Comptes rendus d’articles 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference; 12th joint with IAH-CNC (GeoOttawa 2017)

Cold Regions Hydrogeology I



1. Ground ice in permafrost: thermokarst and hydrogeological implications
   Stephen A. Wolfe
2. Overflow observations near the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road, NT
   W.E. Sladen, C.R. Burn, S.A. Wolfe
3. Permafrost and hydrogeology interactions: subarctic Canadian Shield
   Peter D. Morse, Chris Spence
4. An Integrated Surface-Subsurface Flow Model of the Thermo-Hydrological Behavior and Effect of Climate Change in a Cold-Region Catchment in Northern Quebec, Canada
   Masoumeh Parhizkar, Rene Therrien, John Molson, Jean-Michel Lemieux, Richard Fortier, Marie-Catherine Talbot Poulin, Pierre Therrien, Michel Ouellet
5. Coupled cryo-hydrogeological modelling of permafrost degradation at Umiujaq, Quebec Canada
   S. Dagenais, J. Molson, J-M. Lemieux, R. Fortier, R. Therrien
6. Development of a 3D cryohydrogeological model of a small watershed in a degrading permafrost environment in Nunavik, Québec
   Richard Fortier, David-Roy Banville, Richard Levesque, Jean-Michel Lemieux, John Molson, Rene Therrien, Michel Ouellet


Cold Regions Hydrogeology II / Public Consultation



1. Detecting the presence of localized ground water inputs into High Arctic lakes
   Madison L. Harasyn, Scott F. Lamoureux, Alexandre Normandeau
2. Public Consultations for the City of Selkirk Water Supply
   Jeffrey J. Bell, Donovan Toews
3. Contrasting public participation in two recent groundwater governance initiatives: insights into public opinions about groundwater
   Simon Gautrey
4. Deep groundwater circulation in regions of thick permafrost
   Stephen Grasby
5. Historical ground temperatures from the Canadian Arctic
   V.P.C. Fournier, G. Siemens, R.A. Beddoe, B.F. Lim, K.P. Weber, S. Reed, D. Loock


Cold Regions I



1. Modeling of Thermal Performance of Foundation Walls in a Cold Climate
   Pooneh Maghoul, Miroslava Kavgic, Kirill Bobko
2. An experimental study of permafrost restoration under the seismic line in the wetland-dominated zone of discontinuous permafrost, Northwest Territories, Canada
   Michael Braverman, William Quinton
3. Shear Strength of Soils under Frozen and Thawed Conditions using a Large Direct Shear Box
   D. Stafford, E.M. De Guzman, M. Alfaro, G. Dore, L. Arenson
4. Settlement and Heave Anomaly on a Pipeline in the Northern Region of Canada
   Entzu Hsieh, Alexandre Tchekhovski, Blake Brodland, Peter Song
5. Infrastructure Frost Protection Using Rigid Plastic Foam Insulation – History, Engineering Principles and Case History Validation
   Guy L. Titley
6. Bituminous geomembranes used for extending cold weather construction periods
   Natalie Daly, Bernard Breul


Cold Regions II



1. Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations in Cold Climates
   Guy L. Titley
2. Geotechnical Considerations for Iceberg-Pipeline-Soil Impact Events Offshore Newfoundland
   Kenton Pike, Andrew Blundon
3. Influence of Snow Accumulation and Drainage on Road Embankment Thermal Stability
   Alexandre Tchekhovski, Blake Brodland, Entzu Hsieh
4. Laboratory investigations on heat transfer of coarse crushed rock materials
   K. Rieksts, I. Hoff, E. Kuznetsova, J. Cote
5. Soil-freezing characteristic curve of Toronto Silty Clay
   Junping Ren, Sai K. Vanapalli
6. Small-scale physical modelling of ice sheets to determine effect of ice thickness on bearing capacity
   Alanna Carreira, Ryley Beddoe


Dams and Embankments



1. Two Cofferdam Failures – Technical Causes and Professional Practice Implications
   Storer J. Boone, Sarah E.M. Poot
2. Stability assessment of aging earth fill dam
   Moises Alfaro III, James Blatz, Marolo Alfaro, Irene Olivia Ubay
3. Settlement calculation and back-analysis of soil properties for large test embankments on soft clay deposits, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
   Marjan Oboudi, Raymond Hache, Gwangha Roh
4. Rehabilitating Hardy Dam for Stability and Seepage Control
   R. Kenyon, J. Mann, C. Robak, K. Brown
5. Comparison of Predicted and Measured Settlements of Reservoir Dikes on Lacustrine Clays
   Brent Hay, Nelson Ferreira, James Blatz
6. Summary of a drilling and large penetration test program to confirm the density of soils subjected to dynamic compaction for the Bay-Goose Dike at the Meadowbank Gold Project in Nunavut, Canada
   Charlie Harrison, Grant Bonin, Fiona Esford, Michel Julien


EcoSystem and Climate Change



1. Development of indices to assess the potential impact of drought to private wells in Nova Scotia
   G.W. Kennedy, J. Drage, G. Check
2. Assessment of groundwater resources to support wildlife in the W National Park, Niger
   Habsatou Ango, Maximilien Delestre, Boureima Ousmane, Rene Lefebvre
3. Integrated Water Cycle Management in the Great Lakes Basin under Changing Climate Conditions
   Elisha Persaud, Jana Levison, Sarah Rixon, Scott MacRitchie
4. Including groundwater dependent ecosystems in water management: Why it is important and why can’t we do it better?
   Marie Larocque, Stephanie Pellerin
5. Estimating recharge to mountainous bedrock aquifers in a temperate region – a multi-method approach
   Sarah Rathay, Ryan Burgess, Diana M. Allen
6. Impact of climate change on groundwater availability in Eastern Canada
   Jana Levison, Alexandre Martin, Marie Larocque


Experimental Soil Mechanics I - Element Tests



1. Variation of liquefaction potential curves in CTX and TxSS tests
   Marwan Khashila, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekired
2. Effect of moist tamping water content on the shear strength of soil
   R. Prasanna, S. Sivathayalan
3. Effect of frequency, strain ratio and specimen preparation on pore pressure generation of a silty soil at Sorel
   Betegard Jeudy, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekired
4. Direct Simple Shear and Triaxial Compression Tests on Dense Silica Sand at Low Effective Stress
   Mahmud Al Tarhouni, Anup Fouzder, Bipul Hawlader, Ashutosh Dhar
5. Laboratory-based assessment of liquefaction potential of sandy soils using TxSS and P-RAT data
   Samaneh Amirpour Harehdasht, Mourad Karray, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Mohamed Chekired, Anna Chiaradonna
6. Use of TxSS test for assessment of post seismic behaviour of soils
   Aya Bayoumi, Mourad Karray, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Mohamed Chekired


Experimental Soil Mechanics II



1. Methodology to Determine Maximum and Minimum void index in Coarse Granular Soils from Small-Scale Tests Correlations
   Jose Riquelme, Leonardo Dorador
2. Physical Modeling of a Slug test for soil permeability measurement
   Afaf Moumin, Djaouida Chenaf
3. The apparent underconsolidation of hydrate-bearing fine-grained sediments
   William E. Smith, Jeffrey A. Priest, Jocelyn L.H. Grozic
4. Influence of sampling mode and soil humidity on the reproducibility of particle size distribution
   Mirela Sona, Jean-Sebastien Dube, Francois Duhaime, Yannic Ethier
5. Physical Modelling of Undrained Slope Failure Using A Geotechnical Centrifuge
   Stephen Laporte, Greg Siemens
6. The effect of water content and particle size on the behavior of non-engineered Mudrock backfill materials under dynamic loads
   Shaymaa Kennedy, Sam Clarke, Paul Shepley


Experimental Soil Mechanics III



1. The overlying earth pressure on an uplifting metro tunnel using transparent clayey soils and particle image velocimetry (PIV) experiment
   Quanmei Gong, Junhong Zhou, Shunhua Zhou, Yu Zhao, Zhe Luo
2. Creep Behavior of Frozen Leda Clay under Combined Compression Stress and Thermal Exposure
   A.A. Aldaeef, M. Rayhani
3. Geotechnical characterization of residual soils from igneous and metamorphic rocks at three sites in South America
   Jose Sanchez-Marrou
4. Electro-Osmosis Consolidation: Comparative Study between Laboratory and Field Results
   Milad Naghibi, Hossam Abuel-Naga, Rolando P. Orense
5. Engineered Soils: What Are They and How are They Used In Canada
   Tim Smith, Doug Race, Shenglin Wang, Eskedil Melese, Hassan Baaj, Susan Tighe
6. Geotechnical Characterisation of Coarse-Grained Soils Containing Weak and Strong Particles Mixtures
   Leonardo Dorador, Josefina Urrutia


