A number of effective stress analysis methods have been developed; however, they are often complex, requiring a number of parameters that are not easy to determine in pra [...]

There are many fill dams in Japan that have been constructed using empirical techniques, and they have been used safely. However, their safety has not been sufficiently v [...]

A practical earthquake response analysis method based on effective stress analysis is proposed. The method, to consider material nonlinearity of soil, required only soil [...]