Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Impact loads generated from the dynamic effect of passing trains can exacerbate the degradation level of ballast aggregate of railway track. To diminish the induced impact loads, the use of crumb rubber (CR) in the ballast course is characterized as a well-established procedure related to the modification of utilized material. Nonetheless, more in-depth

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Swelling characteristics of compacted bentonite when hydrated with a hypersaline pore fluid (332 g/L total dissolved solids; 6.6 mol/L ionic strength) are reported. The pore fluid mimics the multiple constituents and their concentrations found for the Cobourg limestone of the Michigan Basin and is dominated by sodium (25% mole fraction) with some potassium

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 58, Issue 1, Page vi-viii, January 2021.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 58, Issue 1, Page v-v, January 2021.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 57, Issue 12, Page v-vii, December 2020.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. The deformation of soft clays under cyclic loading is controlled by microfabric changes. Cyclic triaxial tests, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) were conducted to investigate the deformation and the corresponding micromechanism under cyclic loading. The correlations between the microparameters and deformation

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. In triaxial tests, it is of great importance to accurately measure the radial strain of a specimen. However, devices for radial strain measurement are relatively fewer than the ones for vertical strain measurement. In this study, a new measurement device based on the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) was developed to determine the small and large radial strains

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. A generic rock mass database consisting of nine parameters is compiled from 225 studies. The nine parameters are the deformation modulus, elastic modulus, dynamic modulus, rock quality designation, rock mass rating, Q-system, geological strength index of a rock mass, as well as intact-rock Young’s modulus and intact-rock uniaxial compressive strength.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. To effectively stabilize coarse sand, bentonite was introduced in microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) grouting. Varying concentrations (0, 20, 40, and 80 g/L) of bentonite were added to bacterial suspensions (BSs), which were magnetically stirred to form bacterial-bentonite suspensions (BBSs). Then, coarse sand specimens were treated with

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Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 57, Issue 8, Page 1263-1263, August 2020.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Deep foundations may be used in a range of soil types where significant foundation resistance is required, but their installation is often associated with disturbance due to noise and vibration. Greater restrictions on use in urban and offshore environments is now commonplace. Screw piles and rotary-jacked straight-shafted piles are two potential methods

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Seasonal variations in hydrologic conditions greatly influence the hydromechanical properties of unsaturated soils. There are several models available to estimate shear strength of unsaturated soil under various hydrologic conditions. However, many of these existing models provide little to no data regarding the deformations associated with wetting and

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Static liquefaction failure of tailings impoundments has been a persistent issue for the mining industry for many decades. In this study, the monotonic shearing response and instability of gold tailings are examined through a series of constant-volume and drained direct simple shear tests on slurry-deposited and moist-tamped specimens. The experiments

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. This paper presents a comparison of four assumptions or approaches for using a liquefied shear strength ratio for sandy soils in cases where there has been a large increase in effective vertical stress, e.g., structure raising or remedial measure, that is outside the effective stresses of the case histories used to develop the empirical liquefied shear

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. The present study makes three contributions to the literature of expansive soils: (i) it proposes equations to predict soil swelling based on dry density and cement content, (ii) it checks the developed general equation by predicting the swelling of different expansive soils from the literature, and (iii) it designs experiments that investigate factors

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Changes in soil fabric following liquefaction have been studied using various in situ methods that often return inconclusive or conflicting observations. The time–rate variation of stiffness, when observed, is usually not evaluated over significant periods of time, limiting investigations about aging in post-liquefaction regain of stiffness. Even more

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. This paper presents results of scaled physical model tests performed to measure the reaction developing on a rigid pipe buried in dry sand when the pipe is subjected to vertical downwards movement relative to its surrounding soil. The aim of this experimental study is to evaluate the efficacy of methods used to determine the properties of vertical bearing

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Tailings with sulphide minerals exposed to oxygen and water can oxidize and produce acid mine drainage (AMD). This study evaluated the impact of natural conditions and of a thin cover deposition on the water table level, with respect to selecting the reclamation technique to control AMD on the elevated portion of an abandoned tailings impoundment. The

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. A new soil pressure sensor based on a combination of the deflecting membrane and fluid-filled approaches has been developed. The advantages of this combined approach are that issues of sensor compliance are eliminated without reducing the effectiveness of the sensor to be used for dynamic measurements. Calibration and verification testing performed under

