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Vancouver Geotechnical Society

A local section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society

2020 CSSM Short Course

Vancouver Geotechnical Society

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  • The Society/
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    • VGS Scholarship
    • VGS Legacy Lecture Series
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    • 2020-2024 Lectures
    • 2015-2020 Lectures
    • 2011-2015 Lectures
  • Other Events/
    • 2025 CSSM Short Course
    • 2025 Symposium
    • 2025 Geosynthetic Reinforced Walls and Slopes
    • 2024 Glacial Landforms and Sediments of British Columbia
    • 2020 CSSM Short Course
  • Proceedings/
  • History/
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A Three-Day Short Course by Mike Jefferies and Dr. Dawn Shuttle

Critical State Soil Mechanics for Practical Engineers

February 6 to 8, 2020

 

Course Content

  1. Course Notes & Summary

  2. Soil Strength Behaviour

  3. Theory of Plasticity

  4. Original Cam Clay (OCC)

  5. NorSand

  6. Elasticity

  7. NorSand Calibration to Nerlerk Sand Test Data

  8. Drained Loading to Undrained Static Liquefaction

  9. CPT Methodology

  10. CPT - Quantitative Evaluation in Sand (Determining the State Parameter In-Situ)

  11. CPT - Determining the State Parameter in Silt

  12. CPT - Determining the State Parameter in Any Soil (Plewes Method)

  13. NorSand Calibration to Silt

  14. Cyclic Simple Shear (NorSandPSR)

  15. Closing Remarks

 

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    • 2020 CSSM Short Course
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Vancouver Geotechnical Society

VGS is now accepting memberships for the 2025–2026 season. We look forward to welcoming you back and seeing you at our upcoming events. Please complete your membership here.

VGS will be hosting its next technical presentation on Monday, September 8, 2025. Dr. Ryley Beddoe will be presenting on the topic “Built to Last? The Geotechnical Challenges of Infrastructure on Thawing Permafrost”. More information can be found here.

VGS will organize our upcoming short course on Critical State Soil Mechanics (CSSM) for Practical Engineers, taught by Michael Jefferies, Dr. Dawn Shuttle, Dr. Marcos Arroyo, Andrea Lougheed and Dallas McGowan on 26-28 October 2025. More info here.

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