JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS

VOLUME 16, NOS. 1-2, 2005

Extended versions of papers presented at the 5^th Euromech Solid Mechanics Conference

August 17-22, 2003, Thessaloniki, Greece

Theme: Geomechanics

Guest editor: G. Efremidis

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Notched Marble Specimens Under Bending: Experimental Study and Numerical Analysis Using an Elastoplastic Model with Contact Elements

Z. Agioutantis, S.K. Kourkoulis, S. Maurigiannakis, and E. Papatheodorou ........................................................... 1

Some Recent Developments in Fe-Modelling of Cracking in Concrete and Quasi-Brittle Materials

C. Borri, L. Salvatori, and W. Zahlten ............................................................................................................................. 9

Influence of Rainfall on Slope Stability at Egnatia Highway, Asprovalta-Strymonas Part (Chainage 9+700

M. Chatziangelou and B. Christaras .............................................................................................................................. 21

Response Prediction for Axially Loaded Fixed Head Pile Groups

E.M. Comodromos and S.V. Bareka ............................................................................................................................... 27

Projectile Penetration into Reinforced Concrete: Analysis of Interaction and its Experimental Verification

M.M. Conrad .................................................................................................................................................................... 35

Micromechanical Analysis of the Rock Sanding Problem

D. Garolera, C.M. López, I. Carol, and P. Papanastasiou ............................................................................................ 45

CAM-CLAY and Hydraulic Conductivity Diagram Relations in Consolidated and Sheared Clay-Matrices

D. Gélard, P. Dudoignon, A. Pantet, and S. Sammartino ............................................................................................ 55

A Method for Inversion of Tunnel Closure Measurements – Application in the Tempi Railway Tunnel

K.F. Giannakopoulos, M.C. Stavropoulou, and G.E. Exadaktylos ............................................................................ 65

Using Damage Mechanics to Simulate the Behavior of Various Reinforced Concrete Walls Submitted to Earthquake Loading

P. Kotronis and J. Mazars ............................................................................................................................................... 75

Modeling Three-Point Bending of Rock-Type Materials Using an Elastoplastic Model with Contact Elements

S.K. Kourkoulis, Z. Agioutantis, S. Maurigiannakis, and E. Papatheodorou ......................................................... 85

Fuzzy Analysis of Groundwater Resources Including Incomplete Data of Aquifer Spatial Extent

K.N. Moutsopoulos, I.N. Chalkidis, and Ch.D. Tzimopoulos ................................................................................... 95

Protection of Infrastructure Subjected to Rockfall

B. Pichler, Ch. Hellmich, and H.A. Mang .................................................................................................................... 103

Compressive Behaviour of Plain Concrete at Higher Strain-Rates

George Solomos and Mario Berra ................................................................................................................................ 113

Fundamental Solution in the Theory of Consolidation with Double Porosity

M. Svanadze ................................................................................................................................................................... 123

A Theoretical and Experimental Study of Rock Cutting

M.C. Stavropoulou, K.F. Giannakopoulos, and G.E. Exadaktylos .......................................................................... 131

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