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CONTENTS

Vol.49 No.6
December 2009

SPECIAL ISSUE ON RECENT ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGN OF GEOTECHNICAL STRUCTURES

FOREWORD                                                                                                      Ikuo Towhata
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Practical Determination Method for Soil Parameters Adopted in the New Performance Based Design Code for Port Facilities in Japan
Yoichi Watabe, Masanori Tanaka and Yoshiaki Kikuchi ... 827
Performance of a Fill Dam Based on the Performance-based Design Concept and Study of a Seismic Retrofitting Method
Shigeru Tani, Shoichi Tsukuni and Tadahiko Shiomi ... 841
Displacement-based Design of Shallow Foundations with Macroelement
C.T. Chatzigogos, A. Pecker and J. Salencon ... 853
On Design of Expressway Embankment in Seismically Active Area with Emphasis on Life Cycle Cost
Ikuo Towhata, Ikumasa Yoshida, Yukihiro Ishihara, Shuichi Suzuki, Masayuki Sato and Takayuki Ueda ... 871
Calibration of Methods for Designing Large-diameter Bored Piles: Ultimate Limit State
L.M. Zhang and L.F. Chu ... 883
Calibration of Methods for Designing Large-diameter Bored Piles: Serviceability Limit State
L.M. Zhang and L.F. Chu ... 897
A Study to Evaluate the Seismic Response of Road Embankments
L. Pagano, S. Sica and P. Coico ... 909
Performance-based Analysis of Earth Dams: Procedures and Application to a Sample Case
S. Sica and L. Pagano ... 921
Evaluation of Long-term Displacements of Pile Foundation Using Coupled FEM and Centrifuge Model Test
Koichiro Danno and Makoto Kimura ... 941


TECHNICAL PAPERS
Visualization of Three Dimensional Failure in Sand Due to Water Inflow and Soil Drainage from Defective Underground Pipe Using X-ray CT

Toshifumi Mukunoki, Naoko Kumano, Jun Otani and Reiko Kuwano

... 959
Research on the Long-term Behaviour and Evaluation of Lining Concrete of the Seikan Tunnel

Yukihiko Tuchiya, Tetsushi Kurakawa, Takeshi Matsunaga and Takeshi Kudo

... 969
TECHNICAL REPORT
Preparation of Water-saturated Bentonite Samples and Their Use in Torsion Shear Tests
Misako Nakamura, Kenichi Kawano, B.T. Thai, Taro Uchimura, Keiichi Sugo and Ikuo Towhata ... 981

JGS NEWS

... I-II

Contents and Indexes for Volume 49 (February 2009 to December 2009)

... III-X

List of Key Words

... XI

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