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Sol Azur Hotel

International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering

Invitation and Preliminary Program 2nd Circular

March 24 - 26, 2008 Hammamet– Tunisia

http://www.enit.rnu.tn/fr/manifestations/icge08/index.html

Tunis - El Manar University National Engineering School of Tunis

Geotechnical Engineering Research Team

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14 24 - 26 MARCH 2008, HAMMAMET, TUNISIA

Conference Topics

Main Conference Topics Sessions 1 . SOIL IMPROVEMENT 1, 5

2 . SOIL BEHAVIOUR 4, 8, 11

3 . SESMIC RISK 2, 6, 9

4 . ROCK MECHANICS 3, 7, 10

Review of Technical Program

Date Time Sessions

24/03/2008

08.30 — 11.00 1

11.15 — 12.45 2

14.00 — 15.30 3

16.00 — 18.00 4

25/03/2008

08.00 — 10.45 5

11.15 — 12.45 6

14.00 — 15.30 7

16.00 — 18.00 8

08.00 — 09.30 9

10.00 — 11.30 10

11.30 — 13.00 11

26/03/2008

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CONTENTS

1. Invitation 2. Conference Committees 3. General Information 4. Addresses and Contacts 5. Technical Program 6. General Time Schedule 7. Review of Technical Program and Daily Time-Table 8. Preliminary Technical Program

2008

International Conference in Geotechnical Engineering

4 24 - 26 MARCH 2008, HAMMAMET, TUNISIA

INVITATION

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

Advisory Committee

You are cordially invited to attend the International Conference on Geotechni-cal Engineering (ICGE) which will be held at Hotel Royal Azur in Hamma-met, Tunisia on 24 - 26 March 2008. The conference is organised by URIG (Unité de Recherche Ingénierie Géotechnique). The ICGE08 represents a nice occasion to address recent research advances, especially in Soil Behavior, Soil Improvement, Rock Mechanics and Seismic Risk. Participants in this event, from more than 28 countries, are awaited to animate an outstanting scientific debate. Several institutions will contribute in the success of ICGE08. Particulary Sponsors, and members of organising, technical and scientific committees, managed substantial and appreciated efforts. Welcome to Tunisia (Hammamet) and thanks for your interest in attending ICGE08.

Mounir BOUASSIDA (ISSMGE —Vice President for Africa - Chairman) Nejla BOUDEN ROMDHANE (URIG - Tunisia) Foued KANOUN (Tunisia) Issam SHAHROUR (Lille University, France) Pedro E Seco PINTO (President, ISSMGE - Portugal) Neil TAYLOR (Secretary General, ISSMGE - UK) William Van IMPE (Former President, ISSMGE - Belgium) Waldemar HACHICH (ISSMGE —Vice President for South America - Brazil) John SEYCHUK (ISSMGE —Vice President for North America - Canada) John CARTER (ISSMGE —Vice President for Australasia - Australia) Roger FRANK (ISSMGE —Vice President for Europe - France) Madhira MADHAV (ISSMGE —Vice President for Asia - India) Osamue KUSAKABE (ISSMGE —Appointed Member - Japan) Michael LISYUK (ISSMGE —Appointed Member - Russia)

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Session 10. ROCK MECHANICS

Etude de la stabilité des pentes par simulation par champs aléatoires. M. Selmi, M. Ltifi & H. Hassis (Tunisie) Dynamic Response of Tunnels under Seismic Loading in the Jointed Rock Media. M. Nikkhah (Iran) Blast induced vibrations analysis versus in situ rock mass structure. H. Gasmi, E. Hamdi, N. Bouden Romd-hane (Tunisia). Detemination of stability slope and safety factor of up and down stream of Shiyan earth dam (kermanshah pro-vince_iran) with a new combined seis-mic geotechnical method. A. A. Sha-hri, N. Mirzaei & M. Goudarzi (Iran) An empirical equation of predicting residual strength of landslide soils in East Asia from the mineralogical com-position. S. Nakamura, S. Gibo, K. Egashira (Japan) Session 11. SOIL BEHAVIOR AND

FOUNDATIONS

Laboratory tests and in-situ measure-ments investigating the stress strain behavior of overconsolidated soil. E.D. Hornig (Germany) Effect of Fluctuation of Water Table on The Compressibility of Gypseous Soils. N.K.S. Al-Saoudi, O. H. Fakhri (Iraq) & M. R. El Ouni (Tunisia) Stabilisation des argiles gonflantes de la région d’Oran par ajout de sable. L. Bengraa, A. Hachichi, A. Benaissa, S.A. Bourokba (Algérie)

