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  1. Use of Bender Elements to Evaluate Linkages between Thermal Volume Changes and Shear Modulus Hardening in Drained and Undrained Thermal Triaxial Tests

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, March 2024, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  2. Physical Modeling of Coupled Thermohydraulic Behavior of Compacted MX80 Bentonite during Heating

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, September 2022, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  3. Centrifuge Modeling Methodology for Energy Pile Pullout from Saturated Soft Clay

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, November 2021, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  4. Methodology to Characterize the Seismic Compression of Unsaturated Sands under Different Drainage Conditions

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, December 2020, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  5. Numerical study on maximum reinforcement tensile forces in geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments

    Article • Geotextiles and Geomembranes, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney

  6. Numerical simulation of the deformation response of geosynthetic reinforced soil mini-piers

    Article • Geosynthetics International, March 2018, ICE Publishing

    Dr. John S McCartney

  7. Shaking Table Test of a Half-Scale Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Bridge Abutment

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, December 2017, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  8. An approach for shake table performance evaluation during repair and retrofit actions

    Article • Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr. John S McCartney

  9. Application of Hysteretic Trends in the Preconsolidation Stress of Unsaturated Soils

    Article • Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John S McCartney

  10. Investigation of potential dragdown/uplift effects on energy piles

    Article • Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney

  11. Pore water pressure prediction for undrained heating of soils

    Article • Environmental Geotechnics, April 2017, ICE Publishing

    Dr. John S McCartney

  12. Suction-Induced Hardening Effects on the Shear Modulus of Unsaturated Silt

    Article • International Journal of Geomechanics, December 2016, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  13. Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils II: Model development and experimental validation

    Article • Computers and Geotechnics, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney

  14. Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils I: Critical assessment of volume change mechanisms

    Article • Computers and Geotechnics, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney

  15. Unified Model for Small-Strain Shear Modulus of Variably Saturated Soil

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, April 2016, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  16. Operational Response of a Soil-Borehole Thermal Energy Storage System

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, April 2016, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  17. Parameterization of a calibrated geothermal energy pile model

    Article • Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney

  18. Centrifuge Tests on Laterally-Loaded Footings Supported by Rigid Inclusion-Reinforced Clay

    Article • February 2016, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  19. High-Pressure Thermal Isotropic Cell for Evaluation of Thermal Volume Change of Soils

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, February 2016, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  20. Numerical Modeling of a Soil-Borehole Thermal Energy Storage System

    Article • Vadose Zone Journal, January 2016, Soil Science Society of America

    Dr. John S McCartney

  21. Thermal Volume Change of Unsaturated Silt under Different Stress States and Suction Magnitudes

    Article • E3S Web of Conferences, January 2016, EDP Sciences

    Dr. John S McCartney

  22. Procedure to Estimate the Seismic Settlement of Partially Saturated Soils

    Article • Indian Geotechnical Journal, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John S McCartney

  23. Yielding of Silt at High Temperature and Suction Magnitudes

    Article • Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John S McCartney

  24. Compression mechanisms of unsaturated clay under high stresses

    Article • Canadian Geotechnical Journal, December 2015, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr. John S McCartney

  25. Environmental geotechnics in the US region: a brief overview

    Article • Environmental Geotechnics, December 2015, ICE Publishing

    Dr. John S McCartney

  26. Calibration of Capacitance Sensors for Compacted Silt in Non-Isothermal Applications

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, November 2015, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  27. Cyclic heating effects on thermal volume change of silt

    Article • Environmental Geotechnics, October 2015, ICE Publishing

    Dr. John S McCartney

  28. Centrifuge Modeling of End-Restraint Effects in Energy Foundations

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, August 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  29. Development of a Full-Scale Soil-Borehole Thermal Energy Storage System

    Article • March 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  30. Response of an Energy Foundation to Temperature Fluctuations

    Article • March 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  31. Introduction to the Special Issue of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Entitled: “Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behavior of Soils and Energy Geostructures”

    Article • Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John S McCartney

  32. Critical Review of Thermal Conductivity Models for Unsaturated Soils

    Article • Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John S McCartney

  33. Heat transfer analysis of thermo-active foundations

    Article • Energy and Buildings, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney

  34. Thermal Borehole Shear Device

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, September 2014, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  35. Seasonal Response of Energy Foundations During Building Operation

    Article • Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John S McCartney

  36. Evaluation of thermo-mechanical and thermal behavior of full-scale energy foundations

    Article • Acta Geotechnica, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John S McCartney

  37. Centrifuge Modeling of Soil-Structure Interaction in Energy Foundations

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney, Melissa Beauregard

  38. Nonisothermal Shear Strength of Compacted Silt at Residual Saturation

    Article • February 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  39. Evaluation of Head Restraint Effects on Energy Foundations

    Article • February 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  40. Compression Behavior of Unsaturated Clay under High Stresses

    Article • February 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  41. Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of a Full-Scale Energy Foundation

    Article • February 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  42. Impact of Horizontal Run-Out Length on the Thermal Response of Full-Scale Energy Foundations

    Article • February 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  43. Shear Behavior of Silty Soil and Soil-Structure Interface under Temperature Effects

    Article • February 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  44. Issues in the Implementation of Sustainable Heat Exchange Technologies in Reinforced, Unsaturated Soil Structures