Field Cases I



1. Significance of Variability of Deep Cement Mixed Columns on the reliability of Column Supported Embankments
   Manasi Wijerathna, D.S. Liyanapathirana, Chin Leo, Jinsong Huang
2. Geotechnical Aspects of the Top-Down Design and Construction of a Single-span Highway Bridge
   Mrinmoy Kanungo, Storer J. Boone
3. Site characterization of a sensitive Champlain Sea clay deposit in Beauharnois, Quebec
   A. El-Dana, F. Gilbert, R. Saadeldin, R. Hache
4. Design and construction of rock-socketed caissons in dolomitic limestone: a Winnipeg perspective
   Steven Harms, Ken Skaftfeld, Ryan Belbas
5. Construction Monitoring of a Silo Structure over 45 m of Poor Soils Including Wood Chips in Saint John, NB
   Lindsay MacKenzie, Rochelle Staples, Arun J. Valsangkar
6. Edmonton ICE District Towers Geotechnical Investigation and Foundation Design
   Xiaobo Wang, Robin Tweedie, Don Law


Field Cases II



1. Parameters Affecting the Dynamic Behavior of the Machine Foundations
   Mahmoud M. Hassan
2. Viscoplastic behaviour of soft soil in vacuum consolidation
   P.I. Kumarage, C.T. Gnanendran
3. Geotechnical Design Considerations for Seismic Retrofit of Existing Foundations
   Hafeez Baba, Henri Sangam, Miguel Nunes, Artin Hassas
4. Soft ground consolidation of a railway yard using wick drains and surcharge fill
   Fanyu Zhu, Tiekui Yan, Shabbir Bandukwala
5. Comparison between measured displacements and numerical analysis in a 39 meter deep excavation in Tehran
   Seyed Nima Mirhadi, Ali Yazdansepas, Roozbeh Salehabadi
6. Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on earth pressure acting on shoring system
   Hicham (Sam) Salem, Alireza Ghirian, Ryan Teplitsky


Field Cases III



1. Seismic Performance of Piled Raft Foundation at Al-Madinah City Center- Case Study
   Ahmed Taha, Shehata E. Abdel Raheem, M. Hesham El Naggar
2. Study of creep effects in single piles using a five-parameter linear viscoelastic soil model
   Anumita Mishra, Nihar Ranjan Patra
3. Modélisation numérique du comportement d'une excavation profonde dans de l'argile surconsolidée: L'impact du modèle de sol
   Yousef Hejazi
4. Dynamic response of Tapered piles under axial vibrations
   Sonal Singh, Nihar Ranjan Patra
5. Field performance of fully grouted piezometers installed in the Saint-Marthe Clay deposit, Quebec
   Vahid Marefat, Francois Duhaime, Robert P. Chapuis, Vincent Le Borgne
6. Effect of pile head fixity on lateral capacity of pile located at the crest of clay slope
   Vinay Kumar Chandaluri, V.A. Sawant


Field Investigation I - CPT, Geophysics, etc.



1. Verification and Normalization of Miniature Cone Penetration Test Results for Fraser River Sand
   Stephen Jones, Abouzar Sadrekarimi, Matt Kokan
2. Statistical correlations between undrained shear strength (CU) and both SPT- N value and net limit pressure (PL) for cohesive glacial tills
   Kanagaratnam Balachandran, Jinyuan Liu, Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker
3. Correlation between concrete properties and sonic wavespeed using non-destructive field testing procedures
   Mudasser M.A. Noor, Gohe A. Metaferia, Hicham (Sam) Salem
4. Effects of wavelength in MASW test for detection of non-homogeneity in medium – laboratory experimental results
   Hassan Ali, Giovanni Cascante
5. Examining the effect of soil stiffness on vane shear test torque-rotation curves
   Mark Anthony Styler, Ernest Naesgaard
6. Identifying contractive soils by CPT material index for flow liquefaction concerns
   Paul W. Mayne, Mark Styler, David J. Woeller, Jamie Sharp


Field Investigation II - CPT, Geophysics, etc.



1. Liquefaction Assessment by Full-Scale Vibratory Testing
   K. Rainer Massarsch, Bengt H. Fellenius
2. Evaluation of Full Displacement Pressuremeter for Geotechnical Investigation in Southern Ontario
   A. Drevininkas, M. Manzari
3. Characterization of a complex soil foundation
   Joseph Quinn, Jim Casey, Len Murray, Rick Friedel
4. Case Study on Using Seismic Cone Penetration (SCPTu) Data to Avoid a Deep Foundation for a New School in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
   Serge Bourque, Benjamin McGuigan, Michel Poirier
5. Effect of subsurface conditions on the MASW test results – case study
   Bahareh Vazabakht, Hassan Ali, Ali Nasseri-Moghaddam, Joseph Bennett
6. Effect of uncertainties in field nucleodensimeter data on estimated hydraulic conductivity of compacted tills used in ECRD
   Alexandra Tremblay Bouchard, Jean Cote, Marc Smith, Jean-Yves Morency


General Hydrogeology I



1. Response to Pumping in a Two-Aquifer System
   Xiaomin Wang, Christopher J. Neville
2. Development of a Water Supply in the Carbonate Aquifer for the City of Selkirk
   Jeffrey J. Bell, Paulynn Estrella-Legal, Justin Neufeld, Frank W. Render
3. Advantages and limits of groundwater residence times and major ions chemistry to validate a regional groundwater flow model: Example of the Centre-du-Québec region (Québec, Canada)
   Sylvain Gagne, Marie Larocque, Daniele L. Pinti, Marion Saby, Guillaume Meyzonnat
4. An Evaluation of Methods to Remove Barometric Effects from Pore Pressure Data
   James Tipman, Lee Barbour, van der Garth Kamp
5. Numerical Modeling of Slug test in unconfined aquifer
   Afaf Moumin, Djaouida Chenaf


General Hydrogeology II



1. Using Petrel to integrate geophysical datasets for investigating the three-dimensional hydrostratigraphic architecture of a buried valley network
   Samantha E. Morgan, Diana M. Allen, Dirk Kirste, Carlos J. Salas
2. Investigating Regional Groundwater Flow Influences on Slope Stability in Unlithified Materials
   R. Dandurand, D. Allen, B. Ward
3. Characterization of unsaturated hydraulic properties for soils used in Low Impact Development
   T. House, R. Bashir, J. Sharma, U. Khan
4. Hydraulic properties for Devon silt considering volume change during drying
   Feixia Zhang, G. Ward Wilson, Delwyn G. Fredlund
5. Recovery of the Carbonate Aquifer in the Downtown Winnipeg Area and the Impact on Geotechnical Projects
   Jeffrey J. Bell, Justin E. Neufeld
6. Maintaining Stable Excavation Base by Depressurizing an Underlying Confined Artesian Aquifer: A Case Study in Richmond Hill, Ontario
   Stephen Di Biase, Michael Rochetta, Athavan Nadarajah, Mike Fairbanks


General Hydrogeology III



1. Évaluation Technico-Spatiale du réseau d'infrastructure d'assainissement par les SIG: Quartiers sous équipés à Casablanca Sud-ouest (Maroc)
   A. Hijab, H. Boulekbache, A. Amrani
2. What can be learnt about dispersivity from transport experiments in unsaturated double-porosity soils?
   T.D. Tran Ngoc, Azita Ahmadi, Henri Bertin
3. Determining hydrofacies in granular deposits of the Valin River paleodelta in the Saguenay region, Quebec
   Lamine Boumaiza, Alain Rouleau, Pierre A. Cousineau
4. Secondary Rock Structures Within Claystone-Rich Cretaceous Strata, Williston Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada and their Impact on Regional Hydrogeology
   Jakub T. Szmigielski, M. Jim Hendry
5. Hydrogeology of the Gull Lake Area, Eastern Manitoba, Canada
   Jeffrey J. Bell, Justin E. Neufeld
6. GWML2: An International Groundwater Data Standard
   Boyan Brodaric