Prediction of the axial bearing capacity of piles by five-Cone Penetration Test based design methods. N. R. El-Sakhawy, K. M. Youssef, R. A. E. Badawy (Egypt) Geotechnical Properties of Two Gra-nulated Blast Furnace Slag Materials. B. C. O’Kelly (Ireland) On the use of peat dams in the conservation of bog land. B. C. O’Kelly (Ireland) Effet de la présence d’une couche mince moins perméable sur la stabilité du fond de fouille. N.Tebbal , N. Ben-mebarek, Z. Rahmouni (Algérie)

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Attila ANSAL (Bogazici University - Turkey) Jean Pierre BARDET (USC - USA) Djillali BENOUAR (USTHB - Algeria) Mounir BOUASSIDA (URIG - Tunisia) Nejla BOUDEN ROMDHANE (URIG - Tunisia) Roger COJEAN (ENSMP - France) Braja M. DAS (Nevada, USA) Jean du MOUZA (ENSMP - France) Patrick de BUHAN (ENPC - France) Hédi SELLAMI (ENSMP - France) Jean Marc DEBATS (Vibroflotation Europe - France) Foued KANOUN (PRT - Tunisia) Pierre MECHLER (Paris 6 University - France) Mohammad MOKHTARI (IIEES - Iran) Ali PORBAHA (CSUS, USA) Issam SHAHROUR (Lille University, France) Michel DUCHENE (ENSMP - France) Bob HOLTZ (Seattle University, USA) Yasuo TANAKA (Kobe University, Japan) Cavit ATALAR (Near East University, North Cyprus)

Essaieb HAMDI (Chairman) Belgacem JELLALI (URIG) Lassaad HAZZAR (URIG) Fakhr TOUNEKTI (URIG) Samia BOUSSETTA (URIG) Wissem FRIKHA (URIG) Abdelkader AMMERI (URIG) Sameh ANIBI (URIG)

Scientific Committee

Organizing Committee

6 24 - 26 MARCH 2008, HAMMAMET, TUNISIA

GENERAL INFORMATION Registration

All participations including authors, are asked to register as soon as possible, but preferably before 15 March 2008. For this purpose, please use one of the following possibilities:

• E-Mail: complete the registration Form fto be downloaded from the Conference Web site (Downloads) and send it as attached file to

essaieb.hamdi@enit.rnu.tn • Fax: complete the registration Form included in this Bulletin and fax it to

+216 71 871 476 • Mail: complete the registration Form included in this Bulletin and mail it

to: ENIT (URIG), B.P. 37 - Le Belvédère, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia Please use only one of the above choices to avoid duplication Full payment by credit Card or bank transfer should be included together with the registration. In case of bank transfer, please send a copy of the bank transfer order by fax or post. At least one author of each paper should register before the 15 March 2008 dea-

Conference fees

The registration Fee includes Conference Materials (Final Program, Printed Proceedings, List of Participants), Coffee breaks, Buffet lunches and Welcome Reception.

Registration before January 15th 2008

ISSMGE, ISRM & IAGE 300 €

Regular participants 400 €

Students 200 €

ISSMGE, ISRM & IAGE 350 €

Regular participants 450 €

Registration after January 15th 2008

Students 250 €

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Session 7. ROCK MECHANICS

Rate of Ground Settlement due to Shield Tunneling. Y. S. Fang & M.T. Chien (Taiwan) Experimental Investigation of Parallel Influence of Surface Roughness and Infill Material on the Peak and Resi-dual Shear Strength of Natural Rock Joints. M. Z. Naghadehi, S. R. Torabi, R. Khalokakaie, S. E. Jalali (Iran) The Application of Drilling Process Monitoring in Slope Characterization Considering the Effect of Different Drill Systems to drill parameters. Z.Q. Yue, J. Chen & W. Gao (China) Automatic Drilling Process Monitoring (DPM) for the exploration of geologi-cal spatial distribution from borehole in site investigation. Z.Q. Yue, W. Gao & J. Chen (China) Geotechnical schemes for constructing light structures on Instable slopes (Case study Noabad, Mazandaran-Iran). F. Farrokhzad & A.J.Z. Choobbasti (Iran)

