Proceedings of 53rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoMontreal 2000)

Sessions:

• LE PROJET SAGUENAY POST-DELUGE / THE SAGUENAY FJORD FLOOD (Séances / Sessions 5B-6B)
• LE COMPORTEMENT DES NOYAUX DE BARRAGES EN REMBLAI / THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CORE OF EARTH DAMS (Séance / Session 6A)
• BARRAGES EN REMBLAT ET EN ENROCHEMENT / EARTH AND ROCKFILL DAMS (Séance / Session 7B)
• MECANIQUE DES ROCHES / ROCK MECHANICS
• MECANIQUE DES ROCHES II - ROCK MECHANICS II (Séance / Session 2B)
• MECANIQUE DES ROCHES IV - ROCK MECHANICS IV (Séance / Session 5D)
• MECANIQUE DES ROCHES V - ROCK MECHANICS V (Séance / Session 9D)
• LINERS SYSTEMS AND LANDFILLS I (Séance / Session 1A)
• BARRIERES ET SITES D’ENFOUISSEMENT II / LINERS SYSTEMS AND LANDFILLS II (Séance / Session 4B)
• TECHNIQUES DE RESTAURATION I / REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES I (Séance / Session 3B)
• TECHNIQUES DE RESTAURATION II - REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES II (Séance / Session 7C)
• RESIDUS MINIERS IJ - MINES TAILINGS I (Séance / Session 5C)
• RESIDUS MINIERS II - MINES TAILINGS II (Séance / Session 6C)
• PROPRIETES ET CARACTERISATION DE SITE / PROPERTIES AND SITE CHARACTERIZATION (Séance / Session 8D)
• GLISSEMENTS DE TERRAIN I / LANDSLIDES I (Séance / Session 1C)
• GLISSEMENTS DE TERRAIN II / LANDSLIDES II (Séance / Session 2C)
• RISQUES SISMIQUES ET LIQUEFACTION / EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AND LIQUEFACTION (Séance / Session 4C)
• TRAVAUX DE FONDATIONS I / FOUNDATION ENGINEERING I (Séance / Session 1D)
• TRAVAUX DE FONDATIONS II / FOUNDATION ENGINEERING II (Séance / Session 2D)
• TRAVAUX DE FONDATIONS III / FOUNDATION ENGINEERING III (Séance / Session 4D)
• TRAVAUX DE FONDATIONS IV / FOUNDATION ENGINEERING IV (Séance / Session 8C)
• ROUTES ET CHAUSSEES / ROADS AND PAVEMENTS (Séance / Session 3D)
• INTERACTION SOL-STRUCTURE / SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION (Séance / Session 8B)
• GEOSYNTHETHCS (Séance / Session 9C)
• SOIL MECHANICS 1 (Séance / Session 4A)
• MECANIQUE DES SOLS II / SOIL MECHANICS II (Séance / Session 5A)
• MECANIQUE DES SOLS III / SOIL MECHANICS III (Séance / Session 6D)
• MECANIQUE DES SOLS IV / SOIL MECHANICS IV (Séance / Session 7D)
• MECANIQUE DES SOLS V / SOIL MECHANICS V (Séance / Session 9B)

BARRAGES EN REMBLAT ET EN ENROCHEMENT / EARTH AND ROCKFILL DAMS (Séance / Session 7B)


1. Pore pressures in the till core of Oddatjorn Dam
   E J Windisch, K Bocg
2. Construction du e Sainte-Mar ite-3
   A Bigras, J.-P. Tournier
3. Evaluation des déformations d’an grand barrage en remblai ur concevoir un eme d’instrumentation géodesique
   M Massiéra, A Szostak-Chrzanowski, A Chrzanowski, C Whitaker
4. Modélisation hydroplastique du premier remplissage d'un barrage en enrochement
   S Bonelli, P Anthiniac


BARRIERES ET SITES D’ENFOUISSEMENT II / LINERS SYSTEMS AND LANDFILLS II (Séance / Session 4B)


