Proceedings of 75th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoCalgary 2022)

Sessions:

• M1
• M2
• M3
• M4
• M5
• M6
• M7
• M8
• M9
• M10
• T2
• T3
• T4
• T5
• T7
• T8
• T9
• T10
• T12
• T13
• T14
• T15
• W1
• W2
• W3
• W4
• W5
• W6
• W7
• W8
• W9
• W10
• W11

M1


1. Large-scale stiffness tests bounding a deep bedding plane in the Shaftsbury Shales
   Colin Dreger, Vicki Nguyen, Derek Martin, Hossein Rafiei Renani, Garry Stevenson, Andrew Watson
2. Rock Fill Settlement in a Highway Embankment in Northern Ontario: A Case Study (Final Results)
   AK De Souza, A Bom, J P Dittrich, K Ahmad, Tony Sangiuliano
3. Dilatancy and strength characteristics of compacted mine waste fill used in oil sands dam construction
   Jarret MacDonald, Mahmoud Elbanna, Margot Lederman, Paul Cavanagh, Duncan Nixon
4. Revisiting the Sellmeijer method for backward erosion piping
   Sina Ramezanifouladi, Jean Côté
5. Embankment dams under dynamic heavy traffic loading: Challenges and perspective
   Erdrick Pérez-González, Jean-Pascal Bilodeau, Steven Doré-Richard, Valérie Fréchette
6. Vulnerability of Small Dams Subject to Induced Seismicity in Northeast British Columbia
   Gennaro Esposito, Gordon A Fenton


M10


1. Main results from an extensive geotechnical characterization of hard rock tailings from an open pit gold mine
   Abtin Jahanbakhshzadeh, Michel Aubertin
2. SLOPE STABILITY AND SAFETY DISTANCE FOR MINE WASTE ROCK PILES BUILT BY END/PUSH DUMPING
   Kasra Majdanishabestari, Gilbert Girumugisha, Carlos Ovalle, Esteban Sáez, Michel Aubertin
3. Settlement and Temperature Monitoring of a Frozen Tailings Impoundment, Kam Kotia Mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada
   Bruce Polan, Michael Braverman
4. Performance evaluation of the Quemont 2 mine reclamation techniques using a three-dimensional groundwater model
   Mohamed Jalal EL Hamidi, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Tikou Belem, Marie-Elise Viger
5. Use of Bayesian Hierarchical Models to Estimate Geotechnical Parameters for Tailings
   Holly Williams, Osvaldo Nicolás Ledesma
6. Satellite-based radar interferometry for monitoring ground surface deformation of filtered tailings storage facilities in continuous permafrost regions
   Malte Vöge, Sean Salazar, Regula Frauenfelder, Vincent Boulanger-Martel, Mutaz Nujaim, Thomas Pabst


M2


1. Comparative assessment of transient creep models to analyze openings in low porosity soft rocks
   Jonathan D Aubertin, Michel Aubertin
2. Relative Importance of Rock Mass Geometrical Parameters on Erosion in a Dam Spillway Tailrace using a Small-Scale Physical Model
   Marie-Hélène Wisse, Ali Saeidi, Marco Quirion
3. Determining True Tensile Strength from Brazilian Tensile Strength Laboratory Testing
   TRM Packulak, MR McDonald, AC Jacksteit, JJ Day, MS Diederichs
4. Numerical Analysis of Small-Scale Heat Transfer in Diorite Rocks Validated with Experimental Data
   Caleb Coulson, Othman Nasir
5. Vein genesis and the emergent geomechanical behaviour of numerically simulated intact veined rock specimens under uniaxial compression
   Émélie Gagnon, Jennifer Day
6. Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Measurements of Cobourg Limestone under Stress
   Mark McDonald, Mark Diederichs


M3


1. Concrete Strength Variation and Curing Effect on the Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) Results of Cast-in-place (CIP) Concrete Piles
   Jason Ni, Zhidong Zhou
2. Experiences with Hybrid Finite Elements in Geomechanics
   Dieter Stolle, Peijun Guo, Brandon Karchewski
3. Collapsibility Screening for Tailings Dam Foundations Supported on Saprolite
   Hafeez Baba, Ljiljana Josic
4. A study to determine the correlation between characteristics diameters and air-entry value of fine-grained soil
   Minh Nguyen, David Elwood
5. An Iterative Method to Estimate Grain-size Distribution from Soil-water Characteristic Curve
   Minh Nguyen, David Elwood
6. Strength of Partially Frozen Sand Under Triaxial Compression
   Yawu Liang, Nicholas Beier, DC Sego


