| Editorial. H. R. Thomas | 1 |
| Instabilities on moraine slopes induced by loss of suction: a case history S. M. Springman, C. Jommi and P. Teysseire | 3 |
| The influence of partial soil saturation on pile behaviour. K. Georgiadis, D. M. Potts and L. Zdravkovic | 11 |
| Mechanical behaviour of heavily compacted bentonite under high suction changes. A. Lloret, M. V. Villar, M. Sànchez, A. Gens, X. Pintado and E. E. Alonso | 27 |
| Coupling of hydraulic hysteresis and stress–strain behaviour in unsaturated soils. S. J. Wheeler, R. S. Sharma M. S. R. Buisson | 41 |
| The vadose zone soil-water balance and transpiration rates of vegetation. G. E. Blight | 55 |
| Suction effects on a compacted clay under non-isothermal conditions. E. Romero, A. Gens and A. Lloret | 65 |
| Retention and transport of a hydrocarbon in a silt. Y. J. Cui, P. Delage and P. Alzoghbi | 83 |
| Critical-state parameters for an unsaturated residual sandy clay. D. G. Toll and B. H. Ong | 93 |
| Modelling the variation of degree of saturation in a deformable unsaturated soil. D. Gallipoli, S. J. Wheeler and M. Karstunen | 105 |
| Elastic-plastic modelling of unsaturated soil using results from a new triaxial test with controlled suction. J. A. Blatz and J. Graham | 113 |
| An elasto-plastic model for unsaturated soil incorporating the effects of suction and degree of saturation on mechanical behaviour. D. Gallipoli, A. Gens, R. Sharma and J. Vaunat | 123 |
| Technical note |
| Calibration of tensiometer for direct measurement of matric suction. A. Tarantino and L. Mongiovì | 137 |
| Performance of an unsaturated expansive soil slope subjected to artificial rainfall infiltration. C. W. W. Ng, L. T. Zhan, C. G. Bao, D. G. Fredlund and B. W. Gong | 143 |
| Tensiometer saturation and the reliable measurement of soil suction. W. A. Take and M. D. Bolton | 159 |
| Total suction measurement of unsaturated soils with a device using the chilled-mirror dew-point technique. E.-C. Leong, S. Tripathy and H. Rahardjo | 173 |
| The mechanical behaviour of a reconstituted unsaturated silty clay. M. R. Cunningham, A. M. Ridley, K. Dineen and J. B. Burland | 183 |
| Micromechanical considerations of unsaturated pyramidal packing. F. Molenkamp and A. H. Nazemi | 195 |
| Water infiltration into a large-scale in situ experiment in an underground research laboratory. H. R. Thomas, P. J. Cleall, N. Chandler, D. Dixon and H. P. Mitchell | 207 |
| Patterns and mechanisms of migration of light non-aqueous phase liquid in an unsaturated sand. R. S. Sharma and M. H. A. Mohamed | 225 |
| Soil matrix suction: some examples of its measurement and application in geotechnical engineering. A. M. Ridley, K. Dineen, J. B. Burland and P. R. Vaughan | 241 |
| Interactions between two rough spheres, water bridge and water vapour. F. Molenkamp and A. H. Nazemi | 255 |
| Observations on the behaviour of clay fill containing occluded air bubbles. P. R. Vaughan | 265 |
| Technical notes |
| Effective stress in unsaturated soil: a microstructural analysis. X. S. Li | 273 |
| Assessment of statistical models for indirect determination of permeability functions from soil–water characteristic curves. S. S. Agus, E. C. Leong and T. Schanz | 279 |
| Shallow flowslides triggered by intense rainfalls on natural slopes covered by loose unsaturated pyroclastic soils. L. Olivares and L. Picarelli | 283 |
| Suction effects on rockfill compressibility. L. A. Oldecop and E. E. Alonso | 289 |
| A practical hysteresis model for the soil–water characteristic curve for soils with negligible volume change. H. Q. Pham, D. G. Fredlund and S. L. Barbour | 293 |
| Editorial. G. T. Houlsby | 299 |
| Piled rafts in overconsolidated clay: comparison of in situ measurements and numerical analyses. O. Reul and M. F. Randolph | 301 |