Geoenvironmental I



1. Roles of interface transmissivity and hydraulic conductivity in limiting contaminant migration through composite liners
   Ahmed AbdelRazek, R. Kerry Rowe
2. Analysis of flow through a defect in Geomembrane in a Large-Scale Constant Head Apparatus
   Haley Cunningham, Ian Fleming
3. Predicting the Mechanical Behaviour of Solid Waste using Numerical Methods in Landfill Applications
   Robert P. McDonald, Paul J. Van Geel, Shawn Kenny
4. Assessment of Variability in the Soil Sampling
   Mahmoud Meskar, Majid Sartaj, Julio Angel Infante Sedano
5. Investigation of Industrial Solid Waste Properties for Potential Geotechnical Applications
   Xiaofei Song, Craig B. Lake, Michael D.A. Thomas, Mike Chaulk, Marc MacLeod, Renee Morais
6. New method using pumping test data to detect the piezometric error of a monitoring well
   Djaouida Chenaf, Robert P. Chapuis


Geoenvironmental II



1. Influence of carbonation on the release of arsenic and lead from cementitious matrices
   Sarra El Bedoui, Francois Duhaime, Jean-Sebastien Dube
2. Bulk Excavation of Saturated Soils in an Urban Context – Application of a Cement-Bentonite (CB) SlurrySupported “Piano Key” Approach
   Nathan Coughenour, Tony Moran, Pete Craig, Blake Thompson
3. Historical Sampling of Dioxin and Furan Contaminated Sediment from Pulp and Paper Effluent
   Masoumeh Alimohammadi, Emma Hoffman, James A. Lyons, Tony R. Walker, Craig B. Lake
4. Elevated Background Metals Concentrations in Champlain Sea Clay - Ottawa Region
   Sean Sterling, Kenneth Raven, Brent Loney, Asia Reid, Brad Carew
5. Table 1 in Perspective: Naturally Occurring Metals in Fine-Grained Champlain Sea Deposits, Ottawa
   Mitchell Dawley, Rebecca Hardie, Anthony West
6. The Use of On-Line Document Sharing Tools for Management of Impacted Materials on a Highly Complex Construction Project
   Curtis Edgington, Cindy Zhao, Anthony West


Geohazards I -Transportation Geotechnics/Pipelines



1. Assessing and Monitoring the Impacts of Very Slow Moving Deep-Seated Landslides on Pipelines
   Doug Dewar, Ed McClarty, Andy Tong
2. Landslides Triggered by Extreme Climatic Events: A Case Study of the Closure of the Canadian Pacific Mainline Track near Kenmare, ND
   Allen Kelly, Ryan Kozun, Wayne Clifton, Danny Wong
3. The use of airborne LiDAR in understanding ground hazards for large pipeline networks
   van Megan Veen, Matt Lato, van Joel Hove, Greg Hunchuk, Joel Babcock, Jan Bracic
4. Centrifuge Modeling of Lateral-Axial Oblique Loading on Buried Pipelines in Cohesionless Soil
   G. Marcotte, S. Kenny, S. Sivathayalan
5. Examination of buried corrugated metal culvert failure mechanisms using finite elements methods
   E. Nakhostin, S. Kenny, S. Sivathayalan
6. Evaluation of the effect of burial depth and rainfall intensity on ground cave-in induced by a damaged sewer pipe
   Tae-Young Kwak, Ki-Yeon Kim, Min-Ho Lee, Choong-Ki Chung, Joonyoung Kim


Geohazards II - Rockslides and Avalanches



1. Evaluating Rockfall Hazard on Stawamus Chief, Squamish, British Columbia
   Christian Sampaleanu, Doug Stead, Paul Schlotfeldt
2. Volume estimation of the Mont Éboulé Rockslide in Québec, Canada
   Catherine Cloutier, Jacques Locat, Michel Jaboyedoff
3. Breaking New Ground – Using Fixed Snow Nets to Mitigate Avalanche Risk to the Trans-Canada Highway
   Brian Gould, Cam Campbell, Andi Buechi
4. Climate change and planning for snow avalanches in transportation corridors in western Canada
   Bruce Jamieson, Sascha Bellaire, Alexandra Sinickas
5. Analyse cinématique sur modèle 3D sous forme de nuage de points
   Melanie Mayers, Catherine Cloutier, Dominique Turmel, Jacques Locat, Michel Jaboyedoff, Battista Matasci, Chantal Jacob, Pierre Gionet
6. Game Engine Based Rockfall Modelling Techniques Applied To Natural Slopes
   Zac Sala, D. Jean Hutchinson, Matthew Ondercin


Geohazards III - Slope Stability Analysis



1. Numerical analysis of water migration in an unsaturated loess slope subjected to years of irrigation activities
   Xiaokun Hou, Sai K. Vanapalli, Tonglu Li
2. Incorporation of the spectral pseudo-static procedure into the limit equilibrium slope stability software - SVSLOPE
   Mourad Karray, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Fady Ghobrial, Murray Fredlund, HaiHua Lu, Rob Thode
3. A Finite Difference Study on the Use of Inclined Micropiles for Soil Slope Stabilization under Seismic Loading
   Sahar Ismail, Riad Al Wardany, Fadi Hage Chehade
4. Extending slope stability analysis to multi-plane 2D and 3D limit equilibrium approaches
   M.D. Fredlund, D.G. Fredlund, Z. Ivkovic, H. Lu
5. Slope stability analysis of unsaturated expansive soils under rainfall Infiltration using VADOSE/W and SLOPE/W
   Shunchao Qi, Sai K. Vanapalli, Penghai Yin
6. Stress-based method for slope stability analyses with COMSOL Multiphysics
   Francois Duhaime, Salah Ahmed, Pouyan Pirnia, Vahid Marefat, Yannic Ethier


Geohazards IV / Transportation Geotechnics I



1. Road Reconstruction across Environmentally Sensitive Slopes on Vancouver Island, BC
   Peter Bullock
2. Performance of granular shear keys for landslide remediation
   Hugh Gillen, C. Derek Martin, Michael T. Hendry
3. Case Study of Landslide Stabilization using Sheet Pile Ribs
   James R. Bartz, Michael T. Hendry, C. Derek Martin, Melissa Ruel
4. Monitoring landslide velocity at Ten Mile Slide with ground based LiDAR
   Matthew Lato, Andrew Mitchell, Michael Porter, Sarah Gaib
5. Landslides along Valley Walls of Qu’Appelle River, Saskatchewan
   Hung Vu, Laurie Stang, Harpreet Panesar, Hamid Soleymani, Jody Schafer
6. Highway 63:11 TWINNING North of Athabasca River Bridge in Fort McMurray, Alberta: Pinch Point west pile Wall
   Tarek Said Abdelaziz, Donald Proudfoot, Roger Skirrow, Dan Morin


Geohazards V



1. Aspects remarquables du secteur ALTOS DE LA ESTANCIA dans la localité de Ciudad Bolivar, Bogota Colombie
   Sergio Valbuena Porras, Maria Dolores Fajardo, Hernando Villota Posso
2. Smart Mobile Landslide Information System
   Clarence E. Choi, Haiming Liu
3. Deconvolution analysis of the 1982 Gaza (New Hampshire) earthquake
   Jerome St-Michel, Michael James
4. Analysis of continuous compaction control data of large scale test rockfills
   Valerie St-Gelais, Jean Cote, Marc Smith
5. Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Dhaka city, Bangladesh
   Md. Zillur Rahman, Sumi Siddiqua, A.S.M. Maksud Kamal
6. Correlation of Porewater Pressure Response to Tidal Change in the Bay of Fundy for CPTu Analysis
   S. Dooley, R. Hache, R. Staples, C. Carr


Geosynthetics I



1. A Test to Assess Erosion through a Geomembrane Defect
   Alan (Yung-Chin) Chou, Richard W.I. Brachman, R. Kerry Rowe
2. Empirical Solutions for Advection Gas Leakage from GMB-GCL Composite Liner through GMB Defects
   Greg G. Qu, Sean D. Hinchberger, Ali El-Takch, R. Kerry Rowe
3. Effects of brine solutions and calcium chloride solutions on solution retention capacity and swell index of bentonite
   Vanessa Di Battista, R. Kerry Rowe
4. Analyzing HDPE geomembrane wrinkle overlying sand subgrade using a finite-discrete element framework
   Masood Meidani, Mohamed A. Meguid, Luc E. Chouinard
5. Reduction in Geomembrane Seam Oxidative Induction Time for Aged Welds Performed at Varying Ambient Temperatures
   William Francey, R. Kerry Rowe