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Preserving the integrity of cement–bentonite cut-off walls, particularly in aggressive environments, is critical to their serviceability in polluted sites. The hardened cement–bentonite material in cut-off walls is highly susceptible to desiccation and wet–dry cycles, commonly leading to cracking. The objective of the work presented in this paper was to

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Understanding the strength and failure modes of overburdens and reservoirs is a critical component in safety assessments for oil sands surface mining and in situ thermal recovery operations. Currently, assumptions of homogeneity are often made for the geomechanical properties of oil sands in conventional slope stability analyses and reservoir simulation

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Short wave infrared (SWIR) image analysis provides an accurate procedure to measure the degree of saturation (Sr) of soils. Changes in Sr result in reflectance changes, which are recorded by a special digital camera optimized for a particular range of wavelengths that provides the maximum resolution of the method. This paper describes the developed methodology

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. To date, the electrokinetic (EK) method has only been used to increase the bearing capacity of steel piles. This study analysed the impact of EK on the bearing capacity of reinforced cement concrete piles (RCCP), reinforced lime-cement concrete piles (RLCCP), and steel piles located in kaolin clay. The performance of four different cathodes was also evaluated

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. There are uncertainties related to the mechanical behaviour of embankments where frozen soil is used as fill material and experiences natural thawing and settlements during the first thawing season following construction. Fill material of embankments in the Arctic is primarily sourced from locally available borrow sites that, in certain areas, are predominantly

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. This paper demonstrates reliability-based design (RBD) and analysis for tensile strength (rupture) and pullout limit states for mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls constructed with steel grid reinforcement in combination with frictional soils. Five different reinforcement tensile load models for walls under operational conditions are considered in

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. The determination of the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) of compacted bentonites in the isochoric condition is a prerequisite for unsaturated flow simulations in several geoenvironmental applications. The SWCC data are, however, not readily available for many compacted bentonites over a wide suction range due to difficulties associated with the

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. To investigate the constitutive behavior of soil–bentonite, which is commonly used as backfill for cutoff walls, a series of triaxial tests was conducted along different stress paths. The tested soil–bentonite comprises 5% Wyoming bentonite and 95% silty clay excavated from a landfill site located in Jiangsu Province, China. Some mechanical properties

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Root water uptake induces additional soil suction by soil water extraction. However, induced soil suction restricts root water uptake when beyond a threshold (st) and tends to stop water uptake at a limiting suction (sl). This process is called root–soil hydraulic interactions, whose relationship with plant morphology (e.g., plant height, leaf area, and

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Pile driving in low- to medium-density chalk is subject to significant uncertainty. Predictions of “chalk resistance to driving” (CRD) often vary considerably from field driving behaviour, with both pile refusals and free falls under zero load being reported. However, recent field studies have led to better understanding of the processes that control the

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Large rock avalanches on glaciers are an annual occurrence in the mountains of western North America. Following an event, landslide investigators may strive to quickly arrive on site to assess the deposit. Satellite remote sensing imagery demonstrates that caution is warranted for on-site field assessments. We combine Landsat, Sentinel-1 (radar), Sentinel-2

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. The tetrapod jacket foundation is one of the most common types of foundations used for offshore structures. Although the static bearing capacity of the jacket foundation is important, a safe design must be taken into consideration for accumulative deformation and stiffness degradation during cycling. To address this, a set of centrifuge model tests of

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. This study focuses on a particular phenomenon related to the reduction in sand–pile skin friction with initial relative density increment from medium to dense. Frictional behaviour of a sand–pile interface is simulated using a simple shear-type device capable of inducing a constant normal stiffness condition. Sand–pile interface sliding and soil deformation

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. The paper examines the merit of a bounding surface plasticity model at both element and system level. The governing equations are based essentially on the parent bounding surface plasticity model reported by Dafalias and Manzari in 2004 with some simple yet practical changes to enable realistic predictions for monotonic loading along different load paths

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Chemical incompatibility between sodium bentonite (NaB) and aggressive waste solutions has led to the development of enhanced bentonites for geoenvironmental applications. Enhanced bentonites, such as bentonite-polyacrylic-acid composite (BPC), have been shown to maintain low enough values of hydraulic conductivity (e.g., <10−10 m/s) for diffusion to be