1. Management of acid pollution in low-lying coastal soils of NSW, Australia
   A Tularam, B Indraratna, B Blunden
2. The geo-environmental and geotechnical relation of soil ce
   VR Ouhadj
3. Surveillance de trois concepts de recouvrement final au lieu d’enfouissement sanitaire de la ville de Montréal
   M Nastev, M Héroux, M Tremblay
4. Gaseous oxygen transport and the design of soil covers for waste rock dumps
   MM Noél, EY Kuo, AM Garvie
5. Effectiveness of HDPE geomembranes as barrier to diffusive migration of organic contaminants
   HP Sangam, RK Rowe


GEOSYNTHETHCS (Séance / Session 9C)


1. Full scale testing and modelling of geosynthetic reinforced soil retaining walls
   DL Walters, K Hatami, RJ Bathurst, N Vlachopoulos, D Saunders, GP Burgess, TM Allen
2. Influence of matric suction on the drainage performance of polyester geotextiles
   J Lafleur, M Lebeau, Y.-H. Faure, Y Savard, Y Kehila
3. Laboratory testing ofnonwoven geotextile survivability
   G Raymond Elvidge


GLISSEMENTS DE TERRAIN I / LANDSLIDES I (Séance / Session 1C)


1. Rapid evaluation and stabilisation of railway embankment failures
   M Ruel, NL Journeaux
2. Economical debris/catchment walls
   ST Kicinski
3. Analysis of the 1890's excavation of the Sarnia Approach to the St. Clair River Tunnel
   JP Dittrich, DE Becker, RK Rowe, KY Lo
4. Investigation, analysis and stabilization of active parts of a pre-historic landslide affecting a railway in north central British Columbia
   MJ Porter, MA Pritchard, TR Keegan, DM Cruden
5. Failure behaviour of two large landslides in clay and silt
   L Fletcher, O Hungr


GLISSEMENTS DE TERRAIN II / LANDSLIDES II (Séance / Session 2C)


1. Understanding slope stability from a reliability theory point of view
   ME Rahhal, R Moubarak
2. Risk based design applications in geotechnical engineering
   KL Myers
3. Landslide risk assessment: Application to the natural slopes along the l'Assomption River in Repentigny (Québec)
   V Silvestri, A El-Ramlawi
4. A risk management framework for ground hazards along Canadian National railways
   T Keegan, B Abbott, M Ruel
5. Travaux de stabilisation contre les risques liés aux coulées argileuses a la Baie et Métabetchouan
   D Robitaille, D Demers, J Potvin, J D’Astous


INTERACTION SOL-STRUCTURE / SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION (Séance / Session 8B)


1. Extension of the classical bearing capacity theory for shell foundations
   M Abdel-Rahman, A Hanna
2. An experimental study and numerical simulation of liquefaction at a soil-structure interface
   E Evgin
3. Finite element analysis of circular and ring foundations on sand
   F Zhu, JI Clark, R Phillips
4. Soil-structure interaction for the design of buildings shallow foundation
   D Lefebvre, S Théroux


LE COMPORTEMENT DES NOYAUX DE BARRAGES EN REMBLAI / THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CORE OF EARTH DAMS (Séance / Session 6A)


1. Laboratory simulations of flow near filter interface of moraine dam cores
   J Lafleur, P Montés, V Alicescu, P H Nguyen
2. Hydraulic conductivity of compacted tills from Northern Quebec
   S Leroueil, J.-P. LeBihan, $ Sebaihi, V Alicescu
3. Simulation of transient water flow through the LG-4 earth dam, Quebec
   V Alicescu, J.-P. LeBihan, S Leroueil
4. Thermal analysis of an earth dam considering seepage related heat transport
   J.-M. Konrad, V Alicescu, , M Shen
5. Particular behavior of Robert Bourassa Main Dam, La Grande-2 Complex, James Bay
   V Alicescu


LE PROJET SAGUENAY POST-DELUGE / THE SAGUENAY FJORD FLOOD (Séances / Sessions 5B-6B)