Session 8. SOIL BEHAVIOR AND FOUNDATIONS

Fiabilité des fondations superficielles à partir de l’essai SPT. L. Rouaski & S. Belkacemi (Algérie) Influence du degré de saturation sur le potentiel de liquéfaction d’un sable. A. Arab (Algérie, France), I. Shahrour (France), S. Hamoudi (Algérie), L. Lancelot (France), H. Khellafi (Algérie)

Shallow anchor foundation for transmission towers. S. Koprivica (Serbia) Evaluation of the Behavior Shireenda-reh dam during construction and first stage impounding. M. Nikkhah (Iran) Phénomène de la consolidation des sols peu cohérents sous l’action de l’explo-sion. M. S. Diane & S. Diane (Guinée) Determination of leakage (seepage) quantity and content from the body of Shiyan earth dam (kermanshah pro-vince, Iiran) with a combined drawing method. A. A. Shahri, N. A. Mirzaei & M. Goudarzi (Iran) Foundation investigation and design, highway embankment culverts, high-way 101 realignment. F. Saihi (Tunisia) & D. Becker (Canada)

Session 9. ANALYSIS AND MANA-

GEMENT OF SEISMIC RISK

Seismic topographic site effect analysis - Application to the Sidi Kacem JLIZI historical building. A.Gouissem, B. Miled, E. Hamdi & N. Bouden Romdhane (Tunisia) Thrust Forces on Joint of Buried Pipe due to Liquefaction of Ground. Y. Ta-naka (Japan) Multi Linear Regression model for prediction of liquefaction. S. R. Pathak & B. Raviraj (India) Influence de la topographie dans l’esti-mation de la fréquence naturelle d’un site. J-S. Castelan & M. Karray

10 24 - 26 MARCH 2008, HAMMAMET, TUNISIA

Session 4. SOIL BEHAVIOR AND FOUNDATIONS

Unconsolidated Soils of Nicosia, Cy-prus. C. Atalar (North Cyprus). Braja M. Das (USA) Teneur en eau, densité sèche et gonflement des sols argileux. A. Djedid & N. Ouadah (Algérie) Limit analysis approach for passive earth pressure determination in three-dimensional conditions. H. Vrecl-kojc (Slovenia) Appreciation about flexural rigidity on pile behaviour submitted to horizontal load and performed in Brazilian tropical soil. M. A. De Almeida & M. G. Miguel (Brazil) Geotechnical study of Tunis ground by the in situ tests. S. Anibi & N. Bouden Romdhane (Tunisia) The effect of densified zones around piles on the bearing capacity of pile group. M. M. Shahin (Libya) Etude expérimentale de l’effet du vieil-lissement sur les caractéristiques d’un limon argileux compacté. M. Ltifi (Tunisie) & J. P. Tisot (France)

Session 5. SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Ultimate load of reinforced soils by floating columns. A. Porbaha (USA), M. Bouassida & B. Jellali (Tunisia) Contrôle géotechnique des colonnes ballastées. H. Bendadouche & S. Lazizi (Algérie)

Reinforcing clay with fly ash and ran-domly distributed polyester fibers. A. Kumar & J. Singh (India) Analyse des tassements de silos fondés sur des sols compressibles renforcés par des colonnes ballastées : cas de la zone portuaire de Béjaia. R. Bahar & O. Sadaoui (Algérie). Control of deep compaction using to-mographic surface wave testing for the Peribonka dam foundation. M. Karray & G. Lefebvre (Canada) Session 6. ANALYSIS AND MANA-

GEMENT OF SEISMIC RISK

Evaluation sismique du bâti existant par la méthode pushover. M. Belgas-mia & S. Belgasmia (Algérie) Seismic Analysis of Embankment Dam with Reinforced Cohesive shell. R. Noorzad & M. Omidvar (Iran) Seismic Behavior of Inclined Micropi-les. R. Noorzad and G.R. Saghaee (Iran) Seismic vulnerability of the school and hospital buildings of the city of Tunis. A. Khalfet & N. Bouden Romdhane (Tunisia) Seismic risk assessment for the basin of Tunis with a GIS-Based loss estimation program: Hazus. A.Ksentini & N.Bouden Romdhane (Tunisia)

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Official languages

Official languages of the Conference are English and French. Written and oral contributions will be accepted both in French and English.

