MGG also investigates some of the fundamental properties of soils and other geomaterials. Among these fundamental properties is the propensity for clays to undergo shrinkage cracking as they dry. See here for more information on this research.

Publications

2009

Book Chapters

Likos, W.J., Bowders, J.J., Gates, W.P. 2009. Mineralogy and engineering properties of bentonite. In: Bouazza, A. and Bowders, J.J., Geosynthetics clay liners in waste containment facilities, Taylor and Francis, U.K. (in press).

2008

Journal Articles

Bouazza, A., Haque, A., & Wang,M.W. (2008). Assessment of some hydraulic properties of slime slurries from sand mining pits using a modified triaxial cell. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, DOI 10.1007/s10706-008-9216-1
Bordallo, H.N., Aldridge, L.P., Churchman, G.J., Gates, W., Telling, M.T.F., Kiefer, K., Fouquet, P., Seydel, T. and Kimber, S.A.J. 2008, ‘Quasielastic neutron scattering studies on clay interlayer space highlight the effect of the cation in confined water dynamics’, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 112, No. 36, pp. 13982-13991.
Gates, W. 2008, ‘Cation mass-valence sum approach to assigning OH bending bands in dioctahedral smecties’, Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 11‑23.

Conference Proceedings

Kurucuk, N., Kodikara, J.K. and Fredlund, D.G. 2008, ‘Theoretical modelling of the compaction curve’, in Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo- Engineering, Proceedings of the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Eds. D.T. Toll et al, CRC Press/ Balkema, The Netherlands, pp. 375-379.
Costa, W.D.S.M., Kodikara, J.K. and Thusyanthan, N.I. 2008, ‘Study of desiccation cracks evolution using image analysis’, in Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering, Proceedings of the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Eds. D.T. Toll et al, CRC Press/Balkema, The Netherlands, pp. 159-164.
Costa, W.D.S.M., Kodikara, J.K. and Thusyanthan, N.I. 2008, ‘Modelling of desiccation crack development in clay soils’, in Proceedings of the 12th Int. Conf. of the Int. Assoc. for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics’, Eds. M.N. Jadhav et al, IACMAG, India, pp. 1099-1107.

2007

Journal Articles

Richards, S., Bouazza, A. Determination of particle density using water and gas pycnometry, Geotechnique, Vol. 57, No 4, pp. 403-406.

Conference Proceedings

Costa, S. and Kodikara, J. Investigation of desiccation cracking using automated digital photography, Common Ground, Proceedings of the 10 th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics, Brisbane, Edited by J. Ameratunge, B. Taylor and M. Patten, AGS, Australia, Volume 1, pp. 338-343.

2006

Journal Articles

Nahlawi, N. and Kodikara, J.K. Laboratory experiments on desiccation cracking of thin soil layers, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 24, pp. 1641-1664.

Conference Proceedings

Kodikara, J.K. and Choi, X. A simplified analytical model for desiccation cracking of clay layers in laboratory tests, Proceedings of UNSAT2006 Conference, Edited by G. A. Miller, C.E. Zapata, S.L. Houston and D.G. Fredlund, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, Unsaturated Soils Vol. 2, pp. 2558-2567.