1. The 1996 flood event : disruption of the ongaing diagenesis of Saguenay Fjord sediments
   B Deflandre, J.-P. Gagné, B Sundby, A Mucci, C Guignard, P Anschutz
2. Caractéristiques géotechniques et évolution de la couche de sédiment déposée lors du déluge de 1996 dans la Baie des Ha ! Ha! (Fjord du Saguenay, Québec)
   F Maurice, J Locat, S Leroueil
3. Quantification des structures biogénes en fonction d’un gradient de perturbation dans la Baie des Ha! Ha! 4 Patde de la tomodensitométrie axiale
   L de Montery, B Long, G Desrosiers, J F Crémer, J Locat
4. Geotechnical properties of a mass flow deposit on the Hndson Apron, off New Jersey U.S.A.
   P Desgagnés, J Locat, HJ Lee, S$ Leroueil, C Alexander, G Mountain, L Pratson
5. Inventaire des couches accidentelles récentes dans le fford du Saguenay a partir des proprictés physiques de carottes de forages
   G St-Onge, C Hillaire-Marcel
6. Application et déposés a dans de la la le Saguenay caractérisation tomodensitométrie des 4 aprés Pétude structures la crue sédimentaires de de : la juillet exemple densité des 1996 des sédiments sédiments
   J.-F. Crémer, B Long, J Locat, G Desrosiers
7. Microstructure des sols argileux traités 4 la chaux
   H Tremblay, J Locat, M Choquerte, M.-A. Bérubé, § Leroueil
8. Mobility of metals and. As in sediments following a large scale episodic sedimentation event
   A Mucai, C Guignard, P Olejczuyk
9. Etude expérimentale de l’érodabilité des sédiments déposés dans le fjord du Saguenay (Québec) lors du déluge de 1996
   A.-L. Moreau, C Amos, J Locat, P Hill, Y Ouellet, B Long, M Naaim


LINERS SYSTEMS AND LANDFILLS I (Séance / Session 1A)


1. Quantification of CO; fluxes from the surface of a minicosm to the atmosphere
   L.K Kabwe, MJ Hendry, GM Wilson, RA Kirkland
2. Case History: Characterization of Physical Conditions at the Vandale Junkyard Superfund: Site
   III R.A. Morgan, JF Beech, M Monteleone
3. Developing a constraction specification for multi-layer barrier material acceptability
   WA Narin van Court, DW Andrews
4. Estimation of gas emissions from landfills: preliminary results from a large scale test cell
   LA Perera, G Achari, J.PA. Hettiaratcht, K Ohman


MECANIQUE DES ROCHES / ROCK MECHANICS


1. Automated determination of the coefficient of restitution from back-calculation of observed rock endpoints
   W Stevens, J Curran
2. Empirical underground entry-type excavation span design modification
   J Wang, R Pakalnis, D Milne, B Lang
3. Design approaches for hard-rock pillars
   C Derek Martin, G Maybee, D McCreath
4. Constitative and numerical modeling for the viscoplastic behavior of underground openings in soft rocks
   OML Yahya, M Aubertin, MR Julien


MECANIQUE DES ROCHES II - ROCK MECHANICS II (Séance / Session 2B)


1. Effect of subsidence on structures built over old mining works in french iron basin
   O Deck, M Al Heib, E Homand
2. The use of smart cable bolt instruments toward the design and design optimization of underground rock support systems
   WF Bawden, P Lausch
3. Brittle and ductile toppling of large rock slopes
   $.L. Nichol, O Hungr
4. Un critére de rupture multiaxial pour les roches avec une anisotropie planaire
   L Li, M Aubertin
5. Assessment of paste fill performance by centrifuge modelling
   E De Souza
6. Mechanical behaviour of cemented paste backfill
   T Belem, M Benzaazoua, B Bussiére
7. Modulus of weak fractured rock: a comparison between laboratory tests and pressuremeter tests
   J Hughes


MECANIQUE DES ROCHES IV - ROCK MECHANICS IV (Séance / Session 5D)


