International Journal of Geomechanics
Editorial Board

Editor in Chief:

C. S. Desai, Ph.D., P.E., University of Arizona

Co-Editors:

J. P. Carter, University of Newcastle, Australia

C. Felice, Ph.D., P.E., C. Felice & Company LLC

G. Gioda, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

R. K. Rowe, Ph.D., P.E., Queen's University, Canada

J. H. Yin, Ph.D., Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

M. M. Zaman, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Editorial Advisors:

S. Akutagawa, Ph.D., Kobe University, Japan

W. F. Chen, Ph.D., P.E., University of Hawaii

M. Dolezalova, Dolexpert-Geotechnika, Czech Republic

Patrick Fox, Ph.D., P.E., Ohio State University

W. D. Liam Finn, University of British Columbia, Canada

K. L. Fishman, Ph.D., McMahon & Mann Consulting Engineers

T. Hueckel, Duke University

Z. Mroz, Institute of Fundamental Technology Research, Poland

P. Papanastasiou, University of Cyprus

W. G. Pariseau, University of Utah

D. Potts, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London

J. M. Roesset, Ph.D., P.E., Texas A&M University

R. Salgado, Ph.D., Purdue University

O. C. Zienkiewicz, P.E., University of Wales, U.K.

Advisory Board

A. Asaoka, Nagoya University, Japan

P. K. Banerjee, State University of New York

G. Barla, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

P. K. Basudhar, Indian Institute of Technology, India

K. J. Bathe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

R. Bathurst, Royal Military College of Canada

Z. P. Bazant, Ph.D., S.E., Northwestern University

G. Biscontin, Texas A&M University

C. Boutin, Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’Etat, France

Y. K. Chow, P.E., National University of Singapore, Singapore

John T. Christian, Consulting Engineer

R. O. Davis, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

E. C. Drumm, P.E., University of Tennessee

H. J. Eisen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

D. Elsworth, Pennsylvania State University

G. Gambolati, Universita deglu Studi, Italy

A. Gens, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

J. Han, P.E., The University of Kansas

M. Huang, Tongji University, China

J. Isenberg, Weidlinger Associates

D. R. Katti, North Dakota State University

N. Khalili, University of New South Wales, Australia

R. Katzenbach, Technical University, Germany

P. V. Lade, Ph.D., Catholic University of America

C. A. Lauro Vargas, Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil

M. R. Madhav, JNT University, India

H. B. Mühlhaus, University of Queensland, Australia

B. Muhunthan, P.E., Washington State University

Y. M. Najjar, P.E., Kansas State University

F. Oka, Kyoto University, Japan

C. O'Sullivan, Imperial College, U.K.

M. Pastor, Centro de Estudios y Exp. De Obras Publicas --CETA, Spain

D. Penumadu, University of Tennessee

J. Pestana-Nascimento, P.E., University of California, Berkeley

M. E. Plesha, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

J. H. Prevost, Ph.D., Princeton University

M. F. Randolph, University of Western Australia, Australia

M. P. Romo, Instituo de Ingenieria, UNAM, Mexico

A. Scarpas, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands

C. Schwartz, University of Maryland

H. F. Schweiger, Graz University of Technology, Austria

A. P. S. Selvadurai, P.E., McGill University, Canada

J. F. Semblat, Laboratoire Nationalé des Ponts et Chaussees, France

K. G. Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology, India

T. Shiomi, Takenaka Corporation, Japan

D. Smith, University of Melbourne, Australia

J. Sulem, CERMES - Institut Navier, France

H. R. Thomas, Cardiff University, U.K.

K. Ugai, Gunma University, Japan

L. Vulliet, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

Q. Yang, Tsinghua University, China

H. S. Yu, University of Nottingham, U.K.

The Geo-Institute Board of Governors:

Arthur G. Hoffmann, Jr., P.E., M.ASCE, President 
Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Vice-President
Edward Kavazanjian, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., L.S., M.ASCE, Treasurer
John E. Anderson, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., M.ASCE, Past President
Craig H. Benson, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Philip G. King, P.E., F.ASCE
Larry P. Jedele, P.E., M.ASCE
Jay A. Padgett, Jr., P.E., F.ASCE
Carol W. Bowers, P.G., CAE, Secretary 

Cosponsored by the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG)