Comptes rendus d’articles 73rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoVirtual 2020)

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1. Historical aerial photographs and digital photogrammetry techniques to investigate the development and evolution of the Chin Coulee landslide in Alberta
   Evan Deane, Renato Macciotta, Michael Hendry, Chris Grapel, Roger Skirrow
2. Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Bentonite-Sand Mixtures
   Mahsa Shafaei Bajestani, Othman Nasir
3. Determination of resilient behavior of crushed waste rock using cyclic load CBR test
   Shengpeng Hao, Thomas Pabst
4. On the development and challenges of particulate flow modeling in geotechnical engineering: A review
   Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohamed A. Meguid
5. Rethinking the Strength Properties of Soils in the Greater Toronto Area
   Geoffrey Creer, Dmitry Olshansky, Andrew Drevininkas
6. On the Determination of Unsaturated Soil Property Functions
   D. G. Fredlund, M. D. Fredlund, M. G. Courtin
7. Data collection and information management across Champlain Sea Clay deposits of Eastern Canada
   N. A. Tavakkoli, A. R. Senghani, S. K. Vanapalli
8. Tailings dike seepage mitigation through adaptive tailings deposition sequencing
   Marion Habersetzer, Yves Boulianne
9. Application of a generalized subgrade model in the analysis of circular plates on elastic foundations
   Meron Alebachew, Asrat Worku
10. Earth pressure coefficient in a vertical backfilled opening
    Jian Zheng, Li Li
11. An overview on the determination of the shear strength of coarse grain materials (rockfills) from small scale laboratory tests
    Akram Deiminiat, Li Li, Feitao Zeng, Thomas Pabst, Robert Chapuis, Paul Chiasson
12. EFFECT OF HEIGHT AND DOWNSTREAM SLOPE ON THE SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF TAILINGS IMPOUNDMENTS REINFORCED WITH WASTE ROCK INCLUSIONS
    Ali Reza Zafarani, Samuel Yniesta, Michel Aubertin
13. Monitoring of the change of moisture beneath a railway embankment and the effectiveness of a wicking geotextile
    Camila Alvarenga, Parisa Haji Abdulrazagh, Michael T. Hendry
14. A case study of reinforced soil slopes in Ontario
    Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker
15. Optimizing approach slab design for settlement using soil-structure interaction modelling – A case study
    Tony Sangiuliano, Puifei (Christine) Ko, Joe Carvalho, William (Bill) Cavers
16. Numerical modeling for determining the local vertical hydraulic gradient at the wall of a tunnel
    Alireza Shahbazi, Ali Saeidi, Romain Chesnaux
17. Constitutive modeling uniaxial compressive behaviors of an artificial frozen sandy clay at different temperatures
    Sohail Akhtar, Biao Li
18. New Method for Determining the Coefficient of Earth Pressure at Rest, K0
    Keisuke Adachi, Caren Ackley, Bruce Polan, Michael Braverman
19. The effect of waste rock inclusions on the slope stability of tailings dikes
    A. Jahanbakhshzadeh, M. Aubertin
20. Considering Multiple Failure Modes in Limit Equilibrium Slope Stability Analysis: Two Methods
    Shiyuan Li, Brigid Cami, Sina Javankhoshdel, Brent Corkum, Thamer Yacoub
21. Monitoring the performance of wood blocking system for remediating timber piles in the Arctic
    Chao Liu, Roger Anderson, Nirrie Gopie, Lijun Deng
22. Two case studies: efficient design of mine structures using the observational approach at Kearl
    Tiequn Feng, Duncan Nixon, Derek Shapka, Brayden Pfeil, Paul Cavanagh
23. Viscous (time-dependent) behaviour of saturated clay in consolidated undrained triaxial compression
    Chee K. Wong, Biao Li, Ron C.K. Wong
24. Assessment of pipelines subjected to varying longitudinal soil displacement rates