M4


1. Design of a field test to monitor leakage through a hole in a cover geomembrane
   YH Fan, RW Brachman, R Kerry Rowe, Jamie F VanGulck
2. Improved Roadway Resilience Through the Mechanical & Hydraulic Functions of a High Modulus Geosynthetic Moisture Management System
   René Laprade
3. Temperature Dependent Short-Term Evaluation of index and performance tests on Bituminous Geomembranes
   Mitchell Rogal, IR Fleming, B Marcotte, S Bhat
4. Large-scale laboratory testing of the performance of geosynthetic mine waste covers
   Erika L Erlandson, Ian R Fleming
5. Reliability bearing capacity analysis of footings seated on unreinforced and reinforced granular layers over undrained cohesive soil with spatial variability
   Navid Shafiee, Richard J Bathurst
6. A numerical study on the pressure-reducing ability of DrainTube geosynthetics in an unsaturated embankment subject to rainfall
   Michael G Andree, Ian R Fleming, Stephan Fourmont


M5


1. 3D finite element modeling of spiral welded pipe response to strike-slip fault
   Mozhgan Asgarihajifirouz, Xiaoyu Dong, Hodjat Shiri
2. Virtual and Mixed Reality Geodatabases: The Importance of Integrating Engineering Geological Field Techniques with New Methods for Site Characterization
   J Mysiorek, D Stead, O Chang, D Donati, N Rosser, IE Onsel
3. Terrain analysis of three small landslides using drone images and lidar data
   Ali P Babaki, Jennifer Clarke, Dwayne D Tannant
4. POST-WILDFIRE DEBRIS FLOW THAT AFFECTED A RAILWAY AND HIGHWAY IN BC
   Kaushal Gnyawali, Dwayne D Tannant
5. Design and Construction of Stabilization Measures for Highway 99, Ten Mile Slide, Lillooet, BC
   Rod Kostaschuk, Sarah Gaib, Adrian Gygax
6. Three slope failures in Malaysia: Lessons learned and suggestions for the future
   Ali A Mahmood, Mohamad Zularif Ayup


M6


1. Geotechnical Baselines for Microtunneling in Difficult Ground Conditions in Calgary, Alberta
   Anwar Majid, Kristen Tackney, Melanie Gray, Shawn Pillai
2. Pipeline-Soil Interaction Effects on Vortex-induced Vibration Fatigue Analysis of Multi-Spanning Subsea Pipelines Using Decision Tree Regression
   Mobin Abdolalipour, Hodjat Shiri
3. Finite element modeling of polyethylene pipe in dense sand subjected to lateral force
   Saifa Anzum, Auchib Reza, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar
4. Axial ground movement analysis for buried polyethylene pipelines using nonlinear pipe-soil interaction model
   Auchib Reza, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar
5. Communicating Geology - How do we portray Geotechnical Risk to Non-Geotechnical Professionals
   Nicolas Boelhouwer, Stefan Goerz
6. Comparison of Inadvertent Return Risk Analysis Methods to As-Drilled Pressure Data and Review of the Concept of a Factor of Safety
   Stefan Goerz, Nic Boelhouwer


M7


1. Monotonic, Cyclic, and Post-cyclic Behaviour of Fine Gravel
   Mathan V Manmatharajan, Alex Sy, Mason Ghafghazi
2. How to obtain representative friction angle of coarse granular materials with not large enough specimens
   Akram Deiminiat, Li Li, Jonathan D Aubertin
3. Three-Dimensional Effect on a Large Stockpile Slope Stability Analysis
   Michael Etezad, Ben Riddell, Ken Bocking, Dennis Becker, Steve Boileau, Travis Pastachak, Jason Bell, Erik Wimmelbacher
4. Numerical Investigation of Stress and Strain Nonuniformities in Direct Simple Shear Sample and Its Effects on Overall Stress-Strain Behaviour
   Sudipta Bhowmick, Bipul Hawlader
5. SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY VALUES PREDICTED BY EMPIRICAL LABORATORY CORRELATIONS FOR EASTERN CANADIAN CLAYS
   Dania ELBEGGO, Yannic ETHIER, Mourad KARRAY, Jean-Sébastien DUBÉ
6. 3D numerical modelling of earth pressures on a non-yielding rigid wall due to compaction efforts
   Islam Ezzeldin, John Newhook, Hany El Naggar


