Canadian Geotechnical Journal, August and September 2020 Table of Contents
The August and September 2020 issues of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Volume 57, No. 8 & 9, are available online to all CGS members. To access the current and past journals, log into your MyCGS account on the CGS website then select Geotechnical Publications. Non-CGS members can view the CGJ abstracts and citations for the August issue at: https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/toc/cgj/57/8, and September issue at https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/toc/cgj/57/9.
Articles in the August issue include:
- Exploring the effect of biopolymers in near-surface soils using xanthan gum–modified sand under shear
- Toward a generalized guideline to inform optimal site investigations for pile design
- Exhumation and performance of an Antarctic composite barrier system after 4 years exposure
- Recommendations for the minimum number of laboratory tests for intact rock
- Dynamic analysis of the 2012 Johnsons Landing landslide at Kootenay Lake, British Columbia: the importance of undrained flow potential
- Runout simulation of seismic landslides using discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) with state-dependent shear strength model
- Comparative analyses of alternative breakthrough curves from cumulative mass column testing of soil–bentonite backfills
- An experimental investigation of the response of slender protective structures to rockfall impacts
Articles in the September issue include:
- Modelling seasonal ratcheting and progressive failure in clay slopes: a validation
- Resilient behavior of coarse granular materials in three-dimensional stress state
- Centrifuge modelling of uplift response of suction caisson groups in soft clay
- Effect of infill materials on vibration isolation efficacy of geocell-reinforced soil beds
- Influence of grass roots on shear strength of pyroclastic soils
- Uplift performance of helical piles with cement injection in residual soils
- Systematic approach to assessing the applicability of fly-ash-based geopolymer for clay stabilization
- Discrete element model (DEM) simulations of cone penetration test (CPT) measurements and soil classification
- Evaluation of induced trench twin culverts constructed in deep fill
- Impact of initial structural heterogeneity on long-term swelling behavior of MX80 bentonite pellet/powder mixtures
- Axial capacity of bored piles in very stiff intermediate soils