Novel Issues on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Investigation of bentonite qualities on water retention characteristic curve.- Evaluation of subgrade resilient modulus from unsaturated cbr test.- Characterization of hydro-mechanical effects of suction and clay minerals on resilient modulus mr..- Addressing problems related to construction in the middle east of high rise buildings on soft rocks.- Laboratory characterization of reservoir rock and fluids of upper assam basin, india.- Modeling root water uptake, climate and unsaturated vegetated clays interactions in the context of shallow foundation soils.- Application of fragility curves to investigate the effect of rainfall pattern on the performance of an idealized soil slope.- Water retention behaviour of palm-oil mixed kaolin.- A modified correlation using statistical techniques in estimating the unixial compressive strength of sedimentary rocks based on p-wave velocity- a case study.- Predicting swelling potential and soil-water retention curves of some characterized expansive clays based on geotechnical properties.- Prediction of water discharge through the foundation of a rockfill dam in brazil.- Experimental investigation on the crack propagation and coalescence in rock-like specimens with pre-existing cracks under compressive loading.- Effects of rock joint inclinations and spacings on the static behavior of dam foundation.

JOHN S. MCCARTNEY, Ph.D., P.E : PROFESSIONAL PREPARATIONUniversity of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, B.S. (high distinction), 2002University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, M.S., 2002University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., 2007
b. APPOINTMENTS11/14 - Present, Associate Professor, University of California San Diego (UCSD)07/13 - 08/14, Lyall Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder (CU)05/13 - 10/14, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder (CU)08/08 - 05/13, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder (CU)08/08 - 07/12, Barry Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder (CU)08/07 - 08/08, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UA)
c. PUBLICATIONSi. Five Most Related PublicationsCoccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). "Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils I: Critical assessment of volume change mechanisms." Computers and Geotechnics. 80(December), 26-40. 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.06.009. Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). "Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils II: Constitutive modelling." Computers and Geotechnics. 80(December), 16-25. 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.06.010.Alsherif, N. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). "Yielding of silt at high temperature and suction magnitudes." Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 34(2), 501-514. Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). "High-pressure thermal triaxial cell for evaluation of the impact of temperature on soil volume change mechanisms." ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 39(2), 217-234. 10.1520/GTJ20150114.Alsherif, N.A. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). "Nonisothermal behavior of compacted silt at low degrees of saturation." Géotechnique. 65(9), 703-716.
ii. Five other Significant PublicationsMun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). "Constitutive model for the drained compression of unsaturated clay to high stresses." ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.