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Physical Modelling of Tailings Dam Breach
Tailings dams are constructed in stages, exhibit sediment deposits located in the reservoir upstream of the dam crest (beaches) generated from slurry deposition, and are commonly designed with shallower upstream slopes in ... -
Mechanical Performance of PVC Pressure Pipes with a Bell-and-Spigot Joint
Water is a valuable resource for society, but it is not always used sustainably. In various cities across the globe, a great deal of water has been leaking from pipe networks, for example, due to corrosion-induced leakage, ... -
Stray Gas Migration in Shallow Groundwater: Gas Dynamics, Mass Transfer, and Environmental Expression
The objective of this research was to systematically investigate the dynamics of flowing subsurface gases, leading to understanding of mass loading of stray gas in unconsolidated sands, then couple this knowledge to ... -
Service Performance of a Cured In Place Polymer Pipe Liner for Deteriorated Cast Iron Pressure Pipes
Although Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) liners have been used extensively across North America, their in-situ performance in deteriorated pipe conditions has not been extensively studied. The purpose of this research work is ... -
Modelling Methane Emissions from Arctic Lakes
Climate change in the Arctic is moving at a greater rate than the rest of the world, and the urgency of characterizing greenhouse gas emissions from water bodies located in high latitudes has become a subject of intensive ... -
Sustainable Masonry: Mortar Containing Biochar and Recycled Aggregate in Concrete Blocks
The building and construction industry is the third-largest producer of CO2 in Canada. Additionally, emissions from this industry are expected to go up by more than nine megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2 eq) ... -
Mobilization of Non-aqueous Phase Liquid by Flowing Gas Bubbles in Porous Media
Gas bubbles can significantly affect contaminant transport in both sediments and groundwater systems. In some circumstances, gas bubble mobilization can result in the transport of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) as ... -
A Three-Dimensional Experimental and Numerical Study of Nearshore Hydrodynamics and Morphology Change on a Steep Sand Beach
Storm waves breaking on steeply-sloping sand beaches can generate strong currents across a narrow surf zone, and experience different rates of sediment transport and morphodynamic change compared to beaches with milder ... -
Heat Migration and Solute Transport in a Discrete Fracture
The study of heat and solute transport in fractured rock can provide complementary information in aid of understanding the interaction between surface and groundwater, the long-term isolation of energy by products, the ... -
Probabilistic Analysis of Unreinforced Slopes and Reinforced Footings Using the Random Finite Element Method
The focus of this thesis was on probabilistic analysis of unreinforced cohesive soil slopes and geosynthetic reinforced and unreinforced footings over cohesive foundations. Two open-source random finite element method ... -
Numerical Modelling of Methane Emissions From Peatlands
Peatlands could play a significant role in global warming for two reasons: 1) peatlands release methane (CH4), which is a very potent greenhouse gas estimated to be responsible for a quarter of the temperature rise the ... -
Simulating solute transport in discretely fractured rocks: Computational limitations and a hybrid method
To investigate the computational limitations arising when simulating large-scale groundwater flow and solute transport using a 3D control volume finite element model (the FE model) in discrete-fracture mode, numerical ... -
A Study of Aspects of the Coupling of Flow and Sediment Transport for Sand and Gravel Dunes
This work investigates the coupling between flow, sediment transport and changes to geometry of river dunes. It aims to broaden the understanding of this coupling by examining: a) intrinsic differences between flow and ... -
Shear Transfer Strength of Concrete After Exposure to Elevated Temperature
The most consumed construction material in the world, concrete, is largely composed of coarse aggregate. Thus, the physical and mechanical properties of aggregates play a significant role in determining the performance of ... -
Turbulence and Sediment Resuspension Modelling in Lake Erie
Physical and biogeochemical observation in Lake Erie, and a field-scale numerical model was applied to study the turbulent dissipation and mixing, sediment resuspension and bottom stress parameterizations. In Chapter 2, ... -
New Sensing Techniques for Improved Assessment of Rail Infrastructure
As demand grows for rail transportation, so too does the stress on Canada’s rail infrastructure, and improved monitoring technologies are needed to prevent track failure and assist in the bridge rehabilitation process. ... -
The Development and Use of a Test Facility for Large Diameter Pipes
This thesis examines the performance of a new deep burial facility through numerical modelling and physical experiments. A numerical investigation was conducted to investigate the influence of the loading scheme and boundary ... -
Durability of Natural Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites
Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) are a composite system which may be able to meet the demands of both new and existing infrastructures. Due to its constituents’ environmental impact, natural alternatives are becoming ... -
Field monitoring of pile walls designed to selectively stabilize slow moving landslides in Peace River, Alberta
The Peace River region of Alberta, Canada is a highly active landslide area characterized by creeping landslides in weak lacustrine clays and silts. Much of the infrastructure for the region is built upon historical ... -
Distributed Sensing to Assess the Behaviour of Dynamically Loaded Reinforced Concrete Beams
The assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) structures has been inherently limited by the lack of adequate sensing technologies, which can capture both the global and localized behaviour of these complex composite systems. ...
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