Publications

The following is a partial list of scientific and engineering publications authored by ICO members.

Marshall, A.M., Knight, M.A., and Duyvestyn, G. (2001) "Laboratory Investigation into Surface Movements due to Near Surface Horizontal Pressurised Bores," Proceedings of North American No-Dig 2001, Nashville, Tennessee, April 1-4, 2001. 

Klar, A., and S. Frydman. (2001) "3D formulation for dynamic lateral soil pile interaction using 2D FLAC," in FLAC and numerical modeling in geomechanics - 2001 (2nd International FLAC Conference, Lyon, France, October 2001), pp. 71-77.

Klar, A. and Frydman, S. (2002) “Three-dimensional analysis of lateral pile response using two-dimensional explicit numerical scheme,” J. Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engng., ASCE, Vol. 128(9), pp. 775-784.

Cohen, S. Klar, A. and Frydman, S. (2003) “The behavior of driven piles in sand – hydraulic gradient and numerical models,” Physical modeling in geotechnical engineering, Vol. 3, pp. 43-58.

Marshall, A.M. and Knight, M.A. (2003) "Surface Deformations due to Near Surface Horizontal Bores – A Laboratory and Numerical Investigation," Proceedings of 31st Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, June 4-7, 2003.

Klar, A., and I. Einav. (2003) "Pile installation using FLAC," in FLAC and numerical modeling in geomechanics - 2003. Proceedings of the 3rd International FLAC Symposium, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, October 2003, pp. 273-278.

Einav, I. and Klar, A. (2003) “An approach for nonlinear contact surface analysis and application to pile installation,” BGA International Conference on Foundations, Dundee.

Klar, A., (2003) “End bearing capacity of driven piles,” Proc. 2nd Int. Young Geotechnical engineers' conference, Constanza-Mamaia, Romania

Klar, A., Baker, R. and Frydman, S. (2004) “Seismic soil-pile interaction in liquefiable soil,” Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering. Vol. 24(8), pp. 551-564.

Klar, A. Frydman, S. and Baker, R. (2004) “Seismic analysis of infinite pile group in liquefiable soil,” Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering, Vol. 24(8), pp. 565-575.

Einav, I. Klar, A., O'Loughlin, C. and Randolph, M. (2004) “Numerical modeling of dynamically penetrating arrow shaped anchors,” 18th Australasian conference of mechanics of structures and materials, Perth, Western Australia.

Paikowasky, S.G., Klar, I., and Chernauskas, L.R. (2004) "Performance evaluation of CFA vs. bentonite slurry drilled shafts utilizing drop weight testing," ASCE GeoSupport conference. Turner, J.P. and Mayne, P.W. (editors) 29-31 Jan 2004, Orlando.

Klar, A., Spasojevic, A.D. and Soga, K. (2004) “Continuum solution for lateral loading of large pile groups,” CUED/D-SOIL/TR 334, Cambridge University.

Klar, A., Vorster,  T.E.B., Soga, K. and Mair, R.J. (2004) “Soil-pipe interaction due to tunnelling: comparison between Winkler and elastic Continuum solutions,” CUED/D-SOIL/TR 332, Cambridge University.

Klar, A., Vorster,  T.E.B., Soga, K. and Mair, R.J. (2005) “Soil-pipe interaction due to tunnelling: comparison between Winkler and elastic continuum solutions,” Geotechnique, Vol. 55(6), pp.461-466.

Vorster, T.E.B., Klar A., Soga, K. and Mair, R.J. (2005) “Estimating the effects of tunneling on existing pipelines,” ASCE Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engng. Vol. 131(11), pp. 1399-1410.

Ghosh, B., Klar, A., Madabhushi S.P.G, (2005) “Modification of site response in presence of localised soft layer,” Journal of Earthquake engineering, Vol. 9(6), pp. 855–876.

Klar, A., Vorster, T.E.B., Soga, K. and Mair, R.J. (2005) “Continuum solution of soil-pipe-tunnel interaction including local failure,” 11th International conference of IACMAG, Torino, Italy. Vol. 2, pp. 687-694.

Klar, A. and Soga, K. (2005) “Coupled deformation-flow analysis for Methane hydrate Production by depressurized wells,” 3rd Biot conference on poromechanics, Oklahoma, USA. May 25-27, pp. 652-659.

Vorster, T.E.B., Mair, R.J., Soga, K. and Klar. A. (2005) “Centrifuge modelling of the effects of tunneling on buried pipelines: mechanisms observed,” 5th International symposium TC28, geotechnical aspects of underground construction in soft ground, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 327-333.

Klar, A., and Soga, K. (2005) “The effect of ground settlements on the axial response of piles: some closed form solutions,” CUED/D-SOIL/TR 341, Cambridge University.

Klar, A. Klein, J. and Klar, I. (2005) "Calculations for the gas pipelines in the expansive clay of Kiryat Gat," 4th National Conference for building and infrastructure (in Hebrew).

Klein, J., Klar, A. Klar, I. (2005) "Determination of the pre-stressed anchor load", 4th National Conference for building and infrastructure (in Hebrew)

Klar A. and Soga, K. (2006) "Mitigation of surface fault ruptures by use of "isolated" pipelines," ASCE Geotechnical special publication No. 152, pp. 425-432.

Klar. A., Bennett, P.J. Soga, K., Mair, R.J., Tester, P., Fernie. R. St. John, H. and Torp-Peterson, G. (2006) "Distributed strain measurement for pile foundations" ICE, Geotechnical engineering, Vol. 159(3), pp.134-144.

Klar, A. (2006) “The effect of tunnel buoyancy on ground surface settlements in elastic soil,” Electronic journal of geotechnical engineering, Vol. 11, bundle C.

Vorster, T.E.B., Mair, R.J, Soga, K., Klar, A. and Bennett, P.J. (2006) “using BOTDR fiber optic sensors to monitor pipeline behavior during tunneling,” 3rd European workshop on structural health monitoring, July 5-7, Granada, Spain, pp. 930-937.

Ng M.Y.A, Klar A., Soga, K., Takagi, K. and Okawa, K. (2006) "Physical and numerical modeling of horizontal gas-hydrate wells," the  6th International conference of physical modelling in geotechnics, HK. Vol. 2, pp. 1501-1506.

Avishur, M., Klar. A. and Frydman, S. (2006) "Hydraulic gradient models for study of seismic response of piles," the 6th International conference of physical modelling in geotechnics, HK. Vol. 2, pp. 975-978.

Vorster, T.E.B., Soga, K., Mair, R.J., Bennett, P.J., Klar, A., and Choy, C.K. (2006) "The use of fibre optic sensors to monitor pipeline behaviour," ASCE Geocongress 2006. pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1061/40803(187)33

Bennett, P.J, Klar, A., Vorster, T.E.B., Choy, C.K., Mohammed, H.B., Soga, K., Mair, R.J., Tester, P.D. and Fernie, R. (2006) "Distributed optical fibre strain sensing in piles" International conference on re-use of foundations for urban sites, Watford, UK, 2006, pp. 71-78.

Soga, K., Lee, S.L., Ng, M.Y.A. and Klar, A. (2006) "Characterisation and engineering properties of Methane hydrate soils," 2nd International workshop on characterisation and engineering properties of natural soils. Nov 29 - 1 Dec, Singapore, Hight and Lerouil (eds). Taylor & Francis Group. Vol. 4, pp. 2591-2642.

Klar, A. (2006) “Fiber optics laboratory in the civil engineering faculty,” Bein-Hakorot No. 9 (in Hebrew)

Klar, A. Vorster, T.E.B., Soga, K. and Mair, R.J. (2007) “Elasto-plastic solutions for soil-pipe tunnel interaction” ASCE Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engng. Vol. 133(7), pp. 782-792.