M8


1. Finite Element Analysis of a Profiled HDPE Stormwater Arch Under Vehicle Loading
   Robert Adams, Richard Brachman
2. Investigation of Microfabric and Geotechnical Properties of Clay Soils of Kapasia Upazila, Gazipur, Bangladesh
   Siddha Moutoshi Shome, Mahmoud Babalar, ATM Shakhawat Hossain, Hossain Md Sayem, Sumi Siddiqua
3. Large Scale Testing of Ground Reaction for Design of Laterally Loaded Piles in the Shaftesbury Shale
   Hossein Rafiei Renani, Garry Stevenson, Derek Martin, Badr Benabdellah, Colin Dreger, Dan Brown, Andrew Watson
4. Influence of curing time on the uniaxial compression behavior of raw lime-treated clayey soil
   Sohail Akhtar, Biao Li
5. Micropiles and shotcrete to support the expansion of the new Cedarvale interchange station
   Alexandre Almeida, Mark Redden, Naresh Gurpersaud
6. SITE-SPECIFIC RESPONSE ANALYSIS FOR THREE SITES IN THE METRO VANCOUVER REGION OF BC USING THE NBCC 2020 SEISMIC HAZARD
   Umesh Anghnoo


M9


1. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF GROUND THERMAL RESPONSE IN CANADIAN NO-PERMAFROST REGIONS TO CLIMATE WARMING
   Mohammed Yassir Marrah, Husham Almansour, Mamadou Fall
2. Creep properties of filtered tailings: design of a temperature-controlled uniaxial constant load testing apparatus and preliminary results
   Mutaz Nujaim, Vincent Boulanger-Martel, Bruno Bussière, Weber Anselmo dos Ramos Souza, Thomas Pabst
3. Influence of freeze-thaw cycles on geopolymer-stabilized organic soil strength
   Shayan S Narani, Sumi Siddiqua
4. Thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled modelling of frost actions in unsaturated soils
   Emad Norouzi, Biao Li, Hong-Hu Zhu
5. Design, Construction, and Initial Performance Review of a Water Retaining Frozen Foundation Dike in a Permafrost Region
   Hongwei Xia, Nigel Goldup, Bill Horne, Fai Ndofor, Jennifer Pyliuk, Thomas Lepine, Justin Bieber
6. State-of-practice for synthesizing climate modelling data and risk-based estimation of geotechnical properties within the Canadian context: a literature review
   Anna Pekinasova, Jocelyn L Hayley


T10


1. Remediation of a Railway Embankment on Collapsed Sensitive Glaciomarine Clay Using Timber Piles near Mink Creek, Northwest British Columbia
   Adam Bontempo, Matthew Cormier, Chris Johnson, Kayla Robinson, Tim Keegan
2. Performance Review of Slope Inclinometers in a Pipeline Geohazard Management Program
   Heidi Manicke, Doug Dewar
3. Dynamic behaviour of steel pile wall for port-structures in high-seismicity zones: Simple vs. full dynamic analysis
   dynamic analysis, Ahmed Mahgoub, Don Dotson, Harry Krishan, Saeed Moghadam
4. A landslide velocity database for the Site C Reservoir in Northeastern British Columbia
   Megan van Veen, Andrew Funk, Colleen Fish, Michael Porter
5. Numerical failure prediction of the Sentinel sea stack formation at Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park with input from UAV-based photogrammetry and erosion records
   A Hyslop, S Kruse, K Snair, Jennifer Day
6. Impacts to Highway 8 British Columbia due to the November 2021 Atmospheric River Event
   Michael J Laws, Ryan Edmonds


T12


1. Wick Drain Design and Construction in Soft Clay Foundation of a Tailings Dam
   Guangwen (Gordon) Zhang, Tara Rothrock, Ed McRoberts, Desiree Wilkins
2. The effect of modern and conventional additives on compaction behavior of dispersive soils
   Alireza Hosseini, Haniye Oftadeh Rahmati, Soheil Karimi, Farzad Saber Tanha, Farzad Daliri
3. Three-dimensional numerical modeling of sand compaction piles in soft clay deposit
   Diponkar Saha, Muhammad Abdur Rahman, Naveel Islam, Kshama Roy, Kavya Koganti, Margaret McBride
4. Introduction of Vibro Dynamic Replacement - Case Study
   Somasekhar Kolathoor, Houman Soleimani Fard
5. Pseudo-3D Electrical Resistivity Imaging for Improved Site Characterization
   Mike Law
6. Mitigation of Ongoing Road Settlement Using Lightweight Cellular Concrete - A Case History.
   Adriana Luis, Ender Parra, Arma Dhaliwal


