1.

INTRODUCTION
1.1 GENERAL
1.2 CONSTITUTIVE MODELS AND GEOMECHANICS
1.3 MOTIVATION
1.4 AIM AND OBJECTIVES
1.5 ORGANISATION OF THESIS
2.A REVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING IN GEOMECHANICS
2.3 ADVANCED CONSTITUTIVE MODELS -STATIC APLICATION :A REVIEW
2.4 ADVANCED CONSTITUTIVE MODELS -DYNAMIC APLICATION :A
REVIEW
2.5 CASE STUDIES :A REVIEW
2.6 A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE REVIEW LITERATURE
2.7 THE PROPOSED STUDY
2.8 SUMMARY

FINITE ELEMENTS IN GEOMECHANICS

3.APPLICATION OF ADVANCED CONSTITUTIVE MODELS IN
GEOMECHANICS-STATIC APPLICATION

3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4. APPLICATION OF ADVANCED
CONSTITUTIVE MODELS IN
GEOMECHANICS-DYNAMIC APPLICATION
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
5.SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
REFERENCES
PUBLICATIONS FROM THE STUDY