Klar, A., Osman, A. and Bolton, M. (2007) “2D and 3D upper bound solutions for tunnel excavation using “elastic” flow fields,” International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics, Vol. 31(12),  pp. 1367-1374.

Mohamad. H., Soga, K., Bennett, P.J., Klar, A. and Pellew, A. (2007) "Distributed optical fiber strain sensing in a secant piled wall," 7th International symposium on field measurements in geomechanics, ASCE, Boston, MA. September 24-27, pp. 1-12.

Klar, A. (2007) “Methane hydrate – the Fuel of the 3rd Millennium,” Bein-Hakorot No. 10 (in Hebrew)

Klar, A. (2007) "New energy based approach for solution of laterally loaded piles," 5th National Conference for Construction and infrastructure (in Hebrew).

Klar, A. Marshall, A.M., Soga, K. and Mair, R.J. (2008) “Tunneling effects on jointed pipeline,” Canadian journal of geotechnical engineering. Vol. 45(1), pp. 131-139

Klar, A. and Osman, A. (2008) "Continuous velocity field for the T-bar problem," International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics, Vol. 32(8), pp. 949-963

Klar, A. Marshall, A.M. (2008) "Shell versus beam representation of pipes in the evaluation of tunneling effects on pipelines," Tunnelling and underground space technology. Vol. 23(4), pp. 431-437

Klar, A. (2008) "Upper bound for cylinder movement using 'elastic' fields, and its possible application to pile deformation analysis," ASCE International journal of geomechanics, Vol. 8(2) pp. 162-167

Klar, A. and Osman, A.S, (2008) "Load-displacement solutions for piles and shallow foundations based on deformation fields and energy conservation," Geotechnique, in print,

Klar, A. and Randolph, M.F. (2008) "3D upper-bound and load-displacement solutions for laterally loaded piles in clays based on energy minimization," Geotechnique, in print.

Klar, A. and Sas, T. (2008) "Rational design of reinforced soil walls based on kinematic constraints," Proceedings of the second BGA international conference on foundations, ICOF2008. Brown M. J., Bransby M. F., Brennan A. J. and Knappett J. A. (Editors). IHS BRE Press. 24-27 Jun 2008, Dundee. pp. 719-728.

Klar. A. and Osman, A.S. (2008) "Predicting undrained displacements of piles under lateral loading," Proceedings of the second BGA international conference on foundations, ICOF2008. Brown M. J., Bransby M. F., Brennan A. J. and Knappett J. A. (Editors). IHS BRE Press. 24-27 Jun 2008, Dundee. pp. 395-402.

Leung, Y.F., Soga, K. and Klar, A. (2008) "Optimization analysis of pile length distribution of squared pile groups," Proceedings of the second BGA international conference on foundations, ICOF2008. Brown M. J., Bransby M. F., Brennan A. J. and Knappett J. A. (Editors). IHS BRE Press. 24-27 Jun 2008, Dundee. pp. 505-516.

Ng, M.Y.A.  Klar, A., and Soga, K. (2008) "J-integral based formulation for simulation of fracture propagation," First international FLAC/DEM symposium on numerical modeling, Minneapolis. Paper Accepted.

Ng, M.Y.A.  Klar, A., and Soga, K. (2008) "Analysis of Methane hydrate production in layered soil with coupled deformation-flow-thermal formulation," 2008 Offshore technology conference, Houston. Paper Accepted.

Kovler, K., Rabinovitch, O., Goldfeld, Y., Linker, R. and Klar, A. (2008) "Nano-and micro-devices for monitoring transportation structures and the development of smart and interactive concretes,"  Research report 556, National Building Research Institute, Technion.

Klar, A. and Linker, R. (2009) "Feasibility study of the automated detection and localization of underground tunnel excavation using Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer," SPIE conference on defense, security and sensing. 13-17 April 2009, Orlando. Abstract  submitted.