1. Water and gas flow through fractured granite
   PG Ranjith, B Indraratna, N Aziz
2. A capillarity-advection model for gas breakthrough in compacted clay
   K Bannister, J Graham, M Gray
3. Mathematical and laboratory simulation of the thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated bentonite
   TS Nguyen
4. Mathematical modelling of an in-situ experiment for the thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated bentonite and granitic rock mass
   TS Nguyen
5. Monitoring and modelling moisture transients in unsaturated clay and low permeability rock: experience from the underground research laboratory
   N Chandler


MECANIQUE DES ROCHES V - ROCK MECHANICS V (Séance / Session 9D)


1. Modeling of tunnel face stresses in bedded rock
   H Mitr, B Tang, I Vicenzi
2. Characteristics and Performance of Support Systems under Dynamic Loading
   M Céré, C Mitchelson
3. The use of discrete element simulation to illuminate brittle rock failure processes
   MS Diederichs, P.K Kaiser, D Martin
4. Some applications of the ERP method to evaluate violent rock failure in underground mines
   R Simon, M Aubertin, HS Mitri
5. ‘Stability analysis of flexible rocks spanning over a circular cavity
   HH Vazin, SJ Jalali, YX Xiao


MECANIQUE DES SOLS II / SOIL MECHANICS II (Séance / Session 5A)


1. A hyperelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model for phosphatic waste clay of Florida
   Z Ahmed
2. Résistance a grande déformation des argiles de Pest du Canada: influence de la structure initiale de l'argile
   F Saihi, S Leroueil
3. The strength behavior along complete compaction curves
   H Li, DC Sego
4. The effect of repeated wetting-drying on the hydraulic properties of Konnos Clay
   H Bilsel, E Uygar
5. The evaluation of the engineering design parameters with the application of critical state soil model for Orumieh lake bed sediments
   E Aflaki


MECANIQUE DES SOLS III / SOIL MECHANICS III (Séance / Session 6D)


1. Essai SPT-T, un outil pour la prospection géotechnique
   M Roy J. Camapum de Carvalho R. Cabral Guimaraes
2. Penetration rate-controlled CPT in permafrost
   S Buteau, R Fortier
3. Effect of pressuremeter length on the determination of clay properties
   V Silvestri, B El Husseini
4. A generic study of the impact of groundwater flow assumptions in slope stability analysis
   JA Blatz, P Kennedy
5. Slope Stability analysis using stochastic conditioning
   P Chiasson, B Chiasson


MECANIQUE DES SOLS IV / SOIL MECHANICS IV (Séance / Session 7D)


1. Vacuum preloading of a sensitive Champlain sea clay deposit
   ME Soares Marques, S Leroueil, S Varaksin, D Demers, J d’Astous
2. A deviatoric creep model for channel flow through a narrow slit wall via the Schwarz-Christoffel transform
   A Foriero, AB Von Keviczky
3. Electro-osmotic consolidation of soft clays - Analysis of power loss at electrodes
   F Burnotte, G Lefebvre, A Dermoune
4. Soulévement et détérioration de dalles de béton sur remblai pyriteux de la rive-sud de Montréal (Québec)
   G.Ballivy, C Pépin, P Rivard
5. Gonflement de remblais de fondation Simulation en laboratoire
   A Bellaloui, G Nkurunziza, G.Ballivy


MECANIQUE DES SOLS V / SOIL MECHANICS V (Séance / Session 9B)


1. Importance of dilatancy and fabric on the cyclic response of sands in soil/structure interaction problems
   RG Wan, PJ Guo
2. Estimating progressive mobilization of soil strength
   A Nobahar, R Popescu, I Konuk
3. Numerical modeling of the strength and dilatation of sand
   P Santrac
4. “L'interaction sol-structure en tenant compte du comportement rhéologique de l'argile de Bahlui”
   N Botu


PROPRIETES ET CARACTERISATION DE SITE / PROPERTIES AND SITE CHARACTERIZATION (Séance / Session 8D)