    Chee K. Wong, Richard G. Wan, Ron C.K. Wong
25. Sustained Capacity of Friction Piles in a Clay Deposit Treated by Electro-Osmosis: Observations over Five Decades
    P.K. Chatterji, Murray Anderson, Keli Shi, Thurber Engineering Ltd., Ken Ahmad, Tae C. Kim
26. Effect of fines on mechanical properties of coarse aggregate
    Dieter Stolle, Peijun Guo
27. Compressive resistance of helical piles subjected to seismic loads
    Gustavo Padros, Richard Schmidt
28. Reliability Assessment of Drag Embedment Anchors in Layered Seabed, Clay over Sand
    Amin Aslkhalili, Hodjat Shiri
29. PROTOTYPE COLUMN TEST TO ESTIMATE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SLURRY TAILINGS
    Yagmur Babaoglu, Paul H. Simms
30. Mechanical behavior of a shallowly buried steel pipe during compaction procedure
    Yadong Zhang, Ron Chik-Kwong Wong
31. The Application and Development of Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) piles in the Prairies
    Fazli R. Shah, Naresh Gurpersaud
32. Laboratory investigation of mechanical behaviour of cement-treated Edmonton clay subjected to freeze/thaw cycles
    Chao Liu, Claude Berard, Lijun Deng
33. Effect of water and organic contents on the index and compressibility properties of organic soils
    Sumi Siddiqua, Ahmed ElMouchi, Dharma Wijewickreme
34. KEMANO PROJECT – 70 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT
    Dwayne D. Tannant, Josephine Morgenroth
35. Design of deflection berms for small post-wildfire debris flows
    David R. Scott, Dwayne D. Tannant
36. Field application of inexpensive custom-built programmable dataloggers for routine instrumentation needs
    Sattler, K., Elwood, D., Berscheid, B., Hendry, M.T., Haji Abdulrazagh, P., Huntley, D.
37. Centrifuge modeling of helical piles in stiff clay: installation torque and pore pressure response
    Weidong Li, Lijun Deng, Rick Chalaturnyk, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Richard Schmidt
38. Evaluation of oil sands tailings using ultrasonic pulse velocity method
    Hirlatu Yose Peruga, Paul Simms, Giovanni Cascante
39. PROBABILISTIC 3D MODELING OF LAYERED SOIL DEPOSITS: APPLICATION IN SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT
    Mohammad Salsabili, Ali Saeidi, Alain Rouleau
40. Influence of Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Triaxial Shear Strength of Saline Intact Loess
    Jian Xu, Yanfeng Li, Sai K. Vanapalli
41. The Canadian Geotechnical Society’s 1980s Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Book Project
    Doug VanDine, Heinrich Heinz
42. Experimental investigation of the soil-water retention of a glacial till from northern Quebec
    Emad Maleksaeedi, Mathieu Nuth
43. Deriving stress/strain relationships from the contraction phase of pressuremeter tests in sands
    Robert Whittle, Yasmin Byrne
44. Determination of Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties for Low Impact Developments
    Satbir Guram, Rashid Bashir
45. Synthesis and application of nanoparticles and biosurfactant for oil-contaminated soil removal
    Kien A. Vu, Catherine N. Mulligan
46. Effect of TBM tunneling in sandy soils on twist behavior of an existing raft foundation
    Sumi Siddiqua, Ahmed ElMouchi, Asmaa M. Hassan, Mohamed I. Amer
47. The Dynamics of Granular Flow in Hopper Silos
    Hagos Eman, Timothy Newson, Aly Ahmed
48. Thermodynamic-based model for the thermo-poro-elastoplastic behavior of saturated clay
    M.H. Sojoudi, Biao Li
49. Geotechnical and geophysical investigations for a dam safety project
    Amer Awad, Dhiraj Karki, Alastair McClymont, Allen Xu, Max Layton
