Research Papers & Articles
SoilVision and SVOffice
were developed based on research in unsaturated soils performed at the
University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. The most recent
methods for analyzing unsaturated soils have been implemented in our
software. We are committed to the continual improvement of our software,
and will continue to make available our peer-reviewed research findings
in conference and journal papers as we receive permission from publishers.
Thesis Publications
Books
Articles
Research Papers
Thesis Publications
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Gitirana, G. - 2005
"Weather-Related Geo-Hazard Assessment Model for Railway Embankment Stability"
University of Saskatchewan, pp.316 |
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Tan, E. - 2004
"Analysis of Temperature and Soil Suction for the Purpose of Optimizing Road Bans in Saskatchewan"
University of Saskatchewan, pp.201 |
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Hung, V.Q. - 2003
"Uncoupled and Coupled Solutions of Volume Change Problems in Expansive Soils"
University of Saskatchewan, pp.329 |
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Pham, H.T.V. - 2002
"Slope Stability Analysis Using Dynamic Programming Method Combined with a Finite Element Stress Analysis"
University of Saskatchewan, pp.200 |
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Hung, Q.P.. - 2002
"An Engineering Model of Hysteresis for Soil-Water Characteristic Curves"
University of Saskatchewan, pp.190
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Hung, V.Q. - 2000
"Finite Element Method for the Prediction of Volume Change in Expansive Soils "
University of Saskatchewan, pp.314 |
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Pentland, J.S. - 2000
"Use of a General Partial Differential Equation Solver for Solution of Heat and Mass Transfer Problems in Soils "
University of Saskatchewan, pp.248 |
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Fredlund, M.D. - 2000
"The Role of Unsaturated Soil Property Functions in the Practice of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics"
University of Saskatchewan, pp.292 |
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Thieu, N.T.M. - 1999
"Solution of Saturated/Unsaturated Seepage Problems Using a General Partial Differential Equation Solver "
University of Saskatchewan, pp.193 |
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Sillers, W.S. - 1997
"The Mathematical Representation of the Soil-Water Characteristic Curve"
University of Saskatchewan, pp.241 |
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Fredlund, M.D. - 1996
"Design of a Knowledge-Based System for Unsaturated Soil Properties"
University of Saskatchewan, pp. 149
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Books
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Fredlund
D.G. & Rahardjo H., 1993
Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Price: $195 CAD
To order contact us |
Articles
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Rykaart
M., Fredlund M., and Stianson J. - 2001
"Solving
Tailings Impoundment Water Balance Problems With 3D Seepage Software"
Geotechnical News Magazine, Bitech Publishers
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
December Issue |
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Fredlund,
M.D. - 1998
"Unsaturated
Seepage Modeling Made Easy"
Geotechnical News Magazine, Bitech Publishers
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
June Issue |
Research Papers
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Arie Kreman, Yiannis Tsompanakis - 2010
"Application of dynamic programming to evaluate the slope stability of a vertical extension to a balefill"
Waste Management and Research, 2010 |
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Evan W. Jones, Yih H. Koh, Bradley J. Tiver, Marcus A. H. Wong - 2009
"Modelling the Behaviour of Unsaturated Saline Clay for Geotechnical Design"
Adelaide University Student Project, 2009 |
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Fredlund, M.D., Ph.D., Donaldson, M., Gilson Gitirana, Ph.D. - 2009
"Large-Strain 1D, 2D and 3D Consolidation Modeling of Mine Tailings"
Tailings and Mine Waste Conference, Banff, Canada, November 1 - 4, 2009 |
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Huang Mingbin, Fredlund, D.G., Ph.D., Fredlund, M.D., Ph.D. - 2009
"Comparison of Measured and PTF Predictions of SWCCs for Loess Soils in China"
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (Online), December 4, 2009 |
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Huang Mingbin, Fredlund, D.G., Ph.D., Fredlund, M.D., Ph.D. - 2009
"Estimation of SWCCs from Grain-Size Distribution Curves for Loess Soils in China"
GeoHalifax 2009, September 20-24, Halifax, NS, Canada |
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Guan-Wei Jia, Tony L.T. Zhan, Ph.D., Yun-Min Chen, Ph.D. and D.G. Fredlund, Ph.D. - 2009
"Influence of Rainfall Pattern on the Infiltration into Landfill Earthen Final Cover"
International Symposium on Geoenvironmental Engineering, September 8-10 2009, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China |
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Yvonne Lins, Tom Schanz, and Delwyn G. Fredlund, Ph.D. - 2009
"Modified Pressure Plate Apparatus and Column Testing Device for Measuring SWCC of Sand"
Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 32, No. 5 |
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Murray Fredlund, Ph.D, P.Eng., Gilson Gitirana, Ph.D. and Hung Pham, Ph.D. - 2008
"A Methodology For Applying Probability Theory To Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties as the Foundation for Seepage Analysis"
GeoCongress 2008, March 9-12, 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA |
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Gilson Gitirana Jr., Marcos A. Santos, and Murray D. Fredlund - 2008
"Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Lodalen Landslide"
