Vol. 56 No. 9 CONTENTS
Special Issue on
Rock Mechanics
General Paper

Special Issue on Rock Mechanics (Vol.56 No.9)

Foreword

Y.Ohnishi

789

Original Paper (Vol.56 No.9)

Triaxial-Compression Testing Method Developed for Small Rock Specimens

Kimihiro HASHIBA, Xiujun GAO, Seisuke OKUBO and Katsunori FUKUI

790

Estimating the Influence of Surface Characteristics of Rock Joint on Shear Behavior and Coupled Shear-Flow Characteristics

Yuijing Jiang, Ryosuke Saho, Yusuke Tasaku, Bo Li and Yoshihiko Tanabashi

796

Properties of P-Wave Propagation in Granite with Changes in Temperature and Humidity

Yoshitaka NARA and Katsuhiko KANEKO

803

Change in Behavior of Uniaxial Compression due to Degradation of Salt Water and Freezing and Thawing for Rock

Kiyohito YAMAMOTO, Akira KOBAYASHI and Shigeyasu AOYAMA

809

Monitoring of Pore Pressure Response during Cavern Excavation in Soft Rock and Numerical Discussion on Its Mechanism

Atsunori TOMITA,Seiji MORIKAWA,Kazuto TABEI,Suguru SHIRASAGI,Takahito EBINA,Kiyoshi KISHIDA and Toshihisa ADACHI

813

A Study on the Methodology of Estimating the Rock Classification with the Seismic Exploration in Mountain Tunnel Construction Projects

Hiroyasu OHTSU, Kazuo SAKAI and Nobusuke HASEGAWA

820

Monitoring of Groundwater Behavior with the Rainfall on a Rock Slope by Combination Geophysical Prospecting

Makoto NAKAMURA and Harushige KUSUMI

828

Analytical Evaluation of Slope Failure Location Using ASTER Image Data

Harushige KUSUMI, Hiroshi WATANABE and Yu MORIMOTO

833

Estimation of the Tilt Variations Influenced by Snow-Removal and Rainfall -Application of Load Test and Tank Model-

Takeshi SHIMIZU, Kyosuke ONISHI, Toshifumi MATSUOKA, Masato FUJITA and Masaki TAKAHASHI

839

Tow-Dimensional Simulation Analysis of Rock Slope Failure by DEM Using Bonding Force between Particles

Satoshi OHTSUKI, Harushige KUSUMI and Toshifumi MATSUOKA

846

Coupled Diffusion and Seepage Problem in Porous Media

Yasuaki ICHIKAWA, Jung-Hae CHOI and Byung-Cheol KIM

851

Effect of Geotechnical Risks on Project Investment Evaluation

Hiroyasu OHTSU, Yutaka SAKAI and Yoshiki ONOI

858


General Paper (Vol.56 No.9)

Original Paper (Vol.56 No.9)

Reaction Kinetics of a Heterogeneous Vapor Phase Reaction between Cellulosic Materials and Maleic Anhydride

Yoriko IWAMOTO, Takafumi ITOH, Narihiro YUKI, Ryuji KONISHI and Kazuya MINATO

867

Effect of Compound-Layer Elimination and Introducing Compressive Residual Stress by FPB Treatment on Fatigue Properties of Plasma-Carburized Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

Tatsuro MORITA, Takayuki OHTOMO, Chuji KAGAYA, Shinichi TANAKA and Noriyoshi TSUJI

872

Low-Temperature Growth of GaAs Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy Using TEGa and TBAs

Keiji HIDAKA, Takashi HIRAMATSU, Yoshikazu TERAI, Osamu ERYU, and Yasufumi FUJIWARA

880

Lecture (Vol.56 No.9)

The Frontier of Risk-Based Engineering X:Materials and Risk-Based Engineering

Koichi YAGI

886