Geosynthetics II



1. Behavior of weathering resistance for geotextile materials
   Kary Lin, Amy Tang, Jason Wu
2. Physical Performance of a Bituminous Geomembrane for use as a Basal Liner in Heap Leach Pads
   M. Clinton, R. Kerry Rowe
3. Geomembrane strains and puncture from tire derived aggregate overlying compacted clay
   Bryce Marcotte, Ian Fleming
4. Evaluation Of Key Factors Affecting Gas Leakage Through GMB-GCL Liner
   Greg G. Qu, Sean D. Hinchberger, Ali El Takch, R. Kerry Rowe
5. Exceptional Longevity of Bituminous Geomembrane Through Several Decades of Practice
   Natalie Daly, Bernard Breul
6. Case Study: The use of Geosynthetics Insulated Floating Covers to Conserve the Heat within the Waste Water Treatment Lagoons
   Rohit Sati, Brian Fraser, Mike Cerilli, Liang Liu


Groundwater Contamination



1. Numerical modelling of highly saline wastewater disposal in Northeast British Columbia
   Matthew S. Simons, Diana M. Allen, Dirk Kirste, Laurie A. Welch
2. Groundwater contamination in fractured bedrock and sandy aquifer environments from agricultural neonicotinoid use
   D. Browne, J. Levison, V. Limay-Rios, K. Novakowski, A. Schaafsma
3. Long-term effects of sediment contamination from diluted bitumen spills in gravel-bedded rivers
   S. Zubair Hossain, Kevin G. Mumford
4. Spectral Analysis for Identifying Interactions of Physical, Geochemical, and Biological Processes Creating Contaminated Drainages at Minesites K.A. Morin Minesite Drainage Assessment Group (MDAG), Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
   K.A. Morin
5. Simulation of nitrate transport in groundwater from agricultural lands using a field-scale model
   Shoaib Saleem, Jana Levison, Beth Parker, Ralph Martin
6. Hydrogeological Characterization of a Hydrocarbon Plume in a Major Urban Centre
   Terryn Kuzyk, Stephen d'Abadie, David Pritchard


Groundwater Contamination and Geothermal



1. Qualified Success of Monitored Natural Attenuation of Gasoline Contamination in an Extremely Long Plume
   R.E. Jackson, D.J. Heagle, R.M. Sengebush
2. Environmental Impacts of Geothermal Heating in Different Canadian Climates
   Negar Daemi, Magdalena Krol
3. Water and Energy Fluxes during Freezing and Thawing in the Unsaturated Zone
   Hartmut Hollander, Md. Montasir Islam, Jirka Simunek
4. Development of Geothermal Energy Resources Maps for the City of Winnipeg
   Sylvia Susanto, Hartmut Hollander


Groundwater and Resources I



1. Évaluation du régime québécois de prélèvements d’eau souterraine : est-il durable sous sa forme actuelle?
   Alexandre Blais-Montpetit, Caroline Beland-Pelletier
2. Assessing Fluid Compatibility in Injection and Water Management Schemes
   Samantha Murphy, Hugh Abercrombie
3. Hydrodynamics of temporary wetlands in Canadian Shield forest (Outaouais, Canada)
   Marjolaine Roux, Marie Larocque, Sylvain Gagne, Philippe Nolet
4. Application of Fast-Orthogonal-Search Modelling Techniques for Simulation of Salinity in Groundwater in the Vicinity of Deltona, FL
   Majda El-jaat, Michael Hulley, Michel Tetreault
5. Regional-scale mapping of buried, surface-connected, karstic groundwater systems using dissolved CO2-O2 in groundwater
   Stewart M. Hamilton, Frank R. Brunton, Elizabeth H. Priebe


Groundwater and Resources II



1. Using Source Water Protection Models to Manage an Unexpected Water Supply Shutdown; A Case Study from the Region of Waterloo
   Patricia Meyer, Paul Martin, Barry Brouwers, Richard Wootton, Eric Hodgins
2. Source of Groundwater to Pumped Well in Interbedded Quaternary Deposits
   Kelsey Hewitt, Grant Ferguson
3. The sensitivity of groundwater recharge estimates on the Waterloo Moraine to rain gauge network scale
   Andrew J. Wiebe, Steven J. Murray, Paul J. Martin, David L. Rudolph
4. Regional-scale mapping of a depression-focussed groundwater recharge rate in the prairie landscape of Alberta
   Igor Pavlovskii, Saskia L. Noorduijn, Masaki Hayashi
5. Hydrogeologic analysis of the ‘Yonge Street’ aquifer, south-central Ontario: a multi-decadal pumping test
   R.E. Gerber, S. Holysh, M. Fairbanks, T. Bradley, D. Sharpe, H.A.J. Russell
6. Collaboration between Ontario Geological Survey, Consultants and Municipal staff results in discovery and development of a safe and sustainable bedrock groundwater supply for the Town of Shelburne, Southern Ontario, Canada
   William D. Banks, Frank R. Brunton


Innovative Foundation Systems



1. Field investigation of rocking shallow foundations on cohesive soil subjected to lateral cyclic loads
   Keshab Sharma, Lijun Deng
2. Evaluations of the Depth of a Root-Pile and a Caisson Foundations using the Parallelseismic Test
   de Tiago Jesus Souza, Paulo Scarano Hemsi, Otavio Coaracy Brasil Gandolfo, Paulo Cezar Aoki
3. Foundation Support of a 12-storey Condominium Using Rigid Inclusions
   Eric Chung, Neil Isenegger, Jason Brown, Mike Pockoski
4. Experimental Investigation of Soil Mixing to Improve Clayey Soils in Ontario: A Case Study
   Shuihan Li, Chandra Poudyal, Jinyuan Liu, Al Varshoi, Sandra McGaghran, Tony Sangiuliano
5. Micropiles for Highway 3, Grand River Bridge Replacement, Cayuga, Ontario
   Jim Bruce, Naresh Gurpersaud, Frank Hu, Mark Montgomery
6. Acceptable probability of excessive deformation for deep urban excavations
   Ehsan Momeni, Mehdi Poormoosavian, Ali Fakher


Landslides in Sensitive Clay



1. Geotechnical data from a Champlain Sea clay landslide site at Breckenridge, southwestern Québec
   Baolin Wang
2. Landslides in glaciomarine sediments in and around Lakelse Lake, Northwestern British Columbia
   Andree Blais-Stevens, Marten Geertsema, Alain Grenier
3. Finite element modeling of progressive and retrogressive failure of submarine slopes for varying angle of inclination
   Shubhagata Roy, Bipul Hawlader
4. The Energy Reduction Factor as a New Parameter to Integrate In Situ Rheological Data in the Numerical Modeling of Sensitive Clay Flowslides
   D. Turmel, J. Locat, A. Locat, S. Leroueil, P. Locat, D. Demers
5. Sensitive Clay Landslides in Canada
   Ariane Locat, Denis Demers, Pascal Locat, Marten Geertsema
6. Modelling of the runout of the Rissa landslide
   Z.Q. Liu, J.S. L'Heureux, S. Lacasse, J. Kim, V. Thakur


Mining - Hard Rock I



1. Static Liquefaction Analysis of the Fundão Dam Failure
   Guillermo A. Riveros, Abouzar Sadrekarimi
2. The influence of back pressure on the cyclic resistance of tailings using the triaxial-simple shear device
   Xavier Archambault-Alwin, Michael James, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekired
3. Analysis of cyclic testing of tailings using the triaxialsimple shear (TxSS) apparatus
   Xavier Archambault-Alwin, Michael James, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekired
4. Physical and mechanical characterisation of hydraulically deposited tailings using shear wave velocity
   Louis-Philippe Grimard, Michael James, Mourad Karray, Ahmed Mhenni
5. A Study of the Static Liquefaction of Tailings
   Louis-Philippe Grimard, Michael James