T13


1. Geotechnical issues encountered during the design and construction of the REM project in Montreal
   Riad Diab, Taravat Kashi Ghandi
2. Thermal characteristics of rammed earth stabilized using cement, fly ash, and bentonite
   Kianoush Alasvand, Chinchu Cherian, Sumi Siddiqua
3. Essais de segregation en laboratoire sur de la pierre concassee en utilisant la table vibrante
   Zahia Makkeb, Robert P Chapuis, Djaouida Chenaf
4. Ground Vibrations during Installation of Rockfill Columns
   Silvia Nobre, James Blatz, Bruno P Arpin, Rob Kenyon, Jessica McCombe, Marolo C. Alfaro
5. Evaluating CAPWAP Analysis as a Method of Predicting Skin Friction Resistance in Tension for Driven Piles in Clays
   Kevin Baylis
6. Highway 400 and Highway 89 Underpass Bridge Replacement - Evaluation of Pile Load Tests: A Case Study
   Darcy Hansen, William Cavers, Lisa Coyne, Sandra McGaghran, Brady Lin, Tony Sangiuliano


T14


1. Amendement des argiles afin de limiter les effets engendres par les cycles gel-degel sur la conductivite hydraulique saturee
   Abdesselam Merzouk, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Tikou Belem, Marie-Elise Viger
2. Novel thermo-mechanical model to assess utilization of geothermal energy for de-icing of the Fredrick G. Gardiner expressway
   Aimen Yousuf, Humza Ahmed, Kamelia Atefi-Monfared
3. Effect of curing conditions after compaction on the strength development of soils treated with paper sludge ash-based stabilizer
   Navila Tabassum, Hayano Kimitoshi, Yamauchi Hiromoto
4. Utilization of Industrial by-products in Ground Improvement Applications
   Alireza Mohammadinia, Alireza Foroughi
5. Climate Warming and the Relocation and Redesign of Northern Winter Roads
   Rob Kenyon, Ryan Dobson, Suzanne Schultz, William Hutchison, Chief Paul Burke
6. EVALUATION OF HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION BY INDIGINOUS BACTERIA DEGRADE RESIDUAL HYDROCARBONS OF MATURE FINE TAILINGS UNDER ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
   Maryam Rezaeitamijani, Catherine N Mulligan


T15


1. Effects of roughness on the strength and fracturing processes in Mortar-Granite interface under tensile loading
   Ghasem Shams, Patrice Rivard, Omid Moradian
2. A geostatistical procedure for calculating joint roughness of large rock discontinuities
   Mariem Belhaj, Patrice Rivard, Ghasem Shams, Omid Moradian
3. Impact of bedding plane on tensile strength and fracture geometry derived from Brazilian tests on Montney equivalent rock discs
   Seyed Hossein Tabatabaei Poudeh, Jeffrey A Priest
4. Experimental study of permeability as a function of stress-induced damage in Stanstead granite
   Steven Gaines, Mark Diederichs, Ted Anderson
5. Thermohydraulic characterization of Charlevoix crater rocks
   María José Oviedo, Jasmin Raymond, Daniela Blessent, Stéphanie Larmagnat, Jacqueline López-Sánchez.
6. Evaluation of indentation on high strength and isotropic formations
   Prajit Premraj, Zijian Li, Abdelsalam Abugharara, Stephen Butt


T2


1. Eupalinos Tunnel - First Tunnel to be Excavated Simultaneously from Both Ends in the 6th Century B.C.
   Nicholas Vlachopoulos
2. GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATION OF GAMMA RAY LOGGING IN THE TRENTON LIMESTONES OF THE SAINT-LAWRENCE PLATFORM (CENTRE BLOCK REHABILITATION PROJECT CASE STUDY) 
   Fatima El Madani, Michel Kuntz, Steve Ash, Vanessa Sanchez, Thibault Ducat, Marc Etienne
3. Geotechnical Bedrock Characterization, Centre Block Rehabilitation Project, Ottawa Ontario  
   David Feghali, Steve Ash, Imad Alainachi, Ahmed Abdelaziz
4. Rock joint characterization in Montreal Island as a function of regional and local structural Geology
   Nooshin Falaknaz, Arash Khosravi, Brigitte Gagné
5. Risk assessment steps and challenges in rock tunnel projects
   Brigitte Gagne, Nooshin Falaknaz, Georges Forest
6. Rate and state friction behavior of simulated fault gouge material from different facies of the Duvernay-equivalent Perdrix formation
   Jose Rogelio Hernandez Borbon, Jeffrey Priest


