Grant: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
University of British Columbia
$68,000.00
Characterization of the mechanical response of fine-grained soils for earthquake engineering practice
FY 2021-22
Summary
behaviour of fine-grained soils; cyclic shear loading of soils; direct simple shear testing; earthquake response of natural silts; geotechnical laboratory testing; liquefaction of soils; mine tailings; numerical modeling; soil particle arrangement/structure
Program
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
RGPIN-2017-03846
Name nom
Wijewickreme, Dharmapriya
Department département
Civil Engineering
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2021
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
68000
Program id
RGPIN
Program name en
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Program name fr
Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1509
Committee name en
Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Committee name fr
Génie civil, industriel et des systèmes
Area of application code
1206
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Engineering
Area of application fr
Génie
Research subject code
1002
Research subject group en
Civil engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie civil
Research subject en
Geotechnical engineering (including engineering geology)
Research subject fr
Géotechnique (y compris génie géologique)
Installment
inst:5; 6
Partie
2
Nb partie
6
Application title
Characterization of the mechanical response of fine-grained soils for earthquake engineering practice
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
behaviour of fine-grained soils; cyclic shear loading of soils; direct simple shear testing; earthquake response of natural silts; geotechnical laboratory testing; liquefaction of soils; mine tailings; numerical modeling; soil particle arrangement/structure