Mining - Hard Rock II



1. Probabilistic Analysis of a Tailings Dam using 2D Composite Circular and Non-Circular Deterministic Analysis, SRV Approach, and RLEM
   Brigid Cami, Sina Javankhoshdel, Jeff Lam, Richard J. Bathurst, Thamer Yacoub
2. Controlling water infiltration in waste rock piles: Design, construction, and monitoring of a large-scale in-situ pilot test pile
   Vincent Martin, Bruno Bussiere, Benoit Plante, Thomas Pabst, Michel Aubertin, Fernando Medina, Marie-Lin Breard Lanoix, Adrien Dimech, Julien Dubuc, Bisse Poaty, Robert Wu, Jeffrey McKenzie, Stefan Broda, Dan Chen
3. Estimation of Geotechnical Properties of Leached Coarse Material
   Leonardo Dorador, David Anstey, Josefina Urrutia
4. Preliminary assessment of tailings pulp thickening using recycled super absorbent polymers
   Amal Sahi, Tikou Belem, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Mamert Mbonimpa
5. A semi-empirical model for the formulation of cemented paste backfills according to their potential predicted compressive strength
   Tikou Belem, Amal Sahi
6. The influence of sulphate content on the reactivity of cemented paste backfill
   Zaid Aldhafeeri, Mamadou Fall


Mining - Oil Sands I



1. A New Method for Real-Time Optimization of Polymer Dose and Dewatering of Oil Sands Tailings
   Asif M. Salam, Banu Ormeci, Paul H. Simms
2. Development of Soil Freezing Characteristic Curves for Fluid Fine Tailings using TDR
   H.L. Schafer, N.A. Beier
3. Analytical solutions to evaluate the evolution of the water table and pore water pressure in stopes with hydraulic fill
   Pengyu Yang, Li Li
4. Evaluation of selected drying processes to further increase solids content and shear strength of treated fluid fine tailings
   Louis K. Kabwe, G. Ward Wilson, Nicholas Beier, J. Don Scott
5. Desiccation and consolidation in mesoscale "drying box" tests on oil sands centrifuge cake tailings
   Oswaldo Hurtado, Paul Simms
6. Water Retention Curve (WRC) measurement methods and challenges of hard rock mine and oil sands tailings: Application to soil cover and multilayer deposition
   Farzad Daliri, Sam Proskin, Trempess Moore


Mining - Oil Sands II



1. Early Works on Oil Sand Mining from a Geotechnical Perspective
   M.A.J. (Fred) Matich, Wayne Mimura
2. Estimating Hydraulic Conductivity from Simple Correlations for Fine Grained Soils and Tailings
   Yagmur Babaoglu, Paul H. Simms
3. Comparison of Dewatering and Consolidation Trends Obtained From Laboratory Column Tests for Gold, Copper and Oil-Sand Tailings
   Fernando F. Junqueira, Kebreab Habte, Ken Bocking
4. Assessment of Large-Strain Consolidation and Shear Strength of Saturated/Unsaturated Fluid Fine Tailings
   Bereket Fisseha, G. Ward Wilson, Delwyn G. Fredlund
5. Modelling thixotropy at short and long time scales in dewatering analyses for soft soil or tailings
   Shunchao Qi, Muhammad Salam, Paul Simms
6. Investigation of Creep in Polymer Amended Oil Sands Tailings
   Asif M. Salam, Paul H. Simms, Banu Ormeci


Mining - Reclamation and Covers I



1. A research project on the use of waste rock inclusions to improve the performance of tailings impoundments
   Michael James, Michel Aubertin, Bruno Bussiere, Carl Pednault, Nicolas Pepin, Marielle Limoges
2. Wireless monitoring of pore-pressure and dewatering activities in the Aitik Boliden Mine in northern Sweden
   Claudia Abanco, Juan Perez, David Gomez, Hannington Mwagalanyi
3. Variability of material properties used for covers to prevent acid mine drainage
   Isabelle Demers, Jessica Huo-Kang, Mamert Mbonimpa
4. Implementing Mine Closure Plans - Ontario's Experience
   Rob Purdon
5. Real Time Monitoring of Volumetric Water Content in Reclaimed Mine Waste Using Cone Penetration – Time Domain Reflectometry
   Spencer Chuhaniuk, Lee Barbour
6. Laboratory and field study of oxygen flux and hydrogeological behaviour of monolayer covers made of low-sulfide tailings combined with an elevated water table placed over acid-generating mine tailings
   Nicolas J. Rey, Isabelle Demers, Bruno Bussiere, Mamert Mbonimpa, Sylvain Lortie


Mining - Reclamation and Covers II



1. Characterization of the Hydrogeological Properties of a Sand Layer Placed on an Experimental Waste Rock Pile
   Marie-Lin Breard Lanoix, Thomas Pabst, Michel Aubertin
2. An Assessment of the Hydrogeological Response of the Flow Control Layer Installed on the Experimental Waste Rock Pile at the Lac Tio Mine
   Julien Dubuc, Thomas Pabst, Michel Aubertin
3. Performance evaluation of covers with capillary barrier effects (CCBE) under deep groundwater conditions using experimental cells
   Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Bruno Bussiere, Sophie Turcotte, Melanie Roy
4. Design, construction, and preliminary performance of an insulation cover with capillary barrier effects at Meadowbank mine, Nunavut
   Vincent Boulanger-Martel, Bruno Bussiere, Jean Cote, Patrice Gagnon
5. Climate Change Impacts on Water Balance and Unfrozen Water Content and The Implications for Tailings Management in Northern Canada
   Dominic Obeng, Cynthia A. Coles
6. Rainfall Runoff in Cover Systems Design: Are Numerical Predictions and Observational Science Reconcilable?
   Ahlam Abdulnabi, G. Ward Wilson


Mining - Underground and Backfill



1. Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical modeling of the geotechnical response of cemented paste backfill structures
   Liang Cui, Mamadou Fall
2. An empirical analytical solution for estimating the elastic stresses around typical mine stopes for the Mathews-Potvin stability analyses
   Philippe Page, Li Li, Richard Simon
3. Analytical solutions of Gibson’s model for estimating the pore water pressures in accreting deposition of slurried material under one-dimensional self-weight consolidation
   Jian Zheng, Li Li, Mamert Mbonimpa, Thomas Pabst
4. Stress Distirbution Variations between Two and Three-Dimessional Analysis of Bakcfilled Stopes
   M. Shahsavari, M. Jafari, M. Grabinsky
5. A conceptual analytical solution for estimating the short-term pressure of paste fill varying from viscous to liquid state, placed in mine stopes
   Li Li, Jian Zheng
6. Cemented Paste Backfill Laboratory study: Sample preparation challenges
   M. Jafari, M. Shahsavari, M. Grabinsky


Mining / Oil and Gas



1. Seepage Pathways in Hydraulic Fracturing
   Maurice B. Dusseault, Richard E. Jackson
2. Hydrogeological characterization above two gas fields, Moncton sub-basin, southern New Brunswick
   Francois Huchet, Christine Rivard, Rene Lefebvre
3. A study of aquifer vulnerability to hydrocarbon development in southern New Brunswick
   C. Rivard, D. Lavoie, N. Pinet, M.J. Duchesne, G. Bordeleau, S. Sejourne, F. Huchet, R. Lefebvre, V. Brake, H. Crow, X. Malet
4. The Impact of Climate Change on the Performance of Oil Sands Reclamation Covers: A Comparison of Multiple General Circulation Models and Representative Concentration Pathways
   Md. Shahabul Alam, Lee Barbour, Amin Elshorbagy, Mingbin Huang
5. Numerical evaluation of grouting scenarios for reducing water inflows in underground excavations – Goldcorp’s Éléonore mine study case
   Catherine Domingue, Jean-Michel Lemieux, Martin Grenon, Rene Therrien, John Molson, Pierre-Luc Lajoie, Daniela Blessent
6. A Portrait of Oil and Gas Wellbore Leakage in Northeastern British Columbia, Canada
   Joshua Wisen, Romain Chesnaux, John Werring, Gilles Wendling, Paul Baudron, Florent Barbecot


Nuclear Waste Disposal



1. Modelling gas preferential flow in buffer materials in deep geological repositories based on double-porosity concept
   Guanlong Guo, Mamadou Fall
2. Temperature effects on volume change behavior of highly compacted GMZ bentonite in cyclic wetting-drying processes
   Wang Yang, Ye Wei-Min, Chen Yong-Gui, Chen Bao, Cui Yu-Jun
3. Investigating normal and shear stiffness properties of fractures and healed sedimentary nodular structure in the Cobourg limestone
   Mark S. Diederichs, D. Jean Hutchinson, Jennifer Day
4. A generalized relationship for estimating highly compacted bentonite’s degree of saturation using electrical and thermal resistivity
   Sepehr Rahimi, Sumi Siddiqua