1. A new approach for screening soil contamination
   RV Clementino, PK Robertson, KW Biggar, G Cyre
2. Field hydraulic measurement and simulation
   E Hickey, P Chiasson
3. A methodology for the measurement of intrinsic permeability in a partially water-saturated frozen sand
   DC Dickson, MA Knight, JF Sykes
4. Moisture movement through hydrophobic soils
   G Achar, A Quyum, RH Goodman
5. Detection of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Contaminants Using the UVIF-CPT
   DJ Woeller, 1 Weemees, J Greig, PK Robertson, TJ Boyd, D Thomas


RESIDUS MINIERS II - MINES TAILINGS II (Séance / Session 6C)


1. Ageing of tailings dams
   L Murray, H McLeod, H Plewes
2. Méthodes de gestion et de déclassement des résidus miniers d’uranium au Canada
   MB Belfadhel
3. Experience with thickened red mud tailings (paste) stacking in tropical and temperate climates and applicability of the technology to other tailings
   G Haile, WB O’Callaghan, TF Hartney, W Cameron
4. Field Study of Metal, Sulphate and Radionuclide Fluxes of Submerged, Pre-Oxidized Uranium Mine Tailings
   V Peacey, EK Yanful, R Payne


RESIDUS MINIERS IJ - MINES TAILINGS I (Séance / Session 5C)


1. Consolidation testing and S.E.M. Images of tailings pastes for surface disposal
   JJ Crowder, MWF Grabinsky, DA Landriault
2. Effects of focculent on deposition of tailings sludge for upstream raise of impoundment dykes
   P Garand, $.Vézina, K Bocking
3. Measurement of wind induced resuspension of tailings at Quirke tailings site, Elliot Lake
   C Adu-Wusu, E-K Yanful, MH Mian
4. Laboratory scale sulphide tailings oxidation
   R Gautam, EK Yanful, DG Karamanev
5. Characteristics of laterite slurry tailings from acid leach metal extraction process
   S Azam, R Chalaturnyk, JD Scort, J Stiksma


RISQUES SISMIQUES ET LIQUEFACTION / EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AND LIQUEFACTION (Séance / Session 4C)


1. PRISM - A Strong Motion Database
   R Popescu, G Deodatis, JH Prevost
2. Influence of Frequency Content of Seismic Motion on Soil Liquefaction
   R Popescu
3. Application of a CPT-based method to estimate liquefaction-induced ground settlements
   G Zhang, PK Robertson, RWI Brachman
4. A novel geotechnical method to assess past earthquake characteristics
   KT Law, YB Lock
5. Liquefaction of loose gassy sand
   JLH Grozic


ROUTES ET CHAUSSEES / ROADS AND PAVEMENTS (Séance / Session 3D)


1. Fracture toughness of frozen base and subbase soils in pavements
   J.-M. Konrad, J Cummings
2. Engineering properties of base, subbase, and subgrade soils from in-situ tests in roads
   J.-M. Konrad, D Lachance
3. Geotechnical engineering applied to road rehabilitation studies
   L D'Amours
4. Discrete element method for resilient behavior analysis
   M Zeghal
5. Influence of curing on the mechanical properties of a dense graded emulsion mix
   J.-M. Konrad, J Walter
6. Spectral analysis of continuous surface waves in pavements
   M Storme, R Fortier, J.-M. Konrad


SOIL MECHANICS 1 (Séance / Session 4A)


1. Quantification of soil heterogeneity
   T Elkateb, R Chalaturnyk, PK Robertson
2. Spatial variability of soil properties - Effects on foundation design
   A Nobahar, R Popescu
3. Geotechnical laboratory simulation educational module
   K Biggar, S Masala
4. Analysis of land subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal considering unsaturated layers
   SM Mousavi, B Gatmiri, A Pak, MH El Naggar
5. Shear strength behavior of a silty soil over the suction range from 0 to 1,000,000 kPa
   SK Vanapalli, A Wright, DG Fredlund
6. Automated soil classification and estimation of percolation rate for tile bed design
   JA Franklin, M Palassi


TECHNIQUES DE RESTAURATION I / REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES I (Séance / Session 3B)


