Rick Chalaturnyk, PhD, PEng
Fall Term 2025 (1930)
CIV E 381 - Soil Mechanics
3 units (fi 8)(EITH/SP/SU, 3-0-3)
Compaction; site investigation; theories of water seepage; effective stress principles; settlement; strength and mechanical properties; introduction to retaining structures, foundation, and slope stability. Prerequisite: EAS 210.
LECTURE A1 (50641)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
MWF 08:00 - 08:50
LAB D21 (50642)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
T 14:00 - 16:50
LAB D31 (50643)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
W 14:00 - 16:50
LAB D41 (50645)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
R 14:00 - 16:50
LAB D11 (50650)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
M 14:00 - 16:50
CIV E 680 - Engineering Properties of Soils
3 units (fi 6)(FIRST, 3-1S-1)
Principle of effective stress, clay-water systems, soil compressibility and theories of consolidation. Pore pressure parameters. Strength of granular and cohesive media. Anisotropy of soils. Laboratory measurement of strength and deformation properties. Stress-strain relations.
LECTURE A02 (58855)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
TR 09:30 - 10:50
LAB D01 (57130)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
01:00 - 01:00
SEMINAR E01 (57131)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
01:00 - 01:00
Winter Term 2026 (1940)
CIV E 695 - Soil Structures
3 units (fi 6)(SECOND, 3-1S-1)
Stresses in slopes. Limit equilibrium methods of analysis. Landslides in soil. Design of earth dams and embankments. Case histories of earth and rockfill dams. Dam foundations. Soft ground tunnelling.
LECTURE B2 (89350)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 09:30 - 10:50
CIV E 698 - Petroleum Geomechanics
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Application geotechnical engineering principles to petroleum engineering problems. Principles of thermo-poroelasticity are reviewed. Borehole stability, hydraulic fracturing, subsidence/heave, sand production, formation damage and reservoir-geomechanical modelling are the major topics for the course. Special attention is given to geomechanical influences on reservoir flow processes. Prerequisite: consent of Instructor.
LECTURE B2 (89353)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 14:00 - 15:20