Information about Hotel Sol Azur

Hotel Sol Azur is a four star hotel located in the Hammamet Town. All of the 100 rooms have their own bathroom. In addition, the rooms include a TV-set with satellite receiver and a telephone. The Hotel offers 2 restaurants, an indoor swimming pool, a fitness centre, sauna, solarium and gift shop. More information is available in the web site : www.tunisia-orangers.com.

Arrivals, Conference Registration and Conference It is assumed that Conference participants will arrive on 23 March 2008. Official check-in at Hotel Sol Azur will start at 14:00. Registration will take place on 23 March between 14.00-20.00 and on 24 March between 8.00-13.00. All payments registration and hotel accommodation should be made only at the Conference Office (not at the Hotel Reception!). Credit Cards will be honoured. Cheques, however, will be accepted. Nearby bank services are available on weekdays.

Important deadlines Submission of full text 15 November 2007

Acceptance of papers 31 January 2008

Registration at standard fee 15 February 2008

Conference 24-26 March 2008

VISA

An entry visa to Tunisia is necessary for citizens of some countries. Official letters of invitation designed to help overcome administrative difficulties in certain coun-tries will be sent on request. It must be understood that such letters can not guarant any financial support. Request should be made to Ms Samia BOUSSETTA e-mail: samia.boussetta@enit.rnu.tn should include the participant’s full mailing address and fax number.

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CONTACTS

Dr. Essaïeb HAMDI Unité de Recherche Ingénierie Géotechnique

Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis B.P. 37 - Le Belvédère,

1002 Tunis - Tunisia Phone/Fax : +216 71 87 14 76

E-mail: essaieb.hamdi@enit.rnu.tn

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Goals

The major aims of the Conference are to present new research works from the domain of Geotechnical Engineering and to explore new areas for future co-operation. The Conference is opened to participants from research institutes, higher education, industry and other similarly involved persons.

Main Conference Topics

1. SOIL IMPROVEMENT

2. SOIL BEHAVIOUR

3. SEISMIC RISK

4. ROCK MECHANICS

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PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Session 1. SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Soil improvement using electroosmosis with the injection of chemical solu-tions. Chang Y. O & Shao-C. C (Taiwan) Ultimate bearing capacity of eccentri-cally loaded strip foundations on geo-grid-reinforced soil. Braja M. Das (USA), C. R. Patra (India), C. Atalar (North Cyprus) & E. C. Shin (korea) Etude du renforcement du sol de fon-dation d’un réservoir pétrolier au port de Béjaïa. D. Boumezerane, A. Brara, M. Zerari , M. Abdous, A. Merabet (Algérie) Decrease of disaster caused by lique-faction using the stone column. N. R. Malidareh, A. Janalizadeh (Iran) Stability analysis of an embankment on a soil reinforced by columns. B. Jellali, M. Bouassida (Tunisia), P. de Buhan (France) Session 2. ANALYSIS AND MANA-

GEMENT OF SEISMIC RISK

Cas d’étude sur la liquéfaction : Raffinerie de sucre à Bejaia. H. Ben-Dadouche, S. Lazizi (Algérie) Evaluation of the reduction factor from new approaches of seismic design. M. Zoutat, M. Mekki, S.M. Elachachi, M. Bensafi (Algérie)

Estimation des effets non linéaires sous chargement sismique par l’utili-sation du coefficient de réduction. M. Mekki, M. Zoutat, S. M. Elachachi, D. Nedjar (Algérie) Response of selected soil profiles under harmonic and recorded motions. S. Ciliz & M. Y. Özkan (Turkey) Numerical simulation of impedance functions and their effect on the dyna-mic response of Towers. A. Jendoubi, M. Karray, F. Legeron (Canada) Dynamic analysis of Mamloo earth dam. N.Latifi & A. J. Zadeh (Iran)

Session 3. ROCK MECHANICS

Prediction of subsurface soil layers using artificial neural network. F. Far-rokhzad & A.J.Z. Choobbasti (Iran) Prediction of slope stability using arti-ficial neural network. F. Farrokhzad & A.J.Z. Choobbasti (Iran) Side walls block stability assessment in tunnelling. O. Zemni, E. Hamdi & N. Bouden Romdhane (Tunisia), F. Hadj Hassen, M. Tijani, A. Rouabhi (France) Mitigation of Savadkoh landslide using non-woven geosynthetic. A. Ba-rari, A. Janalizadeh, H.Mohammadi (Iran) Simulation et Modélisation numérique de la stabilité de pentes. S. Belgasmia & M. Belgasmia (Algérie)