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Vancouver Geotechnical Society

A local section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society

2020 CSSM Short Course

Vancouver Geotechnical Society

  • Home/
  • The Society/
    • Membership
    • Executive
    • Past Executive
    • VGS Award
    • VGS Scholarship
    • VGS Legacy Lecture Series
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    • 2020-2024 Lectures
    • 2015-2020 Lectures
    • 2011-2015 Lectures
  • Other Events/
    • 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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    • 2011-2015 Lectures
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    • 2025 Geosynthetic Reinforced Walls and Slopes
    • 2024 Glacial Landforms and Sediments of British Columbia
    • 2020 CSSM Short Course
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Vancouver Geotechnical Society

VGS will be hosting our next technical presentation on Tuesday, 29 April 2025, at the Executive Inn, Burnaby. Dr. Andrew Mitchell, Dr. Marten Geertsema, and Dr. Brian Menounos will present on the topic of the Chilcotin Landslide Response.

The VGS now accepts online payment for memberships. Lifetime members need not renew annually. Registration for the 2024 - 2025 season will be available in September.

The 31st Symposium of the Vancouver Geotechnical Society, focusing on the topic of “Shallow and Deep Foundations”, will take place on Friday June 06, 2025, at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront (1133 West Hastings Street in Vancouver). Details here.

 

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