1. In situ multi-phase extraction of dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) in porous media
   N D’Anjou, P Larocque, R Vantfoort
2. Numerical modelling as a tool for the analysis of electrokinetic decontamination tests of heavy metal polluted soils
   J.-F.J. Beaulicu, G Lefebvre
3. The potential of soybean peroxidase to remediate contaminated soil systems
   NA Driscoll, MA Warith, KJ Kennedy
4. Hydrogen peroxide in cleanup of residual hydrocarbons adjacent to structures with restricted access
   M Mahmoud, M McCormick, RW (Rob) Dickie, G McClymont, P Stokes-Rees


TECHNIQUES DE RESTAURATION II - REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES II (Séance / Session 7C)


1. Use of deinking residues for the final cover of a MSW Landfill
   F Burnotte, G Lefebvre, A Cabral, C Audet, A Veilleux
2. In situ electrical heating technologies for environmental remediation
   TT Wong, AV Krishnayya, JG Agar, BH Nevokshonoff, R Warren
3. Removal of boron and other contaminants from landfill leachate by peat and the effect of lime addition
   M Sartaj, L Fernandes, N Castonguay
4. Enhancement of the pump-and-treat technique using polymers
   ML M Darwish, P.LJ. Zitha, PK Currie
5. Hydrophobic organic compound removal from clayey soil due to surfactant enhanced electrokinetic system
   M Elektorowicz, G Hatim


TRAVAUX DE FONDATIONS I / FOUNDATION ENGINEERING I (Séance / Session 1D)


1. Sricos : Prediction of scour rate at bridge piers
   J.-L. Briaud, FCK Ting, HC Chen, K Kwak, P Nurtjahyo, Y Cao, Y Li
2. Lateral earth pressure induced by rammed aggregate piers
   DJ White, EC Lawton, JM Pitt
3. Terra-Link (Ter-Voile) Earth Retaining Process: A Model Test
   P La Rochelle, V Curt, F Schlosser
4. The construction and performance of a 14 m deep parkade in downtown Calgary
   J Oswell, D Sparrow, A Costin, P Macdonald
5. Sensitive case of dynamic compaction for an electric sub-station in Lavaltrie (QC), Canada
   M Garzon


TRAVAUX DE FONDATIONS II / FOUNDATION ENGINEERING II (Séance / Session 2D)


1. Calibration of suction pile installation analysis in sand
   T Preber, S Bang, Y Cho, S Boyle, J Gould
2. Performance of a composite pile in a full scale statnamic load testing program
   MA Pando, GM Filz, EJ Hoppe, CD Ealy, MK Muchard
3. Compression behavior of instrumented bored pile installed through deep soft clay
   C Eu Ho, C Gee Tan, C Heng Lim
4. PDA assisted Dynamic Load Tests provide a cost-effective foundation solution — A case history
   H Frank Murati, DS Saxena
5. Piled Foundations for the Canwest Building in Surrey, BC
   VA Sowa, A Altaee


TRAVAUX DE FONDATIONS III / FOUNDATION ENGINEERING III (Séance / Session 4D)


1. FEM analysis of a row of concrete piles as vibration barrier for stationary and moving loads
   L Kellezi, N Foged
2. Stiffness characteristics of piled foundations
   M Koskinen, APS Selvadurai, J Hartikainen
3. Laterally loaded free head pile test comparison in layered soil
   R Phillips, JI Clark, F Zhu, R Hanke
4. Design charts for tapered piles
   M Sakr, MH El Naggar
5. A study of the blast vibration effect on industrial structures
   AJ Rancourt


TRAVAUX DE FONDATIONS IV / FOUNDATION ENGINEERING IV (Séance / Session 8C)


1. Techniques de contréle des travaux de réparation par injection
   J Rhazi, G Ballivy, K Saleh, S Tremblay, E Gagnon, F Goupil
2. Wet milling of cement based suspension grouts
   A Naudts, M Yates
3. ISIS: In situ soil injection simulator
   E Landry, D Lees, A Naudts
4. Parameters affecting thickness of bentonite cake — A physical model study
   A Soroush, M Soroush
5. The influence of injection sequence in compensation grouting
   SW Lee, MD Bolton, RJ Mair, K Soga, GR Dasari, T Hagiwara