50. Numerical simulations of the hydrogeological behavior of an experimental waste rock pile with a flow control layer: calibration using an automated approach
    Tom Crouzal, Thomas Pabst
51. Waste rock disposal and segregation: Validation and upscaling of discrete element simulations
    Peiyong Qiu, Thomas Pabst
52. Analysis of strip plate on elastic foundation using a generalized subgrade model
    Asrat Worku, Amlesu Tewoldebrhan
53. Comparative experimental study of consolidation properties of hard rock mine tailings
    Ngoc Dung Nguyen, Thomas Pabst
54. MITIGATING RISKS TO SHALLOW TRENCHLESS PIPELINE CROSSINGS USING GEOPHYSICS AND TEST PITTING
    Luc Toussaint, Chris Barlow, Alastair McClymont, Landon Woods, Mustafa Yulek
55. THE EFFECT OF LOADS, STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS AND SOIL VARIABILITY ON THE RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF PILE FOUNDATION
    Gennaro Esposito, Gordon A. Fenton, Farzaneh Naghibi
56. Numerical Modelling of Fully Grouted Rock Bolts using a 2D Finite Element Method
    Ya Su, Nicholas Vlachopoulos
57. Geotechnical Assessment of the 1930s Jacques Cartier Bridge
    Fady Ghobrial, Michael Snow
58. Formulation of a sustainable geopolymeric binder based on pulp mill fly ash for subgrade stabilization
    Chinchu Cherian, Sumi Siddiqua
59. Axial performance of screw micropiles subjected to quick loads in frozen soils
    Shuai Gao, Jia Bin, Dave Sego, Lijun Deng
60. Seismic and post-seismic stability of tailings impoundments, considering the effect of reinforcement inclusions
    Carlos Contreras, Samuel Yniesta, Michel Aubertin
61. A Review of Prediction Methods of Primary Consolidation Settlement from Field Monitoring Data During Highway Embankment Construction: Three Case Studies
    M. Thibeault, K. Janssen, J.P. Dittrich, A. Kobylinski, T. Sangiuliano
62. Estimation of Stability of an Unsupported Deep Vertical Cut in Clay
    Geeshpati Yanamandra, Won Taek Oh
63. Effect of Soil-Water Characteristic on the Stability of Unsupported Vertical Cuts
    Mahsa Shafaei Bajestani, Won-Taek Oh, Othman Nasir
64. Statistical quantification of earthquake effects on the excavation damage zone
    Md Abdullah Asad, Magdalena Krol, Matthew A Perras
65. Time-dependent borehole deformation in shale rocks and the influences on in-situ stress inversion
    Hongxue Han, Maurice B. Dusseault, Shunde Yin, Zhuoheng Chen
66. Evaluation of Polymer Feed Rate, Polymer Dose, and Mixing Duration for Flocculation Optimization of Clayey Tailings with Various Solid Contents
    A.A. Aldaeef, P.H. Simms
67. IMPACT OF SEISMIC HAZARD ON THE GROUND RESPONSE IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
    Huo-Kang, J., Yniesta, S.
68. Water balance in filtered tailings storage facilities: laboratory tests and numerical simulations
    AYANG NZAME, L, PABST, T., MARTIN, V
69. A new disposal method of ultra-fine tailings
    Xiaofei LIU, Hanmin ZHOU, Xuan CUI, Shumao ZHANG
70. A Case for Higher Resistance Factor - Piles Driven to Bedrock
    Michael Snow, Tony Sangiuliano
71. Backfill analysis and parametric evaluation of the cement binder on cured strength and curing time
    Javad Someehneshin, Weizhou Quan, Abdelsalam Abugharara, Stephen Butt
72. Étude d’une coulée argileuse avec une approche à rebours et le recensement des glissements historiques
    Francois Saint-Pierre, Andre Rancourt
73. The effect of back-fill grout characteristics on long-term ground settlement induced by shield tunneling
    Mohammad Forooghi, Saeed Delara
74. How differences between snow avalanches and other slope hazards affect mapping and mitigation
    Bruce Jamieson, Dave Gauthier, Chris Wilbur
75. The Use of X-ray to Investigate Clay Shale Within a Landslide
    Wallin, K.A., Hendry, M.T.