| PSD measurement using the single particle optical sizing (SPOS) method. D. J. White | 317 |
| Mobilised strength components in brittle failure of rock. V. Hajiabdolmajid, P. Kaiser and C. D. Martin | 327 |
| Source near-field effects and pulse tests in soil samples. M. Arroyo, D. Muir Wood and P. D. Greening | 337 |
| Seismic bearing capacity of foundations on slopes. J. Kumar and V. B. K. Mohan Rao | 347 |
| Technical note |
| Seismic bearing capacity of rough footings on slopes using limit equilibrium. J. Kumar and N. Kumar | 361 |
| Discussion |
| Monitoring sedimentation of a clay slurry. J. Blewett, W. J. McCarter, T. M. Chrisp and G. Starrs | 370 |
| On the application of the Hiley formula in driving long piles. T. Triantafyllidis | 373 |
| Generalised framework of limit equilibrium methods for slope stability analysis. D. Y. Zhu, C. F. Lee and H. D. Jiang | 377 |
| Proposal for a new plasticity chart. E. Polidori | 397 |
| A state-dependent multi-mechanism model for sands. H. L. Fang | 407 |
| The middle surface concept and its application to the elasto-plastic behaviour of saturated sands. Y. Yang and K. K. Muraleetharan | 421 |
| Technical Notes |
| A simple non-associated three surface kinematic hardening model. G. R. McDowell and K. W. Hau | 433 |
| Assessment of strength development in cement-admixed high water content clays with Abrams’ law as a basis. S. Horpibulsuk, N. Miura and T. S. Nagaraj | 439 |
| On the plastic hardening of sand. G. R. McDowell, Y. Nakata and M. Hyodo | 349 |
| Discussion |
| Seismic bearing capacity factors for spread foundation. J. Kumar and V. B. K. Mohan Rao | 445 |
| Soil consolidation associated with grouting during shield tunnelling in soft clayey ground. K. Komiya, K. Soga, H. Agaki, M. R. Jafari and M. D. Bolton | 447 |
| Swelling pressure of sodium montmorillonites. A. Sridharan and D. Choudhury | 449 |
| Relationship between K0 and overconsolidation ratio: a theoretical approach. V. Sivakumar, I. G. Doran, J. Graham and T. Navaneethan | 450 |
| Small-strain stiffness and damping ratio of Pisa clay from surface wave tests S. Foti | 455 |
| Stability of seismically loaded slopes using limit analysis D. Loukidis, P. Bandini and R. Salgado | 463 |
| Modelling the osmosis effect on solute migration through porous media M. Manassero and A. Dominijanni | 481 |
| Isotropic yielding in an artificially cemented soil cured under stress G. V. Rotta, N. C. Consoli, P. D. M. Prietto, M. R. Coop and J. Graham | 493 |
| Reduction of equipment-generated damping in resonant column measurements J. Meng and G. J. Rix | 503 |
| Technical note |
| Undrained bearing capacity factors for conical footings on clay G. T. Houlsby and C. M. Martin | 513 |
| Discussion |
| Failure mechanism of the Aznalcóllar Dam, Seville, Spain C. Olalla and V. Cuellar | 521 |
| Dynamic thermo-poro-mechanical analysis of catastrophic landslides I. Vardoulakis | 523 |
| Analysis of laterally loaded pile groups using a variational approach W. Y. Shen and C. I. Teh | 525 |
| Géotechnique Reviewers | 527 |
| PhD Theses: 2002 | 528 |
| 42nd Rankine Lecture: Numerical analysis: a virtual dream or practical reality? D. M. Potts | 533 |
| Effect of strength non-homogeneity on the shape of failure envelopes for combined loading of strip and circular foundations on clay S. Gourvenec and M. Randolph | 575 |
| Characteristics of stress waves recorded in small-scale field blast tests on a layered rock–soil site C. Wu, H. Hao, Y. Lu and Y. Zhou | 587 |
| Technical note |
| Deviation for Darcy's law observed in one-dimensional consolidation S. Hansbo | 601 |
| Discussion |
| A thermomechanical analysis of a family of soil models I. F. Collins and P. A. Kelly | 606 |
| On the relationship between stress–dilatancy, anisotropy, and plastic dissipation for granular materials I. F. Collins and B. Muhunthan | 611 |