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Insulation covers can be used for the reclamation of tailings storage facilities located in the Arctic. However, this approach can be vulnerable to changes in climatic conditions as its long-term performance is based strictly on controlling the temperature of tailings. A more robust alternative could be the use of insulation covers with capillary barrier

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Screw anchors have been recognised as an innovative solution to support offshore jacket structures and floating systems, due to their low-noise installation and potential enhanced uplift capacity. Results published in the literature have shown that for both fixed and floating applications, the tension capacity is critical for design, but may be poorly

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Collapses of braced or tied-back excavations have occurred frequently. However, the influence of the failure of some retaining structure members on the overall safety performance of a retaining system has not been studied. Model tests of failures of retaining piles, struts or anchors were conducted in this study and the load-transfer mechanisms underlying

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 57, Issue 10, Page 1453-1471, October 2020. This study compiles a broad database containing 312 measured maximum soil nail loads under operational conditions. The database is used to re-assess the prediction accuracies of the default Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) nail load model and its modified version previously reported in the literature. Predictions

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. One of the leading causes of dam failure is internal erosion. The impact of erosion of non-plastic fine particles, known as suffusion, on the soil structure and strength has been studied experimentally. However, influences including sample size have not been thoroughly investigated. Internally unstable gap-graded cohesionless soil samples with various

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. A new apparatus and an interpretation method simplified from existing solutions of spherical air flow in soil were developed to measure in situ air permeability (ka) of unsaturated soil. By pumping air with a controlled volumetric flux (qv) into a spherical aeration bulb and measuring the corresponding pseudo-steady-state air gauge pressure (Δp0), ka was

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Problems such as the inclination and settlement of buildings after construction completion have been reported in recent years. Quality control during construction and mieruka (“visualizing” the work quality) are increasingly demanded. In light of this, the present study addresses execution with a “rotary penetration steel pipe pile (RPS-pile),” which is

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. During an earthquake, strain-rate effects affect both the stiffness and damping behaviour of soils, yet existing constitutive models for ground response analysis are typically formulated within a rate-independent framework. In this paper, a one-dimensional (1D) viscoplastic stress–strain model is presented to introduce strain rate effects in ground response

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. The long-term performance of geomembranes with 12 different resin–antioxidant master-batch combinations, including eight high-density polyethylene (HDPE), three linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), and one blended polyolefin (BPO) base resins, is investigated. Results are reported for immersion tests in chlorinated water (0.5 ppm) for 35 months at

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Investigations of the soil–foundation interaction behaviour of wind turbine foundations and transfer of energy from the wind to the ground have not been reported in Canada. Indeed, very few vibration monitoring studies have been conducted globally around wind farms. It has been found that turbines predominantly produce vibrations related to structural

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. This paper offers a solution to overcome time-consuming numerical analysis for the evaluation of the impact of tunnel construction in a complex karst environment by implementing Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) using a neural network (NN) tool. The rock mass is described using three parameters: Geological Strength Index, the uniaxial compression strength of

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. In this study, a series of three-dimensional finite element simulations of a geosynthetic-reinforced pile-supported embankment design was conducted. The effects of subsoil stiffness, friction and dilation angles of the fill, fill height, pile spacing, surcharge load on the embankment, and anisotropic tensile stiffness of the geosynthetic reinforcement

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. Insulation covers are an appealing reclamation approach to control sulfide oxidation in tailings storage facilities located in the Arctic. In this study, the thermal behaviour and effectiveness of insulation covers for the reclamation of the Meadowbank mine’s tailings storage facility were assessed using both laboratory-based tests and field experimental

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 57, Issue 8, Page 1261-1262, August 2020.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 57, Issue 8, Page 1256-1260, August 2020.

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. To study the deformation and failure mechanism of hard rocks, true triaxial compression tests were conducted on four types of hard rocks to obtain the complete stress–strain curves and failure modes. Under true triaxial compression conditions, the shapes of the complete stress–strain curves can be divided into three types: elastic–brittle (EB), elastic–plastic–brittle

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Ahead of Print. In the numerical analysis of underground pipelines against dip-slip faulting, it is common practice to model the problem as a beam surrounded by soil-equivalent nonlinear springs. Previous studies have recognised the importance of the vertical bearing soil springs (VBSS) in the modelling of pipe–fault interaction. Nevertheless, prior studies on VBSS are