76. Slope Stability Evaluation and Monitoring of a Sandy Bluff on the Shoreline of Lake Erie
    Hugh Gillen, Brennan Bailey, Farbod Saadat
77. INVESTIGATION INTO SHEAR STRENGTH OF PEAT
    Aiming Liao, Michael T. Hendry, Mahya Roustaei Hossein Abadi
78. Developing a sustainable post-fire soil restoration technique using pulp mill fly ash
    Jaspreet Bring, Sumi Siddiqua, Chinchu Cherian
79. Blast damaged zone influence on water and solute exchange between backfilled open-pit and the environment
    Moise Rousseau, Thomas Pabst
80. The Importance of Site-Specific Seismic Nonlinear Ground Analysis in Eastern Canada
    Zi Jing Zhang, Samuel Yniesta, Alain Plaisant
81. Geotechnical challenges associated with the design and construction of the new Champlain Bridge in Montreal
    Riad Diab, Taravat Kashi Ghandi, Louis D'Amours, Jean Tardif
82. Applicability of the fully grouted piezometer installation method for transient seepage conditions
    Scott Martens, Sam Li, Raisul Hoda, Pavol Oblozinsky, Sajid Iqbal
83. Calibration of the Hardening Soil Small Strain Constitutive Model Parameters for Toronto Glacial Till
    Evan Sau Yue Ma, Mei T. Cheong, Sergei Terzaghi
84. Community Surficial Geology and Geohazards Map Series, Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, Canada
    Rita I. Kors-Olthof, Vladislav E. Roujanski, Shirley J. McCuaig
85. Assessment of shear strength parameters of moist sands using conventional triaxial tests
    Riju Chandra Saha, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Bipul Chandra Hawlader
86. Predicting Soil Strength using Electrical Resistivity Measurements in Clays
    Tommy Kam, Wing Shun Kwan, Mark Tufenkjian, Jose Fuentes
87. Behavior of a branched buried MDPE gas distribution pipe under axial ground movement
    Sudipta Chakraborty, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Mark Talesnick, Abu Hena Muntakim
88. A Finite Element Analysis of the Fundão Dam Failure
    Reza Moghaddam, Guillermo Riveros, Siavash Farhangi
89. Stabilization of Rail Track, CN Dundas Sub, Dundas to Copetown, Ontario
    Colin Alston, Mario Ruel, Melissa Ruel
90. Calibration of the Creep-SCLAY1S Constitutive Model Parameters for Champlain Sea Clay in Quebec
    Dale R. Brunton, Mei T. Cheong, Sergei Terzaghi
91. Case Study - Challenges faced in Port Lands Flood Protection and Enabling Infrastructure (PLFPEI) Toronto Project
    Charbel Abi-Nahed, Hannah Chessell, David Drago, Jim Hansen, Ali Nasseri-Moghadam
92. Simulation of the Cyclic Response of Anisotropic Clay through Bounding Surface Viscoplasticity
    Mohammad Zarrabi, Zhenhao Shi, Samuel Yniesta, Giuseppe Buscarnera
93. Adding Value to Projects with Geophysical Ground Investigation: A Review of Three Project Case Histories
    Watson, M, Collins, J, Sunderland, D
94. Settlement behaviour of embankment placed over wash pond sediment
    Kevin Lee, Joseph Yonan, Raymond Predika
95. Correlations of SPT, CPT and PMT Tests along Lakeshore and Don River Corridors in Toronto, Canada
    Abraham Mineneh, Liam Gilmour
96. Challenging Design of a Strutted Sheet Pile Shaft for the Highway 401 and 409 Rail Tunnels, Metrolinx Project
    Prakash Nadesparan, Tyler Lahti, Mary Jane Ferraro
97. Driven Pile Capacity Assessment Using Installation Energy and Pile Set-Up
    Matt Neale, Kasgin Banab, Darren Beaumont, Kelsey Wierenga, Tim van der Wal
