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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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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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Vancouver Geotechnical Society

Membership registration for the 2025/2026 VGS season is now closed. Registration for the 2026/2027 membership season will open in September 2026. Thank you for your interest in VGS. We look forward to welcoming both new and returning members in the upcoming season.

The 7th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing, organized by the DFI and ICOG, will take place on March 17-19, 2027. Abstract submission is open, and the deadline is Monday, January 19, 2026.  Additional details here.

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