1. Lessons Learned from the Landslides in Shengli East Open-Pit Mine and North Open-Pit Mine in Xilinhot City, Inner Mongolia Province, China

   • Fan Yongbo
   • Li Shihai
   • Liu Xiaoyu

   Original paper 21 November 2015 Pages: 425 - 435

   

2. Effect of 2-D Random Field Discretization on Failure Probability and Failure Mechanism in Probabilistic Slope Stability

   • Liang Li
   • Xuesong Chu

   Original paper 23 November 2015 Pages: 437 - 447

   

3. Studies on Hydraulic Conductivity of Fly Ash-Stabilised Expansive Clay Liners

   • B. R. Phanikumar
   • M. Uma Shankar

   Original paper 17 December 2015 Pages: 449 - 462

   

4. Use of Cement Kiln Dust on the Engineering Modification of Soil Materials, Nile Delta, Egypt

   • A. I. M. Ismail
   • Z. L. Belal

   Original paper 19 November 2015 Pages: 463 - 469

   

5. Impact Energy Absorption Behavior of Cemented Coal Gangue-Fly Ash Backfill

   • Di Wu
   • Yu-cheng Liu
   • Song Wang

   Original paper 20 November 2015 Pages: 471 - 480

   

6. Lateral Variation of the Vertical Stress in Underground Mine Stopes Filled with Granular Backfills

   • P. Rajeev
   • P. R. Sumanasekera
   • N. Sivakugan

   Original paper 23 November 2015 Pages: 481 - 492

   

7. Numerical Simulation of Soil Squeezing Effects of a Jacked Pipe Pile in Soft Foundation Soil and in Foundation Soil with an Underlying Gravel Layer

   • Yan Shao
   • Shi-chuan Wang
   • Yi Guan

   Original paper 07 December 2015 Pages: 493 - 499

   

8. Yielding of Silt at High Temperature and Suction Magnitudes

   • Nahed A. Alsherif
   • John S. McCartney

   Original paper 12 December 2015 Pages: 501 - 514

   

9. Strength Behavior of Shanghai Clayey Soil Reinforced with Wheat Straw Fibers

   • Jili Qu
   • Zhongming Sun

   Original paper 11 December 2015 Pages: 515 - 527

   

10. Numerical Analysis of Sill and Crown Pillar Stability for Multilevel Cut and Fill Stopes in Different Geomining Conditions

    • Hemant Kumar
    • Debasis Deb
    • Debashish Chakravarty

    Original paper 12 December 2015 Pages: 529 - 549

    

11. Micromechanical Modeling of Yield in Isotropic Non-Cohesive Particulate Materials

    • J. A. Fleischmann
    • W. J. Drugan
    • M. E. Plesha

    Original paper 14 December 2015 Pages: 551 - 566

    

12. Experimental Investigation of Frictional Behavior Between Cohesive Soils and Solid Materials Using Direct Shear Apparatus

    • Marwa Feligha
    • Farid Hammoud
    • Mohamed Salah Nouaouria

    Original paper 12 December 2015 Pages: 567 - 578

    

13. Reliability Analysis of Quick Sand Condition

    • Pijush Samui
    • Pradeep Kurup
    • J. Jagan

    Original paper 10 December 2015 Pages: 579 - 584

    

14. Variability and Correlation of Strength Parameters Inferred from Direct Shear Tests

    • Venanzio R. Greco

    Original paper 10 December 2015 Pages: 585 - 603

    

15. Prediction of Drillability of Rocks with Strength Properties Using a Hybrid GA-ANN Technique

    • Manoj Khandelwal
    • Danial Jahed Armaghani

    Original paper 18 December 2015 Pages: 605 - 620

    

16. Evaluation of Naturally Occurring Aggregates as Subbase and Subgrade Construction Materials in Akwa-Ibom State, Southeastern Nigeria

    • Abidemi O. Ilori

    Original paper 04 January 2016 Pages: 621 - 634

    

17. Evaluation of Strength Characteristics of Tropical Black Clay Treated with Locust Bean Waste Ash

    • Kolawole J. Osinubi
    • Adrian O. Eberemu
    • Olusegun B. Akinmade

    Original paper 04 January 2016 Pages: 635 - 646

    

18. Fracture Evolution and Accumulation and Dissipation Law of Energy During Ascending Mining

    • X. S. Liu
    • Y. L. Tan
    • J. Wang

    Original paper 23 December 2015 Pages: 647 - 655

    

19. Stability of an Embankment on Soft Consolidating Soil with Vertical Drains

    • Agrahara Krishnamoorthy
    • Smit Kamal

    Original paper 14 January 2016 Pages: 657 - 669

    

20. Effect of Mine Water on the Stability of Underground Coal Mine Roadways

    • Takashi Sasaoka
    • Tri Karian
    • Masatomo Ichinose

    Original paper 14 January 2016 Pages: 671 - 678

    

21. In-Situ Stress State and Tectonic Regime in Different Depths of Earth Crust

    • Mohammad Hossein Taherynia
    • Seyed Mahmoud Fatemi Aghda
    • Ahmad Fahimifar

    Original paper 09 January 2016 Pages: 679 - 687

    

22. Exploration and Numerical Analysis of Failure Characteristic of Coal Pillar Under Great Mining Height Longwall Influence

    • Jun Wang
    • Jinquan Jiang
    • Hao Hu

    Original paper 09 January 2016 Pages: 689 - 702

    

23. Structure Design of New Airtight Blast Door Based on Topology and Shape Optimization Method

    • Yiping Meng
    • Bo Li
    • Yingying Wang

    Original paper 20 January 2016 Pages: 703 - 711

    

24. A New Approach Based on Strain Sensitivity for Reinforcement Optimization in Slope Stability Problems

    • M. Yazdanpanah
    • G. Ren
    • M. Wasim

    Original paper 25 January 2016 Pages: 713 - 724

    

25. Effect of Nano-SiO₂ on the Geotechnical Properties of Cohesive Soil

    • Foad Changizi
    • Abdolhosein Haddad

    Technical note 11 December 2015 Pages: 725 - 733

    

26. An Alternative Method for Determination of Liquefaction Susceptibility of Soil

    • Pijush Samui
    • J. Jagan
    • R. Hariharan

    Technical note 16 December 2015 Pages: 735 - 738

27. The Analysis Method of Rock Mass Deformation of Large Cross-section Tunnel

    • Chun-hui Chen
    • Li Wu
    • Ya-xiong Peng

    Technical note 07 January 2016 Pages: 739 - 743

    

28. An Optimized Artificial Neural Network Structure to Predict Clay Sensitivity in a High Landslide Prone Area Using Piezocone Penetration Test (CPTu) Data: A Case Study in Southwest of Sweden

    • Abbas Abbaszadeh Shahri

    Comments/Discussions and Replies 19 January 2016 Pages: 745 - 758