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2002
Zhang, G., Brachman, R. W. I., Robertson, P. K.
Abstract: An integrated approach to estimate liquefaction-induced ground settlements using CPT data for sites with level ground is presented. The approach combines an existing CPT-based method to estimate liquefaction resistance with laboratory test results on clean sand to evaluate the...
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1995
Abstract: A framework for estimating the ultimate undrained steady state shear strength of sand (S-u) from in situ tests, which combines the theory of critical state soil mechanics with shear wave velocity measurements, is presented. For a particular direction of undrained loading, samples of a...
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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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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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2000
Czajewski, K., Konrad, J. M., Monahan, P. A., Robertson, P. K., Zavodni, Z., Plewes, H. D., Sokowicz, J., Hofmann, B. A., Cathro, D. C., Law, T., Hughes, J., Howie, J. A., Chan, D. H., Phillips, R., Youd, T. L., Watts, B. D., Morgenstern, N. R., Biggar, K. W., Imrie, A. S., Stewart, R. A., Atukorala, U., Woeller, D. J., Wride, C. E., Scott, D., Piche, R., Kupper, A., Sego, D. C., Gu, W. H., Byrne, P. M., List, B. R., Hammamji, Y., Lord, E. R. F., Campanella, R. G., Finn, W. D. L., Tan, S., Vaid, Y. P.
Abstract: The Canadian geotechnical engineering community has completed a major collaborative 5 year research project entitled the Canadian Liquefaction Experiment (CANLEX). The main objective of the project was to study the phenomenon of soil liquefaction, which can occur in saturated sandy...
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2002
Chan, D. H., Morgenstern, N. R., Robertson, P. K., Imam, S. M. R.
Abstract: The relationship between the shapes of the yield surface and the undrained effective stress path (UESP) of loose sand is investigated for triaxial loading conditions. It is shown that the UESP can be used in the construction of capped yield surfaces for sands. The stress ratio M-p...
