D E Pufahl

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

D E Pufahl is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, D E Pufahl has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 6 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in D E Pufahl's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (8 papers), Climate change and permafrost (6 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (6 papers). D E Pufahl is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (8 papers), Climate change and permafrost (6 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (6 papers). D E Pufahl collaborates with scholars based in Canada. D E Pufahl's co-authors include D. G. Fredlund, Sai K. Vanapalli, A W Clifton, DG Fredlund, R L Lytton, Harianto Rahardjo, B J Dempsey, Haoran Liang, N. R. Morgenstern and D G Fredlund and has published in prestigious journals such as Géotechnique, Canadian Geotechnical Journal and Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

In The Last Decade

D E Pufahl

15 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Model for the prediction of shear strength with respect to soil suction

1996 1.2k citations Sai K. Vanapalli, D. G. Fredlund et al. Canadian Geotechnical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D E Pufahl Canada	10	1.9k	964	354	307	143	15	2.1k
M. D. Fredlund Canada	13	1.2k 0.6×	597 0.6×	350 1.0×	273 0.9×	81 0.6×	41	1.4k
D G Fredlund	11	1.2k 0.6×	792 0.8×	167 0.5×	280 0.9×	85 0.6×	19	1.3k
A W Clifton	7	1.2k 0.6×	662 0.7×	159 0.4×	263 0.9×	69 0.5×	11	1.3k
R. J. Fannin Canada	24	1.9k 1.0×	719 0.7×	204 0.6×	451 1.5×	56 0.4×	51	2.2k
Andrew Ridley United Kingdom	18	1.1k 0.6×	527 0.5×	323 0.9×	93 0.3×	77 0.5×	33	1.2k
G. Ward Wilson Canada	17	1.2k 0.6×	369 0.4×	444 1.3×	108 0.4×	203 1.4×	47	1.4k
Dobroslav Znidarčić United States	16	938 0.5×	464 0.5×	129 0.4×	207 0.7×	71 0.5×	43	1.1k
C.F. Chiu China	21	1.3k 0.7×	522 0.5×	264 0.7×	150 0.5×	100 0.7×	47	1.6k
Minna Karstunen Sweden	23	2.7k 1.4×	627 0.7×	250 0.7×	623 2.0×	98 0.7×	62	2.9k
Qian Zhai China	19	1.2k 0.6×	524 0.5×	504 1.4×	165 0.5×	102 0.7×	81	1.4k

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Pufahl, D E, et al.. (2002). A study of critical state on an unsaturated silty soil. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 39(1). 213–218. 57 indexed citations

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Vanapalli, Sai K., D. G. Fredlund, & D E Pufahl. (2001). Influence of soil structure and stress history on the soil–water characteristics of a compacted till. Géotechnique. 51(6). 573–576. 16 indexed citations

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Vanapalli, Sai K., D. G. Fredlund, & D E Pufahl. (1999). The influence of soil structure and stress history on the soil–water characteristics of a compacted till. Géotechnique. 49(2). 143–159. 470 indexed citations

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Fredlund, D. G., et al.. (1999). Interslice force functions for computing active and passive earth force. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 36(6). 1015–1029. 9 indexed citations

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Vanapalli, Sai K., D. G. Fredlund, D E Pufahl, & A W Clifton. (1996). Model for the prediction of shear strength with respect to soil suction. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 33(3). 379–392. 1233 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fredlund, DG, et al.. (1996). The Relationship Between the Soil-Water Characteristic Curve and the Unsaturated Shear Strength of a Compacted Glacial Till. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 19(3). 259–268. 107 indexed citations

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Fredlund, D G, Sai K. Vanapalli, & D E Pufahl. (1995). PREDICTING THE SHEAR STRENGTH FUNCTION FOR UNSATURATED SOILS USING THE SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE. 29 indexed citations

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Lytton, R L, et al.. (1993). AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF THE CLIMATIC EFFECTS ON PAVEMENTS. FINAL REPORT. 9(11). 11 indexed citations

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Lytton, R L, et al.. (1993). An integrated model of the climatic effects on pavements. 62 indexed citations

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Pufahl, D E & R L Lytton. (1991). TEMPERATURE AND SUCTION PROFILES BENEATH HIGHWAY PAVEMENTS: COMPUTED AND MEASURED. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 53(1307). 11583–6. 4 indexed citations

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Pufahl, D E, et al.. (1990). INTEGRATED COMPUTER MODEL TO ESTIMATE MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE EFFECTS BENEATH PAVEMENTS. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 5 indexed citations

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Pufahl, D E, D. G. Fredlund, & Harianto Rahardjo. (1983). Lateral earth pressures in expansive clay soils. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 20(2). 228–241. 44 indexed citations

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Pufahl, D E & N. R. Morgenstern. (1980). The energetics of an ablating headscarp in permafrost. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 17(4). 487–497. 15 indexed citations

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Pufahl, D E & N. R. Morgenstern. (1979). Stabilization of planar landslides in permafrost. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 16(4). 734–747. 6 indexed citations

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Pufahl, D E, et al.. (1975). OBSERVATIONS ON RECENT HIGHWAY CUTS IN PERMAFROST. 1 indexed citations

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