| TECHNICAL PAPERS |  
 
 
  
 | Experimental Investigations of Temperature and Suction Effects on
  Compressibility and Pre-consolidation Pressure of a Sandy Silt |  
 
 
  
 | 	S. Salager, B. Francois, M.S. El Youssoufi, L. Laloui and C. Saix |  
 ... 453 |  
 
 
  
 | Characteristics of
  Strength for Hydraulic Fracturing of Buffer Material |  
 
 
  
 | Akira Kobayashi, Kiyohito Yamamoto and Shohei Momoki |  
 ... 467 |  
 
 
  
 | Rate Effects on the Stress-strain Behaviour of EPS Geofoam |  
 
 
 | G.E. Abdelrahman, Shohei Kawabe, Fumio Tatsuoka and Yoshimichi Tsukamoto |  
 ... 479 |  
 
 
 
  
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 Strain Rate Effect on Long-term Consolidation of Osaka Bay Clay |  
 
 
  
 | Yoichi Watabe, Kaoru Udaka and Yoshiyuki Morikawa |  
 ... 495 |  
 
 
  
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 Discrete Element Analysis of the Response of Granular Materials
 during Cyclic Loading |  
 
 
  
 | C. O'Sullivan, L. Cui and S.C. O'Neill |  
 ... 511 |  
 
 
  
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 Effect of Non Plastic Silt on the Anisotropic Behavior of Sand |  
 
 
  
 | H. Bahadori, A. Ghalandarzadeh and Ikuo Towhata |  
 ... 531 |  
 
 
 
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 Effects of Friction and Thickness on Long-term Consolidation Behavior of Osaka Bay Clays |  
 
 
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  Yoichi Watabe, Kaoru Udaka, Masaki Kobayashi, Takechiho Tabata and Tsuyoshi Emura  |  
 ... 547 |  
 
 
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  Investigation on Static Stability of Sheet Pile Quay Wall Improved by Cement Treated Sea-side Ground from Centrifuge Model Tests  |  
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 M.R.A. Khan, Kimitoshi Hayano and Masaki Kitazume |  
 ... 563 |  
 
 
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  TECHNICAL REPORT  |  
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  Performance of Band Shaped Vertical Drain for Soft Hai Phong Clay  |  
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 Koji Suzuki and Hiroki Takeuchi |  
 ... 577 |  
 
 
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  TECHNICAL NOTES  |  
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  Shear Strength of a Soil Containing Vegetation Roots  |  
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  F.H. Ali and N. Osman  |  
 ... 587 |  
 
 
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  Verification of Compatibility
 of  Isotropic Consolidation Characteristics of Soils to Multiplicative Decomposition of Deformation Gradient  |  
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 Koichi Hashiguchi |  
 ... 597 |  
 
 
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  Constitutive Model
 considering Sand Crushing  |  
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  Y.-P. Yao, Haruyuki Yamamoto and N.-D. Wang  |  
 ... 603 |  
 
 
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  JGS NEWS  |  
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