98. Estimation of pore fluid pH effect on Skempton’s pore pressure parameter Bw
    Debnath Mondal, Debasis Roy, Saswati Ghatak
99. Numerical 3D model supporting decision of waterproofing or installing a drainage system attenuating structures damage risks
    Moussa Kfoury, Sylvain Roy
100. Correlation between the Standard Penetration Test and the Dynamic Cone Penetration Test for Sandy Soil
     Fauzi H. Jarushi, Salah S. Hamuda, Mohamed Aldawi
101. HAZARD ASSESSMENT OF DEBRIS FLOWS INITIATED BY BREACH OF SMALL EARTH DAMS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
     S.A. Mehdizadeh, D.D. Tannant, F. Saadat
102. Axial Pile Capacity from CPT Data in Difficult Soil
     Fauzi H. Jarushi, Salah S. Hamuda, Musbah Hasan, Adel Alhamadi
103. Vision for Geotechnical Asset Management at Alberta Transportation
     Kristen M. Tappenden, Roger K. Skirrow
104. REGION SPECIFIC CALIBRATION OF GEOTECHNICAL RESISTANCE FACTORS FOR AXIALLY LOADED DRIVEN STEEL PILES USING DYNAMIC MONITORING RESULTS
     Pedram Roshani, Mohammed Javad Sheikhtaheri, Julio Angel Infante Sedano
105. Seismic responses of monopile in sands under scour conditions
     Wenyu Jiang, Cheng Lin
106. Estimating the Probability of Failure of a Dike due to Post-Liquefaction Settlements
     Laura Luna, Gordon Fenton, Roberto Olivera
107. Wellbore stability of highly deviated well intervals for large-diameter boreholes
     Javad Someehneshin, Zijian Li, Weizhou Quan, Abdelsalam Abugharara, Stephen Butt
108. PERFORMANCE-BASED SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF EMBANKMENTS WITH DSM GRID-TYPE FOUNDATION IMPROVEMENT
     Bogart Mendez, Vicki Nguyen, Sachin Patel
109. Seismic Assessment of Embankment Dams Using a Novel Energy-Based Approach
     Samaneh Amirpour Harehdasht, Noureddine Ghlamallah, Mourad Karray
110. Case Study: Automatic Reflector-less Surface Deformation Monitoring of a 21-lane Highway during SEM Tunneling Construction
     Loic Galisson, Zhangwei Ning, Zoltan Paizs, Kresimir Pavkovic, Peter Borgacci
111. Determination of the effects of mineralogy on the point load compressive strength of rock
     Mahdi Askaripour, Ali Saeidi, Alain Rouleau, Patrick Mercier-Langevin
112. Differential Settlement of Foundations
     Farzaneh Naghibi, Gordon A. Fenton
113. Evaluating the Capacity of Helical Piles in Clay Tills Using Pile Load Tests
     Ivanna Montani
114. The Influence of Rib Spacing and Borehole Diameter on the Axial Response of Fully Cemented Rebar Rock Bolts Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors
     Kieran Moore, Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Tyler O'Connor
115. RESULTS OF SEVERAL EASTERN CANADA SITE RESPONSE ANALYSES
     Sarah Ghadbane, Michael Snow, Matt Kennedy
116. EVALUATION OF CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT IN SOFT SOILS UNDER HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ONE-DIMENSIONAL SETTLEMENT THEORY AND FINITE ELEMENT MODELING USING MODIFIED CAM-CLAY MODEL
     Abdul Karim Elsalfiti, Simon Grenier, Hamid Ghorbanbeigi
117. IMPROVING SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSES BY USE OF 3D FEM FOR HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT WITH COMPLEX GEOMETRY OVER CLAYEY SOIL
     Hamid Ghorbanbeigi, Simon Grenier, Abdul Karim Elsalfiti
118. Design, Construction and Long-Term Performance of a Major Highway Embankment Reconstructed using Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA)