Piles I



1. Helical Screw Piles Reinforced Grouted Shafts Seismic Performance
   Yasser Abdelghany, M. Hesham El Naggar
2. Case history of a highway bridge – problems with pile supported abutments due to lateral loading and downdrag forces
   Z.S. Ozden, D. Staseff
3. Load Testing of Rock Socket Pile in Downtown Calgary, Alberta – A Case Study
   Deepak Kumar, Joseph Yonan
4. Instrumentation Monitoring Program to Measure the Magnitude, Distribution and Time Dependency of Drag Load on Abutment Piles: A Case Study
   Osama Drbe, Abouzar Sadrekarimi, Robert Moen, James Ng, M. Hesham El Naggar , Tony Sangiuliano
5. Utilization of stiffness adjustors for piled rafts: a case study
   Cheng Lin, Feng Zhou
6. Analytical method for the design of stabilizing rigid pile in frictional soil
   M. Heidari, Hany El Naggar


Piles II



1. Nonlinear mobilization of 3D earth resistance for improved design of soldier pile walls
   Stefan Jung
2. Lateral Behaviour of Concrete-Filled FRP Tube Piles
   Mostafa Jafarian Abyaneh, Pedram Sadeghian, Hany El Naggar
3. Bidirectional pile testing: what to expect
   Hicham (Sam) Salem, Bengt H. Fellenius
4. Numerical modeling of micropiles in stiff clay subjected to combined loading
   Maged Abdlrahem, Moustafa ElSawy, Mehdi Heidari, M. Hesham El Naggar
5. Static Load-Test Performance of Cast-in-Place Concrete Piles in the City of Winnipeg
   James Blatz, Dan Mroz
6. Dynamic analysis of rigid monopiles in multilayered viscoelastic soil
   Bipin Kumar Gupta, Dipanjan Basu


Posters - Geotechnical



1. Modélisation physique d’un recouvrement à base de marbre concassé et de matériaux fins pour la restauration de la mine d’or d’Ity (Côte d’Ivoire)
   Sekou Diaby, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Mamert Mbonimpa
2. Field Lateral Loading Tests of Screw Micropiles in Cohesive Soil
   Mujtaba Khidri, Lijun Deng
3. The measurement of primary drainage curve using hanging column and large soil column test
   Guanxi Yan, Zi Li, Thierry Bore, Alexander Scheuermann, Sergio Galindo-Torres, Ling Li
4. Deep excavation reliability analysis based on finite element method and random set theory
   Mehdi Poormoosavian, Ali Fakher
5. Strength based liquid limit of soils
   V. Jyothsna, R.G. Robinson, Subhadeep Banerjee
6. Highway structure stabilizing through dynamic panel cooling (DPC)
   Primakov S. Sergei
7. Stability Analysis of Retaining Wall – Case study
   Hamza Karrad
8. Characterization of Polymer Modifiers in Phase Separated Binder through FTIR and MSCR Tests
   Ivan A. Syed, Umme A. Mannan, Rafiqul A. Tarefder
9. ADONIS: A free finite element analysis software with an interactive graphical user interface for geoengineers
   Roozbeh Geraili Mikola


Quantitative Remediation



1. Incorporating dissolved oxygen contamination into redox assessment frameworks
   Dru J. Heagle, Richard E. Jackson
2. Modeling of steam flushing experiments to understand NAPL removal processes from porous media
   Naghmeh Sharifi, Pulin Mondal, Brent Seep
3. A laboratory investigation assessing the effectiveness of thermal remediation on creosote impacted soil
   Brianne Hicknell, Bernard H. Kueper, Kevin G. Mumford
4. The role of intra-NAPL diffusion on mass transfer from multi-component NAPLs subjected to persulfate
   Saeid Shafieiyoun, Neil R. Thomson
5. Field trials of subsurface chaotic advection for enhanced reagent delivery
   Michelle S. Cho, Felipe Solano, Neil R. Thomson


Radioactive Waste



1. Transport modelling of corrosive agents through a variably saturated bentonite buffer
   Scott Briggs, Kenneth Birch, Magdalena Krol
2. Update on the Geoscientific Site Evaluation Process for Siting Canada’s Deep Geological Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel
   Sarah Hirschorn, John Van Heerden, Mahrez Ben Belfadhel
3. Groundwater Transport of Radionuclides in a Crystalline Geosphere
   John Avis, Erik Kremer
4. Characterizing Geosphere Stability and Resilience with Groundwater System Modelling
   Stefano D. Normani, Jonathan F. Sykes, Mark R. Jensen, Eric A. Sykes


Reliability and Risk I



1. Probabilistic analysis of cohesive-frictional slopes using the RLEM (circular and con-circular) and the RFEM
   Sina Javankhoshdel, Brigid Cami, Richard J. Bathurst, Thamer Yacoub, Brent Corkum
2. Statistical Analysis of Design Methods for the Axial Capacity of Single Pile in Ontario Soils
   Markus Jesswein, Jinyuan Liu, Mei Tzeang Cheong, Colin McCreath
3. Probabilistic Analysis of Frost Depth and Adfreeze Stress for Pile Design
   Gennaro Esposito, Niya Tewfik
4. Effectiveness of Blow-Count to Assess the Serviceability Reliability of a High-Speed Train Piled Foundation Gennaro Esposito Shell Project and Engineering Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
   Gennaro Esposito
5. Numerical Shape Factors for Field Permeability Tests in Unconfined Aquifers
   Lu Zhang, Robert P. Chapuis
6. Probabilistic Seismic Design of Geotechnical Systems
   Gordon A. Fenton, Farzaneh Naghibi


Reliability and Risk II



1. Reliability-based analysis of energy piles: a case study
   Dima Husein, Zhe Luo
2. Risk Associated with Hydraulic Fracture Height Growth
   Mohammad Oyarhossein, Maurice B. Dusseault
3. Ottawa Transitway Rock Slope Risk Assessment
   Joao Renato R. Prandina, Gongda Lu
4. Risk assessment at outdoor operating small arms ranges: A Canadian case study
   Efrosyni-Maria Skordaki, Nicholas Vlachopoulos
5. Guidance for steep creek hazard mitigation design in Canada
   Emily Moase, Alex Strouth, Matthias Jakob, Doug Stead
6. A Novel Assessment of Geomechanical and Fire Hazard in Offshore Platforms
   Kamelia Atefi Monfared, Negar Elhami Khorasani


Remote Sensing



1. Rapid Revisit InSAR Time Series Monitoring of Surface Deformation at Long Lake, Alberta
   V. Singhroy, J. Li
2. Multi-method infrastructure deformation- and rockfall hazard monitoring – increasing efficiency by integration
   Andi A. Pfaffhuber, Kristine Ekseth, Malte Voge, Helge Smebye, Regula Frauenfelder, Carsten Hauser Hauser
3. Preliminary investigation of UAV survey tools for design and construction of earthworks
   Harpreet Panesar, Jody Schafer, Colin Hubick, Brent Bitter
4. Use of single-scan Remote Sensing Data in Assessing Natural Rock Slope Conditions at the Railway Subdivision Scale
   Richard Carter, D. Jean Hutchinson, Dave Gauthier
5. The Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Slope Stability Assessment
   Connor T. Meeks, David A. Bonneau, D. Jean Hutchinson, Dave Gauthier


Renewable Energy Geotechnique



1. A new thermal response test with heating cable sections and fiber optic distributed temperature monitoring
   Maria Isabel Velez, Jasmin Raymond, Daniela Blessent, Nataline Simon, Olivier Bour
2. Field assessment of a ground heat exchanger performance with a reduced borehole diameter
   Jasmin Raymond, Jean-Marc Ballard, Claude Hugo Koubikana Pambou, Patrice Kwemo
3. Field monitoring and analysis of an onshore wind turbine shallow foundation system
   Jesus Gonzalez-Hurtado, Pengpeng He, Tim Newson, Hanping Hong, Melanie Postman, Sheri Molnar
4. Numerical investigation of the capacity and settlement of a thermo-active pile in saturated sand
   R. Zhao, A. Leung, I. Anastasopoulos
5. Suitability of Brine Disposal in SW Ontario: The Lucas Formation and the Cambrian Age Strata
   Jai Duhan, Richard Jackson, Maurice Dusseault