GeoCongress 2008, March 9-12, 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA |
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Gilson Gitirana Jr., Marcos A. Santos, and Murray D. Fredlund - 2008
"Three-Dimensional Slope Stability Model Using Finite Element Stress Analysis"
GeoCongress 2008, March 9-12, 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA |
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Hung Q. Vu, Yafei Hu, and D.G. Fredlund - 2007
"Analysis of Soil Suction Changes In Expansive Regina Clay"
60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 8th Joint IAH-CGS Conference, October 21-24, 2007, Ottawa, ON, Canada |
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Fredlund, M.D., J.R. Stianson, D.G. Fredlund, H. Vu, R.C. Thode - 2006
"Numerical Modeling of Slab-on-Grade Foundations"
Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, April 2-5, 2006, Carefree, AZ, USA |
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Gitrana, G. Jr., M.D. Fredlund & D.G. Fredlund - 2006
"Numerical Modeling of Soil-Atmosphere Interaction for Unsaturated Surfaces"
Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, April 2-5, 2006, Carefree, AZ, USA |
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Chen, Q. and L.M. Zhang - 2006
"Three dimensional analysis of water infiltration into the Gouhou rockfill dam using saturated-unsaturated seepage theory "
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 43: 449-461 |
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Cheng, W.J. and R. Donahue - 2005
"Cation exchange due to the diffusion of ammonium from livestock effluent through clacial clay soils "
Applied Geochemistry, 22 (2007): 53-68 |
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Fredlund, D.G., and Gitirana, Jr. G.F.N. - 2005
"Unsaturated Soil Mechanics as a Series of Partial Differential Equations"
Proceedings of the International Conference on Problematic Soils - GEOPROB 2005, North Cyprus, May 25-27,2005: pp. 1-28. |
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Gitirana, G.G., Fredlund, M.D., Fredlund, D.G. - 2005,
"Infiltration-Runoff Boundary Conditions In Seepage Analysis"
Canadian Geotechnical Conference, September 19-21, Saskatoon, Canada
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Hoepfner, U. and M. Fredlund - 2005
"The Θ(Ψ)-function of waste rock: measurements and
pedotransfer functions"
Poster presented at workshop German Soil Science Society, February 18-19, 2005.
Also published in Mitteilungen Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (in press). |
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Szilagyi, J. - 2004
"Vadose zone influences on aquifer parameter
estimates of saturated-zone hydraulic theory"
Journal of Hydrology, 286: 78-86. |
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Ebrahimi-B, N. , G.F.N Gitirana Jr., D.G. Fredlund, M.D. Fredlund, L. Samarasekera - 2004
"A Lower Limit for the Water Permeability Coefficient"
57th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 5th Joint IAH-CGS Conference, October 24-27, 2004, Quebec, QC, Canada |
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Fredlund, M.D. - 2004
"Finite Element Stochastic Analysis"
57th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 5th Joint IAH-CGS Conference, October 24-27, 2004, Quebec, QC, Canada |
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Gitrana, G. Jr. & D.G. Fredlund - 2004
"Soil-Water Characterstic Curve Equation wih Independent Properties"
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, February 2004: 209-212. |
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U.Hoepfner, K.Weiss, & H. Zepp - 2003
"Zur Vorhersage der Θ(Ψ)-Beziehung von künstlichen Rohböden mittels Pedotransferfunktionen."
Mitteilungen Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft, Volume 102, Page 83-84. |
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M.D.
Fredlund, D.G. Fredlund, S.L. Houston & B. Houston - 2003
"Assesment
of unsaturated soil properties for seepage modeling through tailings
and mine wastes"
U.S. pp.149-157. Oct. 12-15. |
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D.G. Fredlund, Gilson Gitirana Jr. - 2003
"Analysis of Transient Embankment Stability Using the Dynamic Programming Method"
56th Canadian Geotechnical Conference 4th Joint IAH-CNC/CGS Conference, September 28-October 1, 2003, Winnipeg, MB, Canada |
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M.D. Fredlund, J. Stianson & M.
Rykaart - 2003
"Automatic
Mesh Refinement in the SVFlux and ChemFlux Software Packages"
UNSAT Asia 2003 |
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H.T.V. Pham & D.G. Fredlund - 2003
"The application of dynamic programming to slope stability analysis"
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 40: 830-847. |
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R. S. Mansell,* Liwang Ma, L. R. Ahuja, and S. A. Bloom - 2002
"Adaptive Grid Refinement in Numerical Models for Water Flow and Chemical
Transport in Soil: A Review"
Vadose Zone Journal, 1:222–238 |
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M.D. Fredlund, J. Stianson & M. Rykaart - 2002
"Applications of Automatic Mesh Refinement in the SVFlux and ChemFlux Software Packages "
55th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 3rd Joint IAH-CNC/CGS Conference, October 20-23, 2002, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada |
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G.W.
Wilson, D. Williams & M.D. Fredlund - 2002
"The
Application of Knowledge-Based Surface Flux Boundary Modeling"
Unsat 2002, Recief, Brazil |
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M.D.
Fredlund, D.G. Fredlund & G.W. Wilson - 2002
"Use
of the grain-size distribution for the estimation of the soil-water
characteristic curve"
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 39, No.5, pp.1103-1117 |
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M.D.
