Papers of all past presidents and key persons
HTC-401: Papers of all past presidents and key persons
Donor: Past ISSMGE Presidents: Pedro Sêco e Pinto and Roger Frank
This set of papers was carefully selected to explore diversity and cover a wide spectrum, including contributions from Past Presidents and Key Persons who have passed away.
For the selection of the papers we had to make options, maybe you agree or disagree, but we ask for your indulgence.
Related to the Past Presidents and Key Persons, who are fortunately with us, some suggestions were offered, but the selected papers are authors' decision.
We would like to thank all the authors, Member Societies and Institutes, namely ISSMGE, BGA, GI and NGI, and colleagues for their support and contributions to Heritage Time Capsule (HTC).
To all of you our deep gratitude and our thanks for this adventure."
Pedro Sêco e Pinto and Roger Frank
Table of Contents
PART 1
| HTC-401-01 | Terzaghi, K. (1936). Relation between soil mechanics and foundation engineering. Presidential Address, Proceedings of the International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, June 22 to 26, pp. 13-18. Harvard Printing Office. |
| HTC-401-02 | Skempton, A.W. (1964). Long-Term Stability of Clay Slopes. Géotechnique, Vol. 14 No. 2 pp. 77–102, Thomas Telford Ltd. |
| HTC-401-03 | Casagrande, A. (1965). 2nd Terzaghi Lecture - Role of the “Calculated Risk” in Earthwork and Foundation Engineering. Journal of Soil Mechanics & Foundations Div - Proc. ASCE, July 1965, vol. 91, no. SM4, pp. 1-40 |
| HTC-401-04 | Bjerrum, L. (1967). Progressive failure in slopes of overconsolidated plastic clay and clay shales. Journal of Soil Mechanics & Foundations Div - Proc. ASCE, vol. 93, no. SM5, pp- 1-49 |
| HTC-401-05 | Peck, R.B. (1969). Deep Excavation and Tunneling in Soft Ground. State of the Art Report. Proceedings 7th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Mexico City, pp. 225-290. |
| HTC-401-06 | de Mello, V. (1971). The Standard Penetration Test. Proceedings of the 4th Panamerican Conference Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. San Juan, Puerto Rico, vol.1, pp.1-86. |
| HTC-401-07 | Kerisel, J. (1975). Old structures in relation to soil conditions. Géotechnique, Vol. 25 No. 3 pp. 433–481, Thomas Telford Ltd. |
| HTC-401-08 | Burland, J., Broms, B. and de Mello, V. (1977). Behaviour of foundations and structures. Proceedings 9th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Tokyo, State of-the-art Volume, pp.495-546. |
| HTC-401-09 | Peck, R.B. (1980). Where has All the Judgment Gone. The Fifth Laurits Bjerrum Memorial Lecture, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol.17, no.4, pp. 584-590. |
PART 2
| HTC-401-10 | Mitchell, J.K. (1981). Soil Improvement - State of the Art Report. Proceedings 10th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Stockholm, Vol. 4, pp. 509–565. |
| HTC-401-11 | Van Impe, W.F. and De Beer, E.E. (1984). A Contribution to the Analysis of Landslides in Quick Clays. Proc. IV International Symposium on Landslides, Sept. 16-21, 1984, Toronto, Canada (ISL 1984), Vol. 2, pp. 317-324; & Van Impe, W.F. (1984). Comments on Landslide Phenomena in Soft Sensitive Clays. Proc. IV International Symposium on Landslides, Sept. 16-21, 1984, Toronto, Canada (ISL 1984), Vol. 3, pp. 125-126. |
| HTC-401-12 | Burland, J.B. (1989). Nash Lecture: The teaching of soil mechanics - a personal view. Proc. 9th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 1987, Dublin, Balkema, Vol. 3, pp. 1427-1447. |
| HTC-401-13 | Zeevart, L. (1991). Seismosoil dynamics of foundations in Mexico City earthquake, September 19, 1985 (The twenty-third Karl Terzaghi Lecture), Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 117, no. 3, March, 1991, pp. 376- 428. |
| HTC-401-14 | Ishihara, K. (1993). Liquefaction and flow failure during earthquakes, Géotechnique, Vol. 43, no.3, pp. 351 – 415. |
| HTC-401-15 | Schlosser, F. (1997). Exposé sur le thème: Amélioration et renforcement des sols. Proc. 14th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Hamburg, Vol. 4., pp. 2445-2466. |
| HTC-401-16 | Tamez, E., Santoyo, E. & Ovando, E. (1997). Underexcavation of Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral and Sagrario Church. Proc. 14th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Hamburg, Vol. 4., pp. 2105-2126. |
| HTC-401-17 | Brandl, H. (2005). The civil and geotechnical engineer in society - ethical and philosophical thoughts; challenges and recommendations, in Deep Foundations Institute, pp. 1–24, DFI. |
| HTC-401-18 | Morgenstern, N.R. (2000). Common Ground. Invited Paper, Conference Proceedings GeoEng 2000, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-20. |
| HTC-401-19 | Jamiolkowski, M.B. (2001), The leaning tower of Pisa: End of an Odyssey. Proc. 15th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Istanbul, Vol. 4., pp. 2445-2466. |
| HTC-401-20 | Poulos, H.G. (2009). Tall Buildings and Deep Foundations – Middle East Challenges, Proc. 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria, Vol. 4., pp. 3173-3205. |
PART 3
| HTC-401-21 | Briaud, J.-L. (2013). ISSMGE – The State of the Society – 2009-2013. Proc. 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, Vol.1, pp. 5-12 |
| HTC-401-22 | Ishihara, K. & Jamiolkowski, M. (2013). The ISSMGE from 1936 to 2011 - a retrospective on the occasion of the 75th Platinum Jubilee Anniversary. ISSMGE Bulletin Volume 7, Issue 5, September, 2013, pp. 5-35. |
| HTC-401-23 | Schlosser, F., Plumelle, C., Frank, R., Puech, A., Gonin, H., Rocher-Lacoste, F., Simon, B., Bernardini, C. (2013). French Innovations in Geotechnics: The National Research Projects. Proc. 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics, Paris, vol. 6, pp. 75 – 94. |
| HTC-401-24 | Moh, Z.-C. & Hwang, R.N. (2015). Challenges in recent underground construction in Taiwan. Proc. 15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ARC 2015: New Innovations and Sustainability, pp. 76 – 88. |
| HTC-401-25 | Frank, R. (2017). ISSMGE – The State of the Society – 2013-2017. Proc. 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul, Vol.1, pp. 3-8. |
| HTC-401-26 | Day, P. (2017). Challenges and shortcomings in geotechnical engineering practice in the context of a developing country. Proc. 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul, Vol.1, pp. 11-34. |
| HTC-401-27 | Ng, C.W.W. (2020). President’s message. ISSMGE Bulletin Volume 14, Issue 2, September, 2020, pp. 1-2. |
| HTC-401-28 | Sêco e Pinto, P.S. (2025). Embankment dams - lessons learned and continuing challenges. |
| HTC-401-29 | Fukuoka, M. (2025). Collection of past papers introduced by Ikuo Towhata. |
| HTC-401-30 | Madhav, M.R. and Ramu, B. (2025). GeoSutras – From Basics to Ground Reality. |