Rock Mechanics I



1. Evaluation of use of strain gauges and LVDTs for measuring deformation of rock core samples in uniaxial compression test for elastic modulus determination
   Michael Braverman, Bruce Polan, Casey Adachi, Dmitry Olshansky, Andrew Drevininkas, Geoffrey Creer
2. Crushing and embedment of proppants during high-stressed rock-proppant interaction test
   Shuai Man, Ron Chik-Kwong Wong
3. Multiple Failure State Triaxial Testing of Anisotropic Laminated Fine-Grained Sedimentary Rocks
   Scott McKean, Jeffrey Priest
4. Wetting Effects of Water and Lubricant Fluids on Dynamic Properties of the Queenston Shale from Southern Ontario
   Hayder Al-Maamori, Silvana Micic, M. Hesham El Naggar
5. Evaluation of the impact of the geomechanical factors of the Kirsten’s index on the shifting-up of rock mass erodibility class
   Lamine Boumaiza, Ali Saeidi, Marco Saeidi
6. Rock mass characterization in Montreal Island based on geological formation
   Nooshin Falaknaz, Arash Khosravi, Sebastien Monarque, Dany Brault, Simon-Didone Arseneau


Rock Mechanics II



1. A new approach to avoid the scale effect when predicting the shear strength of large in situ discontinuity
   O. Buzzi, D. Casagrande, A. Giacomini, C. Lambert, G. Fenton
2. A study of the scale effect influencing the shear strength of a large natural discontinuity
   D. Casagrande, O. Buzzi, A. Giacomini
3. Measurement and modeling of stress changes caused by underground pressurization of gas
   Robert Walsh, Othman Nasir, Nicola Calder, Sean Sterling, John Avis
4. In situ stress measurements at the Coxwell Bypass Tunnel along the inner Harbour East and Lower Don River, Toronto, Ontario
   Pierrick Altwegg, Eliane Cabot, Sean Maloney, Adam Coulson, Shami Malla, Scott Goodman
5. Application of LiDAR technology for the investigation of rock mass response to blasting
   Jonathan D. Aubertin, D. Jean Hutchinson, Mark Diederichs, Jean-Baptiste Dromer
6. Probabilistic evaluation of the effect of open stope geometrical parameters on the rock mass brittle damage
   Shahriyar Heidarzadeh, Ali Saeidi, Alain Rouleau


Rock Mechanics III



1. Effect of thermal responses of Colorado shale on wellbore integrity
   Biao Li, Ron C.K. Wong
2. Automated mesh generation for underground excavations using ‘region of interest’-based mesh improvement for 3D boundary and finite element analysis
   M. Hazegh, A.M. Zsaki
3. The Evolution of the Excavation Damage Zone of Tunnels in Brittle Rockmasses using a FEM/DEM Approach – Engineering Geology Special Topic
   I. Vazaios, N. Vlachopoulos
4. Estimate of Overall Probability of Failure of Rock Slopes Considering Multiple Failure Mechanisms
   Jin Dong Du
5. Finite/Discrete Element Modeling (FDEM) Of Time-Dependent Swelling Mechanisms in Southern Ontario Shales
   Yusheng Qiu, Karl Peterson, Johnson Ha, Giovanni Grasselli
6. Application of Effective Ground Control Management at Tanco Mine
   Wen Wu, Wentzel Coetzer, Scott Rankmore


Seismiscity



1. 3D sensitivity analyses of the factors affecting the estimation of the small-strain shear modulus from RC outcomes
   Ibrahim Lashin, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Mourad Karray, Mohamed Chekired
2. Local Amplification Measurements of the Seismic Motion in the City of Fonds-Parisien (Haiti)
   Jonathan Claude, Valmy Dorival, Sadrac St Fleur, Berthoumieux Junior Jean
3. Variation of the stress reduction coefficient between Eastern and Western regions of North America
   Eliane Harpin, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Mourad Karray
4. Modulus reduction and damping curves for soils under simple shear
   T. Theenathayarl, T. Sentheepan, S. Sivathayalan
5. Use of shear wave velocity to assess liquefaction potential of silty till along the new Champlain Bridge Project Corridor in Montreal
   Mourad Karray, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Betegard Jeudy, Mohamed Chekired, Simon Grenier


Seismiscity and Sensitive Clay



1. Comparative review of consolidation test results obtained on Champlain Sea clay samples using the ASTM Consolidation Test Methods A and B
   R. Saadeldin, R. Hache
2. Large scale test embankments on a Champlain Sea clay deposit in Beauharnois, Quebec
   A. El-Dana, F. Gilbert, R. Saadeldin, R. Hache
3. Evaluation of Different Methods for Identification of Preconsolidation Pressure for Champlain Sea Clay Using CRS Tests
   Andries Kirstein, Jinyuan Liu, Tareq Salloum
4. The role of lateral stress coefficient (K0) on Shear wave velocity correlations for Canadian Clays
   Dania Elbeggo, Mourad Karray, Jean-Sebastien Dube, Yannic Ethier
5. The possible role of topographic and basin-edge effects in triggering the Mulgrave & Derry landslide during the 2010 Val-des-Bois earthquake, Québec (Canada)
   Didier Perret, Andre Pugin, Remi Mompin, Denis Demers
6. Assessment of the effect of loading frequency on cyclic behaviour of sensitive clay
   Mustapha Abdellaziz, Mourad Karray, Mahmoud N. Hussien, Mohamed Chekired


Soil Amendments



1. Stabilization of Geomaterials using an Innovative Form of Sodium Silicate
   Yu Guo, Julie Qiulin Shang, Bingfeng Xue, Michael McDonald, Xianglian Li, Timothy Evans
2. Engineering properties of Edmonton stiff clay treated with high cement content using undrained triaxial tests
   Adriana Luis, Lijun Deng
3. Evaluation of the physical properties of TDA-sand mixtures
   Mohammad Ashari, Yuri Martins, Hany El Naggar
4. Prediction of compressive strength of soil cement and clay mixtures through a factorial design of experiments
   F.C. Loch, R.D. Santos Jr., O.J. Pejon
5. Pilot Field Test on Shallow Mixing of Lightly-Cemented-Clay
   S.H. Chew, Z.X Eng, K.E. Chua, T.Y. Lim, S.E.D Tan


Soil Mechanics - Numerical Methods



1. Numerical modelling of hollow cylinder cyclic torsional shear tests using the NorSand soil model
   Vincent Castonguay, Jean-Marie Konrad
2. Comparison of finite element and material point methods for slope analysis
   Dieter Stolle, Peijun Guo, Wei Liu, Zeyue Zhao
3. On The Particulate Modeling Of Soil-Fluid Interaction In Geotechnical Engineering
   Nahid Salem, Mohamed A. Meguid
4. DEM simulation with elliptical particles for micro-level geotechnics simulations
   Mohamed Chekired, Varvara Roubtsova, Elham Kheradmand Nezhad, Serge Prudhomme, Marc Laforest
5. Multiscale numerical modelling of internal erosion with discrete and finite elements
   Pouyan Pirnia, Francois Duhaime, Jean-Sebastien Dube, Yannic Ethier
6. Implementation of NorSand in ABAQUS
   Mohammad Mozaffari, Mason Ghafghazi


Source Water Protection



1. Managing water quantity risks through informed land use planning
   Scott Lister, Shelly Cuddy
2. Toronto and Region Source Protection Area – Water Balance Web Application Development
   Kristina Anderson
3. Successfully herding cats: Implementation of Source Water Protection
   Colleen Barfoot
4. Towards effective First Nations’ Source Water Protection: A groundwater-focused study for decision-making and long-term planning
   Rachael Marshall, Jana Levison, Ed McBean, Beth Parker
5. Wellhead Protection Areas for public supply wells in Baraki, Algiers, Algeria
   Sarah Boukemidja, Djaouida Chenaf, Ahmed Kettab
6. Consolidating the Value of Ontario Drinking Water Source Protection: Data Mining for Well and Aquifer Information
   Hazen A.J. Russell, Natalia Baranova, Marc J. Hinton, David R. Sharpe