     Bernie Mills, Jared McGinn, Hany El Naggar
119. Driven piles installed in soft soils subjected to vertical and lateral soil movement.
     Jakub G. Kania, Kenny Kataoka Sorensen, Bengt H. Fellenius
120. Experimental Study on the Critical Height of an Unsupported Vertical Cut
     Gregory Brennan, Won Teak Oh, Othman Nasir
121. Mechanism of wave-induced liquefaction around suction caissons
     Amir Moghaddama, Amin Bararib, Alireza Tabarsaa
122. THE EFFECT OF MECHANICAL LOADING AND CARBONATION ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDIFIED SAND
     Ghassan Aburaas, Jean-Sebastien Dube, Francois Duhaime
123. Innovative mechanically stabilized earth walls with geotextile geocells
     Stephan Fourmont, Jean-Christophe Pellez
124. Prediction of ground motion parameters in 1D ground response analysis
     Caroline Bessette, Samuel Yniesta
125. Assessment of a Closed-Loop Geothermal System for Seasonal Freeze-Back Stabilization of Permafrost
     Maryam Saaly, Rob Sinclair, David Kurz, Pooneh Maghoul, Hartmut Hollander, Amir Fatollahzadeh Gheisari
126. Forecasting Failure of Water Mains Under Climate Variations: Stochastic Modeling Process
     Zainab Almheiri, , Mohamed Meguid, Tarek Zayed
127. Two-Dimensional Performance of Integral Abutment Bridges using Finite Element Analysis
     Ahmed Abdullah, Hany El Naggar
128. Ground Improvement by Stone Columns - A Case Study
     Adhila Haris, Hany El Naggar
129. EFFECT OF SPECIMEN SIZE ON NORMALIZED DISSIPATED ENERGY PER UNIT VOLUME
     Carmine P. Polito, Jay A. Grossman
130. A Study on Pile Capacity Setup of Driven Steel Pipe in Edmonton Till
     Jason Ni, Ron Wong
131. Webequie First Nation Supply Road: Terrain Analysis and Routing for the First Indigenous-Led Environmental Assessment in Ontario
     Jason Cosford, Lynden Penner
132. 3D Numerical Modeling of Metal Pipe in Enkoping Case Study
     I. M. Ezz, H. El Naggar
133. Système de gestion des connaissances appliquées en géotechnique : étude de cas
     Hamza Karrad, Saeed Kharaghani, Patrice Rivard
134. Recent Applications of Jet grouting in the Prairies
     Daniel Lees, Naresh Gurpersaud
135. Chaussées et nids-de-poule : explications
     Robert P. Chapuis, Zahia Makkeb, Djaouida Chenaf
136. Essais de traceur en écoulement rectiligne uniforme
     Anthony Delbar, Robert P. Chapuis
137. Excavations et eau souterraine : l'intérêt des banques de données des puits
     Robert P. Chapuis, Vahid Marefat et Lu Zhang
138. Kinematic element method for slope stability
     Dieter Stolle, Peijun Guo, Adnan Kader
139. Effect of spatial variability of foliation orientation on mining slope design
     Joseph Kabuya Mukendi, Richard Simon
140. Impact of lead and sodium carbonate on consolidation and hydraulic properties of clayey sand
     Ashkan HosseinZadeh Namadi, Mahmoud Hassanlourad, Amin Hasani Motlagh, Pouya Alipanahi, Hamed Sadeghi, Adel Ahmadihosseini
141. Seismic performance of circular foundations resting on stone columns
     Habibollah Sadeghi, Amin Hasani Motlagh, Hamed Sadeghi, Adel Ahmadihosseini
142. Effet de la succion matricielle et du degré de saturation sur la résistance au cisaillement d’un sable et gravier concassé compacté
     Paul Chiasson, Horace Tamegnon, Philemon Youfoulsou, Ousama Aabibou
143. Analytical Solutions for Dynamic Consolidation of Soft Clay Ground under Different Loading Modes
