G. E. Blight

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

G. E. Blight is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, G. E. Blight has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 20 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in G. E. Blight's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (22 papers), Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (20 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (11 papers). G. E. Blight is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (22 papers), Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (20 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (11 papers). G. E. Blight collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Russia and Chile. G. E. Blight's co-authors include A. W. Bishop, Andy Fourie, Nasser Khalili, F. Geiser, I. Alpan, David Rowe, I B Donald, Mark Alexander, Jeremy Wade Morris and Bruce Lewis and has published in prestigious journals such as Waste Management, Géotechnique and Journal of Structural Engineering.

In The Last Decade

G. E. Blight

81 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Some Aspects of Effective Stress in Saturated and Partly Saturated Soils

1963 698 citations A. W. Bishop, G. E. Blight Géotechnique profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Predicting tailings beach profiles using energy and entropy 2026 ·(unknown), G. E. Blight	0
2	A field study of the in situ moisture regime during active hydraulic tailings deposition 2013 ·Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering ·(unknown), G. E. Blight	1
3	Alkali-Aggregate Reaction and Structural Damage to Concrete 2011 ·G. E. Blight, Mark Alexander	19
4	Alternatives to Paste Disposal with Lower Water Consumption 2008 ·Paste/Paste ·(unknown), (unknown), G. E. Blight	5
5	Wind erosion of tailings dams and mitigation of the dust nuisance 2007 ·Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy ·G. E. Blight	9
6	Interpretations of surface movements of a landfill built on steeply sloping ground. A cautionary case history 2007 ·Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy ·G. E. Blight	3
7	Interaction between Trees and Buildings on Shrinkable Soils: A Detailed Field Study 2006 ·G. E. Blight	1
8	Consequences of raising the height of a landfill in a water-deficient climate 2005 ·Waste Management ·G. E. Blight	5
9	Effective Stress in Unsaturated Soils: Review with New Evidence 2004 ·International Journal of Geomechanics ·Nasser Khalili, F. Geiser, G. E. Blight	380
10	Interactions between the atmosphere and the Earth 1997 ·Géotechnique ·G. E. Blight	93
11	Engineering properties of reinforced concrete damaged by AAR 1996 ·G. E. Blight	2
12	Moisture conditions in landfills situated on the South African Highveld : technical paper 1995 ·Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering ·G. E. Blight, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
13	Pressures exerted by materials stored in silos: part II, fine powders 1986 ·Géotechnique ·G. E. Blight	10
14	Compressibility and strength of weathered andesite lava 1980 ·G. E. Blight, (unknown)	2
15	A FALLING HEAD AIR PERMEAMETER FOR TESTING ASPHALT 1977 ·G. E. Blight	3
16	Shear stability of dumps and dams of gold mining waste 1969 ·G. E. Blight	5
17	Foundation Failures of Four Rockfill Slopes 1969 ·Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division ·G. E. Blight	3
18	Shear Stress and Pore Pressure in Triaxial Testing 1965 ·Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division ·G. E. Blight	10
19	THE EFFECT OF NONUNIFORM PORE PRESSURES ON LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF THE SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS WITH DISCUSSION 1963 ·G. E. Blight	1
20	Factors Controlling the Strength of Partly Saturated Cohesive Soils 1960 ·A. W. Bishop, I. Alpan, G. E. Blight, I B Donald	122

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