T3


1. Conducting a successful geophysical campaign: Benefits, pitfalls, and guidelines
   D Campos Halas, B McClement, A Marchand, B Walker
2. Reducing Geotechnical Risk through Waterborne Geophysical Solutions - Closing Data Gaps on Water
   Drew Fossen, Adam Peake, Jane Dawson
3. Scalp-and-replacement of oversize particles for internal erosion testing
   Ganapathiraman Vinoth, Jonathan Fannin
4. A Triaxial Permeameter to Study the Mechanical Consequences of Internal Erosion
   Sara Ataii, Jonathan Fannin
5. Mapping and Investigating Permafrost along the Proposed Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link, Manitoba to Nunavut  
   Shirley McCuaig, Robin McKillop, Cory McGregor, Pascale Roy-Levéillée, Arianne St-Amour
6. Direct comparison of RADARSAT Constellation Mission InSAR, UAV derived point cloud comparison & RTK GNSS deformation monitoring at North Slide, Thompson River Valley, British Columbia
   Drew Rotheram-Clarke, David Huntley, Philip LeSueur, Robert Cocking, Jamel Joseph, Roger MacLeod


T4


1. Antioxidant depletion from a HDPE geomembrane immersed in unsaturated tailings pore waters and heap leaching solutions
   Rodrigo A e Silva, Fady B Abdelaal, R K Rowe
2. Multi-linear drainage geocomposite for Sub-slab Depressurization and radon mitigation
   Stephan Fourmont, Éléonore Vial, Michael Vanhee
3. Evaluation of freeze-thaw behavior of geosynthetics-reinforced base courses
   Mian Huang, Cheng Lin, Sanat K Pokharel
4. Veneer Stability Evaluation of a Geosynthetic Cover System for Mine Waste Rock
   Kyle Howse, IR Fleming
5. Design and Construction of a Full-Scale Traffic Simulating Apparatus Over a Soil-Geosynthetic Composite
   Ethan Landry, Adam Hammerlindl, Ian Fleming, Haithem Soliman
6. Using Photogrammetry to Evaluate the Failure Mechanisms of Full-Scale Plate Load Testing of Geogrid-Aggregate Composite Layers Placed Over Silty Clay
   Benjamin Fox, Kyle Howse, Ian Fleming, Michael Andree, Adam Hammerlindl, Bryce Marcotte, Mark Wayne, Andrew Lees


T5


1. Cyclic freeze-thaw behavior of coal gangue based geopolymer
   Xiaoyun Yang, Cheng Lin, Xiaoyun Yang
2. Chemical recycling of Polyethene terephthalate as a sustainable binder in soil stabilization
   Alok Chandra, Sumi Siddiqua
3. Numerical Implementation of an Equilibrium Thermodynamics-based Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical model for clay soils
   Mohammadhossein Sojoudi, Biao Li
4. Electrochemical Testing for Soil Corrosivity Determination - The Impact of Test Methods on Corrosion Modelling
   Bozena Czarnecki, Edahlia McNeil, Ward Johnston
5. Influence of Rock Microstructure on Rock Strength and Drilling Rate of Penetration (ROP)
   Salum Mafazy, Michael Marsh, Zijian Li, Stephen Butt
6. Effect of Particle Gradation on the Strength Properties of Cemented Paste Backfill (CPB)
   Mohammad Shafaet Jamil, Zijian Li, Abdelsalam Abugharara, Stephen Butt


T7


1. Surface erosion of soil: Testing methods and applications
   Yunjie Lin, Cheng Lin
2. Multimodal Search for Critical Slip Surfaces in Slopes Reinforced with Piles
   T Ma, B Cami, S Javankhoshdel, T Yacoub
3. Limit equilibrium analysis of gabion walls
   Sina Javankhoshdel, Liam Jacob Sy, Terence Ma, Brigid Cami, Thamer Yacoub
4. A Case Study for Ground Improvement using Surcharge and Wick Drains for the Canadian Port-of-Entry Building Foundations of Gordie Howe International Bridge Project
   Yu Guo, Taesang Ahn, Doug McLachlin, Curtis Simpson, Robert Sheriff, Rab Krist
5. Large scale experimental study on isolated shallow foundations submitted to overturning moment
   Hamid Ghorbanbeigi, Simon Grenier, Raymond Cossette, Olivier Massicotte
6. Pile length estimation based on guided wave theory for unknown foundations
   Shihao Cui, Hongwei Liu, Pooneh Maghoul


