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Spring 2020
There is an increasing need of clean renewable energy sources to address the growing problems of greenhouse gas emission, global warming and climate change. The rapid consumption of fossil fuel resources has also contributed to toxic emissions and raised a question on sustainability of present...
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Impact Failure of Planetary Materials: Lateral Field Ejecta Measurements using Particle Image Velocimetry
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Schneider, Markus, Spray, John, Rogers, Robert, Hogan, James, Vincent, Gregory
The dynamic fragmentation of a fine grained granitoid material has been examined. Target thicknesses ranged from 7 to 40 mm and impact energies from 12 to 2,500 J. Combined particle image velocimetry and image enhancement techniques are introduced and have been used to measure the size and...
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Spring 2010
Molecular dynamics simulation and density functional theory were applied to calculate heats of immersion (ΔHimm) of n-heptane, toluene, pyridine and water on two model sand surfaces and two model clay surfaces. Our results indicated that water showed the highest ΔHimm for the model clay surfaces...
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Nutrient distribution in sandy soils along a forest productivity gradient in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
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Brunisolic soils developed on coarse textured (sandy loam to sand) deposits comprise a significant portion of the land currently being disturbed by surface mining in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada. The goals of this study were to determine (i) how the physical properties of...
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2001
Lord, E. R. F., Hofmann, B. A., Fourie, A. B., Mikular, J., Robertson, P. K.
An opportunity to re–examine the liquefaction potential of hydraulically placed tailings sand has been provided by the Canadian Liquefaction Experiment (CANLEX). As part of this experiment, undisturbed samples of tailings sand were recovered after freezing the tailings in situ. Examination of...
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Physics-Based Modeling of Failure of Novel Light-Weight Materials: Applications to Computational Design of Materials
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Advanced physics-based computational models have been developed in this thesis to study dynamic failure in novel light-weight materials used in impact applications, focusing on applying different computational techniques to study three material systems: 1. novel self-propagating high-temperature...
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1995
Abstract: The Berkeley trigger criterion for evaluating the potential for earthquake-induced phenomena in sandy soils is reviewed in this paper. The historical database comprising the criterion is reconsidered using a consistent ''weakest-link-in-the-chain'' approach. Revised plots of average...
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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...
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1992
Finn, W. D. L., Robertson, P. K., Woeller, D.
Abstract: Impressive progress has been made in the last 25 years in recognizing liquefaction hazards, understanding liquefaction phenomena, and analyzing and evaluating the potential for liquefaction at a site. Recent findings related to the application of the seismic cone penetration test (SCPT)...