Sustainable Geotechnics



1. Geotechnical Properties of Superabsorbent Polymer Solidified Slurry
   Ali Ahmad, Jinyuan Liu, Xian Meng (Sam) Huang
2. Laboratory Assessment of Energy Efficiency in Kneading Compaction of Cohesive Soil
   Federico Fernandez, Adam Choma
3. Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Compressed Air Energy Storage and Single-Cycle Natural Gas Turbines for Renewable Power Integration in Ontario
   Fraser D. Lord, Maurice B. Dusseault
4. Résistance à l’Érosion de Matériaux d’Assises Routières Traités par Biocalcification
   Fatima-Zahra Haouzi, Annette Esnault-Filet, Benoit Courcelles
5. Assessing resilience and sustainability of transportation network with geotechnical perspectives
   Mina Lee, Dipanjan Basu


Theoretical Soil Mechanics



1. A unified failure criterion for saturated clayey soils under tension and compression
   Penghai Yin, Sai K. Vanapalli
2. The ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations
   M. Etezad, A.M. Hanna
3. A Concept for Modelling Evolution of Permeability in Re-hydrating Bentonite
   O. Nasir, N. Calder, R. Walsh, J. Avis, E.P. Kremer
4. A New Critical State-Based Constitutive Model in Multilaminate Framework
   Hamid Karimpour, Seyed Amiroding Sadrnejad
5. Exploring a bounding surface SANICLAY plasticity model in capturing the cyclic threshold shear strains and modulus degradation of clays
   Francesca Palmieri, Gaziz Seidalinov, Mahdi Taiebat


Transportation Geotechnics II - Roads A



1. Preload Treatment for Highway Embankments on Soft Soils – A Case History
   (Uthaya) M. Uthayakumar, Michael Oliver
2. COMPARISON BETWEEN AASHTO AND CHBDC DESIGN METHODS FOR MSE RETAINING WALL FOR AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
   Derek Essery, Meckkey El-Sharnouby, Thomas P. Taylor
3. A case study of roadway embankment design near a retaining wall in Montreal
   Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker
4. Roadway reconstruction using lightweight cellular concrete over peat and soft soils
   Brad Dolton, Doug Lavis, Nabiel Matta
5. Non-intrusive characterization of soils below pavements using Rayleigh waves
   Ahmed Mhenni, Simon-Pierre Tremblay, Mourad Karray, Bruno Paquet-Bouchard
6. The construction of the TransCanada Highway 17 over a swamp area
   Zuhtu S. Ozden, Gwangha Roh, Farsheed Bagheri


Transportation Geotechnics III - Roads B



1. Impact of geometric and performance grade properties of hot mix asphalt de-bonding layer on performance of unbonded jointed plain concrete overlay
   Gauhar Sabih, Rafiqul A. Tarefder
2. Rock Fill Settlement in a Highway Embankment in Northern Ontario: A Case Study
   A. Varshoi, A. Bom, J.P. Dittrich, M. Thibeault, C.M.P. Nascimento, K. Ahmad, Tony Sangiuliano
3. Precast Concrete Paving Slabs (PCPS) as an Alternative to Urban Pavements and Possible Improvements to the CSA Code
   Joao Renato R. Prandina, Julio Angel Infante Sedano
4. Chemical and leaching characteristics of residue from cutting ornamental stone for pavement applications
   Joao Renato R. Prandina, Julio Angel Infante Sedano, Mamadou Fall
5. Acoustic Wave Attenuation through Buried Water Mains
   Abu Hena Muntakim, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Amgad Hussein
6. Estimating the variation of resilient modulus with moisture content for a compacted subgrade soil from pocket penetrometer results
   Faria Ahmed, Zhong Han, Sai K. Vanapalli, Jun-ping Ren


Transportation Geotechnics IV - Railways & Pipelines



1. Relating train-induced dynamic loading and slope stability with FEM
   M. Ludmer, A.M. Zsaki
2. Stabilization of High Railway Embankments Dundas, Ontario
   Colin Alston, Mario Ruel, David Howett
3. Effect of fouling and degradation on permeability of railway ballast
   Massoud Palassi, Mehdi Koohmishi
4. Pipeline behaviour subjected to large ground movement
   Abu Hena Muntakim, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Mujib Rahman
5. Characterization of muskeg soil for pipeline integrity modelling
   Stephen Renner, Sumi Siddiqua
6. Finite Element Analysis of Upheaval Buckling of Submarine Pipelines with Initial Imperfection
   Riyadul Arman, Kshama Roy, Bipul Hawlader, Ashutosh Dhar


Transportation Geotechnics V



1. Performance of Steel Buried Bridges under High Settlement Conditions-A Numerical Evaluation
   M. Meckkey El-Sharnouby
2. Geotechnical ground investigations from the air – opportunities and limitations of airborne geoscanning
   Andi A. Pfaffhuber, Kristoffer Kasin, Helgard Anschutz, Asgeir O.K. Lysdahl, Sara Bazin, Malte Voge
3. Assessment of the seismic provisions of the CHBDC for CSP culverts
   Ahmed Mahgoub, Hany El Naggar
4. Design, construction & monitoring of a two-stage MSE wall built with geosynthetic reinforced ultra-lightweight fill on compressible soils
   Phil Perzia, Lisa Coyne, Murty Devata, Rehman Abdul, Sepideh D-Monfared, Tony Sangiuliano
5. Flexible Slope Stabilization In Cowichan Bay, BC – Using A High-Tensile Steel Mesh To Stabilize a Steep Eroding Soil Slope
   Jillian Jackson, Andi Buechi
6. Assessment of Steel H-Piles Supporting Bridge Structures Using Pile Integrity Testing (PIT) Unit, Various Locations, New Brunswick, Canada
   Marco Sivitilli, Serge Bourque, Joseph MacDonald, David Purdue


Tunnelling and Deep Excavations



1. Geotechnical Investigation Program for the Don River and Central Waterfront Wet Weather Flow System
   Mark Bruder, Daniel Cressman, Robert Mayberry
2. Performance of Soil Nailed Walls - Case Studies
   Emad Zolqadr, Shahab Yasrebi
3. The use of Distributed Optical Sensing Techniques for Ground Support; Not all Fiber Optic Methods are Similar
   N. Vlachopoulos, B. Forbes, D. Cruz
4. A Microtunnel through Champlain Sea Clay under an Ottawa Highway Overpass
   Kim Lesage
5. Numerical Study on the Base Resistance of Drilled Shafts in a Rock-Soil Transition Zone
   Sang Inn Woo, Seung Hwan Lee, Byeong Soo Yoo, Choong-Ki Chung
6. Innovative Geotechnical Investigation Approach for York Region Tunneling Project in Complex Geological Setting
   Giuseppe M. Gaspari, Tamara Kondrachova, Mark Telesnicki


Unsaturated Soils I



1. Laboratory model testing of stone columns in unsaturated silty sand
   Sajjad Vaseghi Maghvan, Alireza Moazzami, Reza Imam
2. Self-dewatering capillary barrier system (SDCBS) using preheated air flow method
   M. Salah, Jules-Ange Infante, Rozalina Dimitrova
3. Variation of unconfined compressive strength of unsaturated soils with respect to suction
   Won Taek Oh, Gregory Brennan, Adin Richard
4. Thermo-hydro-mechanical effects on the behaviour of unsaturated soil-structure interfaces
   Z. Fu, J. Infante Sedano, E. Evgin
5. Effects of hydraulic balance time on the shear strength of an unsaturated granular soil at various densities
   Reza Imam, Sajjad Vaseghi Maghvan, Maryam Saaly


Unsaturated Soils II



1. Experimental model to investigate the axial force-displacement behavior of a pipeline in an unsaturated sandy soil
   Mohammed Al-Khazaali, Sai K. Vanapalli
2. Modified shear deformation method for analyzing the load-displacement response of a single pile in expansive soil upon infiltration
   Yunlong Liu, Sai K. Vanapalli
3. Shrinkage Curve Evaluation using a 3D scanner
   Jonathan M. Wong, David Elwood, Delwyn G. Fredlund
4. Residual Shear Strength of Unsaturated Soils
   Xiuhan Yang, Sai K. Vanapalli
5. Vertical deformations of compacted tills during wetting
   Jean-Marie Konrad, Luc Boisvert, Francois D. Gilbert
6. Critical height of an unsupported vertical trench in an unsaturated sand
   Adin Richard, Gregory Brennan, Won Taek Oh, Vitus Ileme