T8


1. A Study of the Anisotropy of Champlain Sea Clay in the South-East Ottawa Area using Field Vane Tests
   Zuhtu S Ozden, David Staseff
2. Improvement of Ground Slope Modification Factors for Cohesion and Friction Bearing Capacity Terms using Numerical Investigation of Square Footings
   Yohannes Eshetu Ayalew, Abraham Mineneh
3. Impact of Wick Drain Installation on the Shear Strength Parameters of Cohesive Soils
   Mehdi Hosseyni, Mohsen Nicksiar, Mohammad Khandan Bakavoli
4. Comparison of small-strain stiffness of laboratory synthesized hydrate-bearing sands for different formation methods
   Mandeep R Pandey, Jeffrey A Priest, Jocelyn L Hayley
5. Comparative study on methods of predicting the axial bearing capacity of driven steel pipe piles - Case study
   Masood Meidani, Ali Masoudian, Alireza Aboutalebi
6. Revival of a Canadian CPT Calibration Chamber
   Wei Liu, Setare Setarenejad, Jamie Sharp, Mark Talesnick, Mason Ghafghazi


T9


1. Failure of Partially Saturated Frozen Soils: A Micromechanical Analysis
   Mehdi Pouragha, Mohammadreza Jebeli, Rachel Glade
2. A critical-state constitutive model for rate-dependent deformation of permafrost
   Dana Amini, Pooneh Maghoul, Hartmut Hollaender
3. ANALYSES OF ROCK PERMAFROST THAWING BEFORE GROUT INJECTION FOR THE INNAVIK HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT
   Jean-Gabriel Dorval, Jean Côté
4. Freeze-thaw impacts on macropore structure of fiber-reinforced clay by industrial computed tomography scanning
   Mahya Roustaei, Joel Pumple, Michael T Hendry, Akhila Palat, Duane Froese
5. Estimating ice and unfrozen water in permafrost samples using industrial computed tomography scanning
   Mahya Roustaei, Joel Pumple, Jordan Harvey, Duane Froese
6. AI-powered ground surface temperature forecasting for cold regions geotechnical applications
   Ali Fatolahzadeh Gheysari, Pooneh Maghoul, Ahmed Ashraf, Ahmed Shalaby, Kshama Roy


W1


1. Early warning of structural deformation and deterioration processes using acoustic methods
   Tiago Biller, Karsten Zimmermann
2. Investigating static liquefaction as a potential mode of failure for Edenville dam via numerical simulation
   Vincent Castonguay
3. Construction and performance monitoring of a new remedial dam in northwestern Ontario
   D Kurz, J Friesen, D Adedapo, V Bhardwaj
4. Evaluation of the effect of rock surface irregularities on the hydraulic parameters of water in unlined dam spillways
   Yavar Jalili Kashtiban, Ali Saeidi, Marie-Isabelle Farinas, Javier Patarroyo
5. Key predictors of earthquake-induced lateral spreading in liquefiable slopes
   Masoumeh Asgarpoor, Andrés Reyes, Mahdi Taiebat
6. Attaining Model Equivalence - Calibrating Material Parameters for Gardiner Dam with 3D Numerical Modelling
   Vicki Nguyen, Joseph Quinn, Kevin Gelleta, Daniel G Bertrand, Imteaz Bhuiyan


W10


1. Statistical Correlations between ultimate bearing capacity (q u) and SPT- N value for glacial tills
   Kanagaratnam Balachandran, Laifa Cao
2. New approach of laboratory determination of coefficient of Earth Pressure at Rest (K0) and its practical application
   Michael Braverman, Keisuke Adachi, Caren Ackley, Bruce Polan
3. Correlation of Cone Penetration Test (CPT) Pile Design Methods to Measured Shaft Resistance of a Driven Steel H-Pile in Silty Clay
   James Bartz, James Blatz
4. Challenge of driven piles in Southern Ontario
   Laifa Cao
5. Modern correlation for SPT-N and Vs to predict the in-situ Dr based on geotechnical parameters of cohesionless soils
   Michael Ghali, Michael Snow, Simon Grenier, Mohamed Chekired, Mourad Karray
6. VOID RATIO CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIP FOR EXPANSIVE SOILS BASED ON SINGLE STRESS STATE VARIABLE FRAMEWORK
   Ali Ghassemi, Sahand Seyfi, Rashid Bashir


W11


1. Improving lateral earth pressure resistance of retaining wall using EPS geofoam
   Aneke Frank Ikechukwu
2. Assessing the effectiveness of heavy metals adsorption from a single contaminated source using a modular leachate tower (MLT)
   Aneke Frank Ikechukwu
3. Modeling of dam break flood wave propagation using HEC-RAS 2D and GIS: case study of Taksebt dam in Algeria
   Abdelghani Leghouchi, Mouloud Mammeri
4. Impacts of alkaline activated slag blended with Omani Sarooj on expansive soil
   Abideen Ganiyu, Ahmed Al Abdulsalaam, Hilal Al Alawi, Atef Badr
5. Reflection upon slope stabilization in miningregions using helical piles
   Mehdi Dib, Chaouki Benabbas
6. An investigation on reasonable design of piled raft foundation for oil storage tanks using centrifuge modeling
   S Mohammad Sadegh Sahraeian, J Takemura, M Yamada


