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- 27Morgenstern, N. R.
- 26Sego, D. C.
- 24Robertson, P. K.
- 14Cruden, D. M.
- 8Beier, Nicholas A
- 8Chan, D. H.
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Detection of shear zones in a natural clay slope using the cone penetration test and continuous dynamic sampling
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Mahmoud, M., Woeller, D., Robertson, P. K.
Abstract: The detection of shear zones along which a mass of soil is moving is essential for understanding the state of stability of natural slopes. Weaker zones in clay soils can be identified from low values of cone penetration test (CPT) tip resistance measured during penetration. This paper...
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Development of an integrated tailings closure model using GoldSim: preliminary results and lessons learned
Download2018-10-10
Traditionally, multidisciplinary simulation exercises often involves one discipline mechanistically using the output from a black-box model developed by another discipline. In this presentation, new techniques such as System Dynamics and Causal Loop Diagramming (CLD) will be used as the...
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2018-11-20
Traditionally, multi-disciplinary modelling exercises involve one discipline mechanistically using the output from a black-box model developed by another discipline. To address this deficiency, the research uses techniques relatively new to the geotechnical community, such as System Dynamics (SD)...
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2012
Hutchinson, D. J., Diederichs, M. S., Moore, D. , Kalenchuk, K. S.
The Downie Slide case history demonstrates the importance of detailed site investigation and long-term monitoring, as well as the need for reinterpretation of the local geologic, structural, and groundwater conditions, and reassessment of slope stability as new information becomes available....
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Effect of an Embankment Reconstruction Using a Wicking Geotextile in the Drainage and Strength of Subgrade
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Railways are essential for the transportation of goods and people and are an integral component of Canada’s economy (Leishman et al. 2017). As a part of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) Grade Stabilization/Remediation Plan, a 45 m section of a railway embankment located at Fort Saskatchewan...
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2002
Morgenstern, N. R., Robertson, P. K., Imam, S. M. R., Chan, D. H.
Abstract: In very loose sand, the ratio M-p of shear stress to mean normal stress at the peak point of the undrained effective stress path (UESP) is very close to the stress ratio M at the peak point of the capped yield surface. Stress ratios M-p can therefore be used in constructing yield...
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2019-09-29
Akhila Palat, Hendry, Michael T, Mahya Roustaei
Existing models of soil behavior have been developed based on the understanding of the interaction between particles, much of it is conceptually based on sand and modified to describe the behaviors of clayey soils. There are other classes of fibrous soils and soils amended with fibers for which...
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Effect of heterogeneity of brittle rock on micromechanical extensile behavior during compression loading
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Lan, H., Hu, B., Martin, C. D.
A grain-based Universal Distinct Element Code model was developed to generate a deformable polygonal grain-like structure to simulate the microstructure of brittle rock. It takes into account grain-scale heterogeneity including microgeometric heterogeneity, grain-scale elastic heterogeneity, and...
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2011
Scott, J. D., Sego, D. C., Zarnani, S.
Abstract: Temperatures were measured along instrumented geogrids to determine thermal strains and their changes with seasonal temperatures. It was observed that the application of temperature correction to the measured strain values by electrical wire resistance (EWR) strain gauges to compensate...