham Dr Y. P. Cheng

University College, London Dr P. J. Cleall

Cardiff University Dr Y-1. èui

Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Challssées, France Prof essor A. Gens

Universitat Politecnica de Cataltmya, Barcelona, Spain

Dr S Hai"h

Univ~rsity" of Cambridge Dr E. Ibraim

University of Bristol Dr J. Knappett University of Dllndee Dr R. Lagioia

University of Brescia, Italy Professor L. Laloui

Ecole Polytechnique Fédédrale de Lallsanne, 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 Allstralia, Perth, Allstralia Prof essor D. 1. Richards

University of Southampton Dr M. Rouainia University of Newcastle Professor A. Tarantino

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

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

Ms S. Walker

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375 Spatial variabiJity of in situ weathered soi1 S. M. Dasaka and L. 1\'1.Zhang

Tunnels in sands: the effect of size, depth and volume loss on greenfield displacements

A. M. Marshall, R. Farrell, A. Klar and R. Mair Effect of time on spudcan-footprint interaction in clay C. T. Gan, C. F. Leung, M. J. Cassidy, C. Gaudin and Y. K. Chow

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415 Rockfill shear strength eva1uation: a rationa1 method based on size effects

E. Frossard, W. Hu, C. Dano and P.-Y. Hicher

Factors controlling the seasonal variation in soil water content and pore water pressures within a'lightJy vegetated clay slope J. A. Smethurst, D. Clarke and W. Powrie

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Exact undrained elasto-p1astic solution for cylindrica1 cavity expansion in modified Cam Clay soil

S. L. Chen and Y. N. Abousleiman

Technical Note

457 Liquefaction and cyclic softening potentia1 of soils - a unified piezocone penetration testing-based approach

c.-S. Ku and C. H. Juang

Production Editor Mr P. Allansol1 ISSN 0016-8505 (Print)

ISSN 1751-7656 (Onlil1e)

Discussion

463 A microstructurally based effective stress for unsaturated soils E. E. Alonso, J.-M. Pereira, J. Vannai and S. Olivella Is the quasi-steady state a real behaviour? A micromechanical perspective

J. Yang and B. B. Dai 466

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