W2


1. Structural Integrity Monitoring (SIMS) of Pipelines at Geohazardous Locations
   AH Mohamud, I Weir-Jones
2. Integrating geological and geotechnical variability to develop a probabilistic 3D shear-wave velocity model for postglacial soils in Saguenay, Quebec
   Mohammad Salsabili, Ali Saeidi, Alain Rouleau, Miroslav Nastev
3. Stiffness Degradation and Sample Damage of Clay Shales in a River Valley Landslide
   J N Antunes, D Elwood
4. Two and Three Dimensional Limit Equilibrium Slope Stability Analyses: A Case Study in Oman
   Pooya Dastpak, Sina Javankhoshdel, Shengfeng Huang, Charbel Abou Samra, L Ribeiro e Sousa, José E Menezes, Daniel Dias, Karim S Karam, Rita L Sousa
5. Application of Gaussian filter to improve forecasting of landslides failure time
   Sohrab Sharifi, Renato Macciotta, Michael Hendry
6. Analytical and numerical assessment of the effect of erosion in sensitive clay landslide: A case study of Saint-Jude Landslide
   Zinan Ara Urmi, Rama Vara Prasad Chavali, Ali Saeidi, Alba Yerro


W3


1. Introduction to a performance-based design method for rocking shallow foundations in seismic zone
   Keshab Sharma, Jia Bin, Lijun Deng
2. Centrifuge modeling technique for axial compressive loading on helical piles in sand
   Naveel Islam, Lijun Deng, Rick Chalaturnyk, Luke Penner
3. Numerical Modeling of Groundwater-Driven Sand Infiltration into Defective Sewer Pipes using CFD-DEM
   Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohamed A Meguid
4. Geotechnical and geophysical investigation for a complex foundation project
   Amer Awad, Panos Berdousis, Melanie Jones, Keith Berzak
5. Prediction of Expansive Soil Volumetric Change Behavior subject to Long-term Climate Data
   Sahand Seyfi, Ali Ghassemi, Rashid Bashir
6. Constitutive modelling of unsaturated tailings undergoing drying and wetting cycles
   Mina Mofrad, Mehdi Pouragha, Paul H. Simms


W4


1. In situ assesment of clay-based cover performance.
   Alejandro Granados, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Tikou Belem, Mamert Mbonimpa, Marie-Elise Viger
2. Increasing transparency and accessibility of a slurry consolidation model in GoldSim
   Tony Zheng, Nicholas Beier
3. Effect of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes on The Strength Development of Cemented Paste Backfill Containing Polycarboxylate ether-based Superplasticizer
   Zubaida Al-Moselly, Mamadou Fall
4. The Application of Interlocking Rock-Socketed Pipe Piles for a Cut-Off Wall in Ontario
   Alexandre Almeida, Anojan Siva, Naresh Gurpersaud
5. In-situ geotechnical investigations for evaluating static liquefaction potential of mine tailings
   Ali Reza Zafarani, Mireille Sandrine Ewane, Amir Hossein Zamani, Philip Gomes, Jean-François Painchaud
6. Comparison of Different Field Test Methods to Assess Hydraulic Conductivity
   Hugh Gillen, Sonny Sundaram, Kevin Bailey


W5


1. Vibrations monitoring for the blasting of a 70m deep shaft in an urban environment - challenges and lessons learned
   C Trottier, M.Sc. Phys., O Champagne, B Walker, J Cubillos
2. Effect of subgrade compressibility on the reinforcing performance of railroad geogrids: insights from finite element analysis
   RLE Desbrousses, MA Meguid
3. A finite element study on the freeze-thaw behaviour of LRT structures in glacial till deposits in Toronto
   Mei T Cheong, Sergei Terzaghi, Yen Wu
4. ANALYSES OF PARAMETERS OF INTERFACE BETWEEN SHOTCRETE AND CONCRETE USED IN TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION
   Nooshin Falaknaz, Normand Thibeault, Masood Meidani
5. Traffic Induced Changes in Small-Strain Stiffness of Geogrid Stabilised Aggregate
   Chelsey Yesnik, Igor Morozov, Haithem Soliman, IR Fleming, Ethan Landry, Adam Hammerlindl
6. Behavior of flexible pavement containing foam glass aggregates as thermal insulation layer
   Pauline Segui, Erdrick Perez-Gonzalez, Jean-Pascal Bilodeau, Guy Doré


