Preface ....................................................... vii
Sponsors ....................................................... ix
About the editors .............................................. xi
1 Quasi-three-dimensional model to simulate the filling of
mining tailings reservoirs ................................... 1
J.P. Laquini, R.F. Azevedo, I.D. Azevedo & C.L. Nogueira
2 Underground hydroelectric power schemes ..................... 13
X-T. Feng, Q. Jiang, L. Ribeiro e Sousa & T. Miranda
3 Deep excavations in urban areas—finite element modelling
for three geotechnical scenarios and retaining solutions .... 51
M. Matos Fernandes, A.S. Cardoso, À. Òîðà Gomes,
I.L. Borges, N.C. Guerra & A.N. Antão
4 Advanced numerical simulation of tunnel excavation and its
application to the shallow overburden tunnel on
unconsolidated ground ....................................... 77
K. Kishida, M. Kikumoto, Y. Cui & M. Kimura
5 Arch dam foundations ........................................ 95
M.P. de Miranda & M.L. Braga Farinha
6 Track-ground vibrations induced by rail traffic ............ 125
P.A. Costa, R Calcada & A. Silva Cardoso
7 Time-dependent behaviour of rockfill embankments and
dams ....................................................... 161
L.A. Oldecop & N.M. Pinyol
8 The Material Point Method and the analysis of dams and
dam failures ............................................... 171
F. Zabala & E.E. Alonso
9 Environmental effects on earth embankments ................. 179
S. Olivella & E.E. Alonso
10 Rapid drawdown in embankment dams .......................... 189
N.M. Pinyol, E.E. Alonso & S. Olivella
11 Risk in slopes ............................................. 201
H. Einstein & R Leal e Sousa
12 Risk assessment in tunnels using Bayesian Networks ......... 211
R. Leal e Sousa
13 Application of Data Mining techniques for the development
of new geomechanical characterization models for rock
masses ..................................................... 245
T. Miranda & L. Ribeiro e Sousa
14 Static soil-structure interaction analysis using
ZSOIL.PC ................................................... 265
A. Truty, K. Podleś, S. Commend, R Obrzud & Th.
Zimmermann
15 Boundary Element Methods ................................... 281
G. Beer, C. Duenser & K. Riederer
16 Explicit codes in geomechanics—FLAC, UDEC and PFC .......... 299
J.V. de Lemos
17 Application of continuum-interface computational methods
in analysis of jointed rock problems ....................... 317
A. Riahi, J.H. Curran & R.E. Hammah
18 Large deformation analysis in deep coal mines in China ..... 333
M. He, X. Chen, G. Zhang & L. Ribeiro e Sousa
19 Applications of a finite discrete element approach to
model block cave mining .................................... 355
D. Elmo, A. Vyazmensky, D. Stead & S. Rogers
20 Open pit mining ............................................ 373
J.L. Carvalho
21 An overview of numerical modelling applied to deep
mining ..................................................... 393
L.A.M. Castro, R.P. Bewick & T.G. Carter
22 Contributions on numerical modelling and risk assessment
of CO2 injection processes on carboniferous formations ..... 415
E.A. Vargas Jr., R.Q. Velloso, R. Leal e Sousa &
L. Ribeiro e Sousa
23 Numerical analysis of petroleum geomechanics problems at
the borehole scale ......................................... 437
E.A. Vargas Jr., A. Müller, R.Q. Velloso, L.E. Vaz &
C.J. Gonçalves
Author index .................................................. 461
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