Fredlund, G.W. Wilson & D.G. Fredlund - 2002
"An
Equation to Represent grain-size Distribution Reply"
Reply to the Discussion by David Hansen, Fredlund, ed., Canadian Geotechnical
Journal, 817-827. |
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S.W. Sillers & D.G. Fredlund - 2001
"Statistical assessment of soil-water characteristic curve models for geotechnical engineering"
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 38: 1297-1313 |
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N.T.M
Thieu, M.D. Fredlund, D.G. Fredlund & V.Q. Hung - 2001
"Seepage
Modeling in a Saturated/Unsaturated Soil System"
International Conference on Management of the Land and Water Resources, MLWR,
October 20 - 22, 2001 - Hanoi, Vietnam |
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M.D. Fredlund, G.W. Wilson & D.G. Fredlund - 2000
"An Equation to Represent grain-size Distribution"
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, v37, 817-827. |
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M.D.
Fredlund, D.G. Fredlund & G.W. Wilson - 2000
"Use
of Grain-Size Functions in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics"
ASCE Geo-Institute Denver 2000 Symposium, Denver, Colorado, August 3-8 |
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M.D.
Fredlund, D.G. Fredlund & G.W. Wilson - 2000
"Estimation
of Volume Change Functions for Unsaturated Soils "
UNSAT-ASIA, Singapore, May 18-19, pp. 663-668 |
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D.G. Fredlund - 2000
"The 1999 R.M. Hardy Lecture: The implementation of unsaturated soil mechanics into geotechnical engineering."
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, v37(5), pp. 963-986
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C.E.
Zapata, W.N. Houston, S.L Houston & K.D. Walsh - 2000
"Soil-Water
Characteristic Curve Variability"
Advances in Unsaturated Geotechnics, Denver, Colorado, August 5-8, pp. 84-123 |
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Swanson
D.A., Savci G., and Danziger G. - 1999
"Predicting
the soil-water characteristics of mine soils"
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste
Conference
Ft. Collins, Colorado, January 24-27, pp. 345-349 |
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Vanapalli
S.K., Sillers W.S., and Fredlund M.D. - 1998
"The
Meaning And Relevance Of Residual State To Unsaturated Soils"
51st Canadian Geotechnical Conference
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
October 4-8 |
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Fredlund
M.D., Wilson G.W., and Fredlund D.G. - 1998
"Estimation
of Hydraulic Properties of An Unsaturated Soil Using A Knowledge-Based
System"
Second International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, UNSAT'98
Beijing, China
August 27-30 |
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Leong E.C. & H. Rahardjo - 1997
"Permeability Functions for Unsaturated Soils "
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, December 1997: 1118-1126. |
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Leong E.C. & H. Rahardjo - 1997
"Review of Soil-Water Characteristic Curve Equations "
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, December 1997: 1106-1117. |
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Fredlund
M.D., Wilson G.W., and Fredlund D.G. - 1997
"Estimation
of Hydraulic Properties of an Unsaturated Soil Using A Knowledge-Based
System"
Proceedings of the conference on the Characterization and Measurement of the
Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Porous Media
Riverside, California, USA
October 22-24 |
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Fredlund
M.D., Wilson G.W., and Fredlund D.G. - 1997
"Indirect
Procedures to Determine Unsaturated Soil Property Functions"
Proceedings of the 50th Canadian Geotechnical Conference
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 20-22 |
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Fredlund
M.D., Fredlund D.G., and Wilson G.W. - 1997
"Estimation
Of Unsaturated Soil Properties Using A Knowledge-Based System"
ASCE Fourth Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 16-18 |
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Fredlund
M.D., Fredlund D.G., and Wilson G.W. - 1997
"Prediction
of the Soil-Water Characteristic Curve from Grain-Size Distribution
and Volume-Mass Properties"
3rd Brazilian Symposium on Unsaturated Soils
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
April 22-25 |
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M.D.
Fredlund, D.G. Fredlund, G.W. Wilson & W.S. Sillers - 1996
"Design
of a Knowledge-Based System For Unsaturated Soil Properties"
Third Canadian Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Montreal,
Quebec, August 26-28, pp. 659-677 |
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D.G.
Fredlund, A. Xing, M.D. Fredlund & S.L. Barbour - 1996
"The
Relationship of the Unsaturated Soil Shear Strength Function to
the Soil-Water Characteristic Curve"
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 33, No.3, pp.440-448 |
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Fredlund
M.D., Sillers W.S., Fredlund D.G., and Wilson G.W. - 1996
"Design
Of A Knowledge-Based System For Unsaturated Soil Properties"
3rd Canadian Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
Montreal, Quebec
August 26-28 |
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Fredlund
D.G., Xing Anqing, and Huang Shangyan - 1994
"Predicting
the permeability function for unsaturated soils using the soil-water
characteristic curve"
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Vol. 31, pp. 533-546 |
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Fredlund
D.G., and Xing Anqing - 1994
"Equations
for the soil-water characteristic curve"
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Vol. 31, pp. 521-532 |
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