    Article • February 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  45. Impact of Strain Rate on the Shear Strength and Pore Water Pressure Generation of Saturated and Unsaturated Compacted Clay

    Article • February 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  46. Field-Monitoring System for Suction and Temperature Profiles under Pavements

    Article • Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, December 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  47. Unsaturated geotechnics applied to geoenvironmental engineering problems involving geosynthetics

    Article • Engineering Geology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney, Dr Abdelmalek Bouazza

  48. Centrifuge Modeling of Energy Foundations

    Article • September 2013, Wiley

    Dr. John S McCartney

  49. Energy Geostructures in Unsaturated Soils

    Article • September 2013, Wiley

    Dr. John S McCartney, Melissa Beauregard

  50. Shearing Rate Effects on Dense Sand and Compacted Clay

    Article • August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John S McCartney

  51. Empirical Methodology to Estimate Seismically Induced Settlement of Partially Saturated Sand

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, March 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  52. Municipal solid waste landfills as geothermal heat sources

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney

  53. Impact of Heat Exchange on the Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Response of Reinforced Embankments

    Article • February 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  54. Performance Evaluation of Flexible Pavements Using a New Field Cyclic Plate Load Test

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, January 2013, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  55. Behavior of Full-Scale Energy Foundations in Denver, Colorado

    Article • November 2012, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  56. Impact of Hydraulic Hysteresis on the Small-Strain Shear Modulus of Low Plasticity Soils

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, November 2012, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  57. Grouting Verification Using 3-D Seismic Tomography

    Article • August 2012, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  58. Strain Distributions in Centrifuge Model Energy Foundations

    Article • March 2012, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  59. Impact of the Rate of Heating on the Thermal Consolidation of Saturated Silt

    Article • March 2012, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  60. Nonisothermal Shear Strength of Compacted Silt under High Suction Magnitudes

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John S McCartney

  61. Multistage Triaxial Testing to Estimate Effective Stress Relationships for Unsaturated Compacted Soils

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, January 2012, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  62. Analysis of Thermo-Active Foundations With U-Tube Heat Exchangers

    Article • Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, January 2012, ASME International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  63. Geothermal Academy: Focus Center for Data Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination

    Article • October 2011, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  64. Formation of Secondary Containment Systems Using Permeation of Colloidal Silica

    Article • Journal of Environmental Engineering, June 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  65. Impact of Heat Exchange on Side Shear in Thermo-Active Foundations

    Article • March 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  66. Seasonal Effects on the Dynamic Deformation of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Pavements

    Article • March 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  67. Analysis of Thermo-Active Foundations With U-Tube Heat Exchangers

    Article • January 2011, ASME International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  68. Centrifuge Test to Assess the Seismic Compression of Partially Saturated Sand Layers

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, January 2011, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  69. Measurement of Small-Strain Shear Moduli of Partially Saturated Sand During Infiltration in a Geotechnical Centrifuge

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, January 2011, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  70. Resonant Column Test for Unsaturated Soils With Suction–Saturation Control

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, January 2011, ASTM International

    Dr. John S McCartney

  71. Effects of infiltration and evaporation on geosynthetic capillary barrier performance

    Article • Canadian Geotechnical Journal, November 2010, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr. John S McCartney

  72. Engineering Performance of Thermo-Active Foundations

    Article • October 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  73. Centrifuge Permeameter for Unsaturated Soils. I: Theoretical Basis and Experimental Developments

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, August 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  74. Measurement of filtration effects on the transmissivity of geocomposite drains for phosphogypsum

    Article • Geotextiles and Geomembranes, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney

  75. Application of Geoexchange Experience to Geothermal Foundations

    Article • February 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  76. Centrifuge Modeling of Face Excavation in Tunnels with a Deformable Lining

    Article • February 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  77. Challenges in Prediction Earthquake-Induced Settlements of Partially Saturated Sands

    Article • February 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  78. Impact of Effective Stress on the Dynamic Shear Modulus of Unsaturated Sand

    Article • February 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  79. Closure to “Analysis of a Large Database of GCL-Geomembrane Interface Shear Strength Results” by John S. McCartney, Jorge G. Zornberg, and Robert H. Swan Jr.

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, January 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  80. Hydraulic Interaction between Geosynthetic Drainage Layers and Unsaturated Low Plasticity Clay

    Article • October 2007, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  81. Evapotranspirative Cover Systems for Waste Containment

    Article • November 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. John S McCartney

  82. Closure to “Analysis of a Large Database of GCL Internal Shear Strength Results” by Jorge G. Zornberg, John S. McCartney, and Robert H. Swan Jr.

    Article • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, October 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  83. Decision Analysis for Design of Evapotranspirative Landfill Covers

    Article • March 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  84. Correction of Lightning Effects on Water Content Reflectometer Soil Moisture Data

    Article • Vadose Zone Journal, January 2006, Soil Science Society of America

    Dr. John S McCartney

  85. Effect of Geomembrane Texturing on GCL – Geomembrane Interface Shear Strength

    Article • October 2005, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. John S McCartney

  86. Reliability-based importance assessment of structural members

    Article • January 2001, Elsevier

    Dr. John S McCartney

  87. Structural Performance of Thermo-Active Foundations

    Article • ASME International

    Dr. John S McCartney