| Soil deformation measurement using particle image velocimetry (PIV) and photogrammetry D. J. White, W. A. Take and M. D. Bolton | 619 |
| Discrete element simulation of crushable soil Y. P. Cheng, Y. Nakata and M. D. Bolton | 633 |
| Estimation of active earth pressure against rigid retaining walls considering arching effects K. H. Paik and R. Salgado | 643 |
| Experimental study of boundary effects in dynamic centrifuge modelling B. Teymur and S. P. G. Madabhushi | 655 |
| Technical Notes |
| In situ sampling of sediment-filled fractures S. J. Kemp, J. M. Pearce and D. Oates | 665 |
| Residual strength of clays and correlations using Atterberg limits L. D. Wesley | 669 |
| Determination of the coefficient of consolidation using a least squares method A. H. C. Chan | 673 |
| Analysis and assessment of sampling disturbance of soft sensitive clays T. S. Nagaraj, N. Miura, S. G. Chung and K. Nagendra Prasad | 679 |
| Discussion |
| Three-dimensional modelling of NATM tunnelling in decomposed granite soil J. H. Shin, D. M. Potts and L. Zdravkovic | 685 |
| Book reviews | 688 |
| Effects of long-term pre-loading on the performance of a footing on clay B. M. Lehane and R. J. Jardine | 689 |
| Upper-bound solution for seismic bearing capacity of shallow foundations near slopes F. Askari and O. Farzaneh | 697 |
| Elastic response of circular footings embedded in a non-homogeneous half-space J. P. Doherty and A. J. Deeks | 703 |
| Behaviour of calcareous soils in undrained cyclic simple shear X. Mao and M. Fahey | 715 |
| Modelling of natural soft clay destruction processes using viscoplasticity theory G. Rocchi, M. Fontana and M. Da Prat | 729 |
| Permeability of a bentonite–crushed granite rock mixture using different experimental techniques C. Mata and A. Ledesma | 747 |
| Technical note |
| The two-dimensional consolidation theory of electro-osmosis J. Q. Su and Z. Wang | 759 |
| Discussion |
| Strength variation in young reef limestones C. J. Burton, A. C. Waltham and S. J. McLaren | 764 |
| Displacements ahead of an advancing NATM tunnel in the London clay J. P. Van Der Berg, C. R. I. Clayton and D. B. Powell | 767 |
| Upper bound limit analysis of circular foundations on clay under general loading M. F. Randolph and A. M. Puzrin | 785 |
| Cavity expansion in cemented materials: structure degradation effects F. Schnaid and F. M. Mántaras | 797 |
| A state-dependent elasto-plastic model for saturated and unsaturated soils C. F. Chiu and C. W. W. Ng | 809 |
| Technical notes |
| Suction and strength in heavily compressed carbonate sand J. Atkinson and A. Nocilla | 831 |
| A hypothesis for mitigation of risk of liquefaction S. Pietruszczak, G. N. Pande and M. Oulapour | 833 |
| Discussion |
| Suction in compacted states A. Vatsala and B. R. Srinivasa Murthy | 839 |
| Influence of compaction procedure on the mechanical behaviour of an unsaturated compacted clay, Parts 1 and 2 V. Sivakumar and S. J. Wheeler | 842 |
| Erratum | 844 |
| Introduction for 43rd Rankine Lecture 19 march 2003 | 845 |
| Science and empiricism in pile foundation design M. F. Randolph | 847 |
| Uplift resistance of buried submarine pipelines: comparison between centrifuge modelling and full-scale tests A. C. Palmer, D. J. White, A. J. Baumgard, M. D. Bolton, A. J. Barefoot, M. Finch, T. Powell, A. S. Faranski and J. A. S. Baldry | 877 |
| Performance of miniature piezocones in thinly layered soils C. C. Hird, P. Johnson and G. C. Sills | 885 |
| Evaluation of continuous hyperplastic critical state (CHCS) model I. Einav and A. M. Puzrin | 901 |
| Technical note |
| Micromechanics of creep of granular materials G. R. McDowell | 915 |
| Contents of Volume 53 | 917 |
| Index to Volume 53 | 920 |
