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1984
Ring shear tests on sand materials have been carried out to show whether there is a change in the behaviour of these materials at high shearing rates and normal stresses. This question is relevant to the problem of the mobility of large rock avalanches (stürzstroms), but is also of more general...
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1977
Croasdale, K. R., Morgenstern, N. R., Nuttall, J. B.
Controlled field and laboratory tests were performed to investigate the relationship between ice strength and the maximum ice pressures on vertical piers. The apparatus used in the field tests consisted of a flat indentor (75 cm wide) which was pushed through the ice by hydraulic rams. 27 tests...
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1991-01-01
Case histories are used to illustrate the empirical fracture that influence the selection of the design Factor of Safety as calculated by limit equilibrium methods of stability analysis. These case histories are concerned with 1) the behaviour of a plastic clay fill placed wet of optimum moisture...
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1967
Tchalenko, J. S., Morgenstern, N. R.
A clay with near perfect particle parallelism was prepared by consolidating a slurried kaolin in a large oedometer. Shear box samples trimmed at various angles to the compression direction revealed no significant difference in drained strength. Samples with original bedding normal and parallel to...
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2000-05-10
The Inaugural Lumb Lecture was delivered on May 10, 2000, by Professor Norbert R. Morgenstern of the University of Alberta, Canada, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The title of the lecture was "Performance in Geotechnical Practice".
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1992
Morgenstern, N. R., Small, C. A.
Abstract: The Highvale mine, west of Edmonton, Alta., is a strip-mining operation with Upper Cretaceous soft sandstone and mudstone overlying the coal deposit. Highwalls cut in the soft rock experienced numerous failures from 1983 to 1985 that disrupted stripping and mining operations and posed a...
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1993
Rajani, B. B., Morgenstern, N. R.
The uplift behavior of a shallow pipeline embedded in an elastoplastic medium is examined. An analytical solution for a beam on elastoplastic foundation is developed and a characteristic nondimensional load‐displacement and stress‐displacement relationship are presented. An approximate...
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2005
Cruden, D. M., Morgenstern, N. R., El-Ramly, H.
A probabilistic slope analysis methodology based on Monte Carlo simulation using Microsoft Excel and @Risk software is applied to investigate the failure of the Shek Kip Mei cut in Hong Kong. The study demonstrates the techniques used in quantifying uncertainties in shear strength of granitic...
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Progressive failure analysis of windrow induced slope movements at the Syncrude Limited mine site
Download1997
Chan, D. H., Mathioudakis, M., Morgenstern, N. R.
The presence of Marine Sediments below the operating bench in the Syncrude Canada Limited oil sand mine (NE Alberta, Canada) has negatively affected dragline mining operation. Any material that exhibits strain softening behaviour is prone to progressive failure. The Marine Clays at the Syncrude...
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1997
Robertson, P. K., Morgenstern, N. R., Chillarige, A. V., Christian, H.
Abstract: Liquefaction failures of loose sand deposits can be a major concern for the stability of coastal structures. an investigation to evaluate the possible contributions of different triggering mechanisms in a major liquefaction failure that occurred in 1985 at the mouth of the Main Channel...