     Shuangxi Feng, Huayang Lei, Yongfeng Wan, Chen Lin
144. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) deformation monitoring of a high-fill embankment in the Arctic
     Dylan Stafford, Earl Marvin De Guzman, Samuel Kaluzny, Marolo Alfaro, Lukas Arenson, Guy Dore
145. Multi-axial Geogrid Stabilized Working Platform for Ringer Crane Operation
     Lois G. Schwarz, Mark H. Wayne, Robert Latzke
146. Long-term Consolidation of Two New Polymer Treatments of Oil Sands Fluid Fine Tailings
     Kwaku A. Amoako, Ahlam Abdulnabi, Nicholas A. Beier, Joao Soares, Paul H. Simms
147. Consolidation – creep modeling of pilot data on deposition of flocculated fluid fine tailings
     Narges Gheisari, Shunchao Qi, Paul Simms
148. Insights on Threshold Fines Content
     Erin L.D. Sibley, Carmine P. Polito
149. Clay Shear Strength Rate Dependency and the Available Strength Along Earth Slides Rupture Surfaces
     Arash Eshraghian
150. DEVELOPMENT OF FRAGILITY CURVES FOR SOIL EMBANKMENT SLOPES DUE TO FUTURE EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS
     Leila Baninajarian, Rashid Bashir, Ali Ghassemi, Andrew DeSira, Tony Sangiuliano
151. 2D and axisymmetric large strain consolidation modelling for tailings applications
     Amin Esmaeilzadeh, Paul Simms
152. Assessment of Local Factor of Safety Field for Variably Saturated Embankments due to Climate Change Using In-Situ Stress Finite Element Analysis
     Farsheed Bagheri, Ali Ghassemi, Rashid Bashir
153. Évaluation de la stabilité chimique des mélanges sols-boues en vue de leur utilisation comme couche de rétention d’eau d’un recouvrement de type CEBC
     Rachid Amrou, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Mamert Mbonimpa, Tikou Belem
154. The Evolution of Direct Simple Shear Testing: A Literature Review
     Dan Bruton, David Randt WSP Canada Ltd
155. Deep Foundation Design and Optimisation: A Case Study
     Bintou Keita, Raluca Opris, Michel Kuntz
156. The Effect of Local Contact Variability on Interface Transmissivity and Implications for Mine Waste Covers
     Farah B. Barakat, R. Kerry Rowe
157. Factors affecting geomembrane strain from differential settlement
     H.M.G. Eldesouky, R.W.I. Brachman, R.K. Rowe
158. A preliminary study of the effect of freeze-thaw cycles on GCL/Geomembrane interface transmissivity
     Farhana Jabin, Richard W.I. Brachman, R. Kerry Rowe
159. A simple technique to model temporary excavation support systems in unsaturated soils
     Maha Saleh, Sai K. Vanapalli
160. PAPER AND REAL PIPELINES OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC
     James Oswell, Gretchen Minning, Heinrich Heinz
161. The Canadian Geotechnical Virtual Archives
     Heinrich Heinz, Doug VanDine
162. GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES DETERMINATION TO EVALUATE STABILITY OF THICKENED FLUID FINE TAILINGS DEPOSITS
     Alebachew Demoz
163. The Terzaghi, Peck and Casagrande Historical Libraries: a resource for the geotechnical profession
     S. Lacasse, K. Hoeg, M. Grahn, E. Raddum
164. Effects of structure on the mechanical behavior of loess: implications for flowslides in cemented soils
     Fangzhou Liu, J. David Frost, Jorge Macedo, Qiang Xu
165. Mine Dewatering Wells: Reducing Economic Risk And Increasing The Probability Of Success Through Diamond Drilling
     Patrick Moran, Joe Ross