Table of Contents

• Constitutive modelling and numerical implementation
• Numerical algorithms and theoretical aspects
• Finite element, discrete element and other numerical methods. Coupling of diverse methods
• Reliability and probability analysis
• Large deformation – large strain analysis
• Artificial intelligence and neural networks
• Ground flow, thermal and coupled analysis
• Unsaturated soil mechanics
• Earthquake engineering, soil dynamics and soil-structure interactions
• Rock mechanics

About the Author

António S. Cardoso, José L. Borges, Pedro A. Costa, António T. Gomes, José C. Marques & Castorina S. Vieira work at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.