Browsing Civil and Resource Engineering Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations by Title

A Hybrid Composite System for Strengthening Concrete Columns

DOI10.1061/9780784481332.007

A Hybrid Perturbation and Morris Approach for Identifying Sensitive Parameters in Surface Water Quality Models

Huang, Y. T., and L. Liu. 2008. "A Hybrid Perturbation and Morris Approach for Identifying Sensitive Parameters in Surface Water Quality Models." Journal of Environmental Informatics 12(2): 150-159. Copyright 2008 by the International Society for Environmental Information Sciences. http://www.iseis.org

Surface water quality models (SWQM) are always developed as universal frameworks so that they can be flexibly employed to simulate a large variety of water bodies. These models are often over-parameterized (more parameters ...

Hydraulic and strength performance of three cement-stabilized soils subjected to cycles of freezing and thawing

Jamshidi, R. and Lake, C.B. 2015. Hydraulic and strength performance of three cement-stabilized soils subjected to cycles of freezing and thawing, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 52(3): 283-294, 10.1139/cgj-2014-0100.

A total of 108 specimens were prepared to examine the hydraulic performance and strength performance of nine different cement-stabilized soils under unexposed and freeze–thaw exposed conditions. Specimens from each mix ...

Hydrologic impacts of thawing permafrost—A review

Walvoord MA, Kurylyk BL. 2016. Hydrologic impacts of permafrost thaw – A review (invited review). Vadose Zone Journal, 15 (6).

Impact Behavior of Sustainable Sandwich Panels with Flax FRP Faces and Cardboard Cores

Structural sandwich panels have been shown to be effective for use as building cladding materials due to their low weight and high relative strength and stiffness. To increase the sustainability of these panels natural and ...

Impact Behaviour of Sandwich Panels Made of Flax Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Based Polymer Face Sheets and Foam Cores

DOI10.1061/9780784481349.036

Improved Design-Oriented Confinement Models for FRP-Wrapped Concrete Cylinders based on Statistical Analyses

Publisher's version: Sadeghian, Pedram, and Fam, Amir. (2015). Improved Design-Oriented Confinement Models for FRP-Wrapped Concrete Cylinders based on Statistical Analyses. Engineering Structures, 87, 162-182. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.01.024

This paper introduces improved design-oriented confinement models for cylindrical concrete members wrapped with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites based on a rigorous statistical evaluation of a large database. As ...

Improved Stefan Equation Correction Factors to Accommodate Sensible Heat Storage during Soil Freezing or Thawing

Kurylyk, B. L., and Hayashi, M. (2016) Improved Stefan Equation Correction Factors to Accommodate Sensible Heat Storage during Soil Freezing or Thawing. Permafrost and Periglac. Process., 27: 189–203. doi: 10.1002/ppp.1865.

Increasing winter baseflow in response to permafrost thaw and precipitation regime shifts in northeastern China

Duan L, Man X, Kurylyk BL, Cai T. 2017. Increasing winter baseflow in response to permafrost thaw and precipitation regime shifts in northeastern China. Water, 9(1).

Inferring hydraulic properties of alpine aquifers from the propagation of diurnal snowmelt signals

Kurylyk, B. L. and M. Hayashi (2017), Inferring hydraulic properties of alpine aquifers from the propagation of diurnal snowmelt signals, Water Resour. Res., 53, 4271–4285, doi:10.1002/2016WR019651.

Influence of Geometry and Fiber Properties on Rupture Strain of Cylindrical FRP Jackets under Internal Ice Pressure

Publisher's version: Sadeghian, Pedram; Seracino, Rudolf; Das, Baishali; Lucier, Gregory. Influence of Geometry and Fiber Properties on Rupture Strain of Cylindrical FRP Jackets under Internal Ice Pressure. Composite Structures." February 27, 2018.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.02.077

Influence of vertical and lateral heat transfer on permafrost thaw, peatland landscape transition, and groundwater flow

Kurylyk BL, Hayashi M, Quinton WL, McKenzie JM, Voss CI. 2016. Influence of vertical and lateral heat transfer on permafrost thaw, peatland landscape transition, and groundwater flow. Water Resources Research, 52: 1286-1305. doi: 10.1002/2015WR018057

Interpreting Repeated Temperature‐Depth Profiles for Groundwater Flow

Bense, V. F., Kurylyk, B. L., van Daal, J., van der Ploeg, M. J., & Carey, S. K. (2017). Interpreting repeated temperature‐depth profiles for groundwater flow. Water Resources Research, 53, 8639–8647. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021496

Lateral Behaviour of Concrete-Filled FRP Tube Piles

Jafarian Abyaneh, Mostafa, El Naggar, Hany, Sadeghian, Pedram. Lateral Behaviour of Concrete-Filled FRP Tube Piles. Ottawa: GeoOttawa 2017.

Applications of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite piles are rapidly gaining traction in Canada and around the world. FRP piles offer several advantages compared to traditional piles, the most important of which is ...

Long-Term Tensile Properties of Natural Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Comparison of Flax and Glass Fibres

Publisher's version: Hristozov, Dimo, Wroblewski, Laura, Sadeghian, Pedram. 2016. Long-Term Tensile Properties of Natural Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Comparison of Flax and Glass Fibres. Composites Part B: Engineering: 95, 82-95. doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.03.079

Despite of significant research on the mechanical properties of fibre-reinforced polymer composites made of natural fibres, long-term performance of the natural fibre composites against moisture and other environmental ...