W6


1. Evaluation of an accelerogram-based liquefaction detection method using continuous earthquake recordings
   Weiwei Zhan, Qiushi Chen
2. Hazard and risk of the Moosehide Slide (Eddha dadhecha), Dawson City, Yukon
   M Sturzenegger, M Jakob, LU Arenson, A Mitchell, J Harrington, B Collier-Pandya, M Ondercin, N Suszek, J Bond
3. Comparison of Modelling Slope Failure using Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) Procedures and an Informed Multi-Stage Approach
   Liam Kelly, Mark Diederichs, D. Jean Hutchinson
4. NorSand modelling for evaluating the triggering of flowslides in loess
   Liming Zheng, Longde Jin, Fangzhou Liu
5. Simulation of some debris flows in Klanawa watershed in Vancouver, British Columbia
   Arijit Biswas Arghya, Richard Guthrie, Graham Knibbs, Bipul Hawlader
6. Mapping abandoned mine workings using novel surface wave seismic analysis
   Patrick Mah


W7


1. Geotechnical Properties of Sedimentary Bedrock in Calgary, Alberta
   Imran Shah, Anwar Majid, Kristen Tackney, Junaid Rizwan
2. Quantifying the effect of mineralogical composition on mechanical properties of Montney siltstone using micro-indentation tests and SEM-EDS analysis
   Huan Yu, Wenbo Zheng, Jianhui Zhou, Albert Cui
3. Back-Analysis of Geotechnical Instrumentation Data for Numerical Model Calibration, Centre Block Rehabilitation Project, Ottawa Ontario
   Imad Alainachi, Steve Ash, Ahmed Abdelaziz, David Feghali
4. Incorporating an assessment of uncertainty into estimates of in situ stress in rock as a function of depth
   Muhammad Amir Javaid, John P Harrison
5. ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DAMS CONSTRUCTED ON THE PASKAPOO-PORCUPINE HILLS FORMATIONS IN WESTERN ALBERTA  
   Andrew I Bayliss
6. UAV photogrammetry for particle size distribution (PSD) and rock fill characterization
   Marco Arrieta


W8


1. Case study on design of a Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) retaining wall with a shear key on a layered soil foundation
   Cong Xu, Ali Masoudian, Alireza Aboutalebi
2. Influence of anisotropy on the compressibility and earth pressure characteristics of sensitive Leda clay
   S Premnath, R Prasanna, F Alshawmar, M Pouragha, S Sivathayalan
3. Solar Foundation Design in Cold Climates
   T Newson, M Hammad, MCR Davies, A Yazdani, G Kuepfer, J Mendosa
4. Cyclic liquefaction of a granular assembly under initial static shear stress: a DEM study
   Ali Salehi Sichani, Ming Yang, Mahdi Taiebat
5. Ground Improvement - County Rd 2/34 and Hwy 401 Underpass  
   Samuel Briet, PK Chatterji, Stephen Peters, Chris Murray, William Cavers, Tony Sangiuliano
6. A method for balancing lateral pile stiffness within a large pile group under an LNG tank over uneven bedrock topography
   Wei Wang, David Evans, Cheng Lin, Wei Wang, Huawei Li, Jingjing Liu, Kaiwei Zhang


W9


1. Solutions for improving the bearing capacity of wet, weak resource roads used by the Canadian forest industry
   Papa-Masseck Thiam, Francis Bober, Allan Bradley
2. Geotechnical Considerations of Deep Mine Shaft, Sinking by Combined VSM and Drill & Blast Construction Methodology
   Morteza Rahimi, Abirathan Rajmohan, Aleksandar Spasojevic, Jan Scheele, Eliane Cabot, Kai-Sing Ho, Steve Ball
3. Optimization of Wastewater Treatment in Canada: An Exploration of the Regulatory Environment.
   MK Addai, EM Skordaki
4. Characterization of spent bentonite recovered from winery waste to assess its recycling potential
   Mahmoud Babalar, Sabrina Samreen Islam, Chinchu Cherian, Sumi Siddiqua
5. A comprehensive review of seismic hazard and loss estimation software
   Vahid Hosseinpour, Ali Saeidi, Marie-Jose Nollet, Miroslav Nastev
6. APPLICATION OF THE NEW HYPROP DEVICE TO MEASURE THE SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE AND OTHER SOIL DRYING PROPERTIES
   Louis K Kabwe, David Barsi, G Ward Wilson, Nicholas A Beier, Umme S Rima