M. D. Fredlund

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

M. D. Fredlund is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, M. D. Fredlund has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 12 papers in Environmental Engineering and 10 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in M. D. Fredlund's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (24 papers), Landslides and related hazards (10 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (10 papers). M. D. Fredlund is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (24 papers), Landslides and related hazards (10 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (10 papers). M. D. Fredlund collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Brazil and China. M. D. Fredlund's co-authors include D. G. Fredlund, D G Fredlund, S. Lee Barbour, G. Ward Wilson, Gordon Wilson, Sai K. Vanapalli, Gilson de Farias Neves Gitirana, Mingbin Huang, Sandra L. Houston and L.L. Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Waste Management, Engineering Geology and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

M. D. Fredlund

41 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The relationship of the unsaturated soil shear strength to the soil-water characteristic curve

1996 452 citations D G Fredlund, M. D. Fredlund et al. Canadian Geotechnical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. D. Fredlund Canada	13	1.2k	597	350	273	99	41	1.4k
Qian Zhai China	19	1.2k 1.0×	524 0.9×	504 1.4×	165 0.6×	87 0.9×	81	1.4k
Andrew Ridley United Kingdom	18	1.1k 0.9×	527 0.9×	323 0.9×	93 0.3×	63 0.6×	33	1.2k
D E Pufahl Canada	10	1.9k 1.6×	964 1.6×	354 1.0×	307 1.1×	105 1.1×	15	2.1k
G. Ward Wilson Canada	17	1.2k 1.0×	369 0.6×	444 1.3×	108 0.4×	139 1.4×	47	1.4k
R. J. Fannin Canada	24	1.9k 1.6×	719 1.2×	204 0.6×	451 1.7×	115 1.2×	51	2.2k
C.F. Chiu China	21	1.3k 1.1×	522 0.9×	264 0.8×	150 0.5×	141 1.4×	47	1.6k
D G Fredlund	11	1.2k 1.0×	792 1.3×	167 0.5×	280 1.0×	45 0.5×	19	1.3k
Noriyuki Yasufuku Japan	21	1.5k 1.2×	269 0.5×	237 0.7×	278 1.0×	44 0.4×	126	1.8k
A W Clifton	7	1.2k 1.0×	662 1.1×	159 0.5×	263 1.0×	55 0.6×	11	1.3k
Abdallah I. Husein Malkawi Jordan	15	1.1k 0.9×	425 0.7×	100 0.3×	462 1.7×	109 1.1×	52	1.3k

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Gitirana, Gilson de Farias Neves, et al.. (2022). Numerical analysis of cover systems for mining waste in tropical regions. International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment. 36(7). 492–511. 4 indexed citations

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Målqvist, Axel, et al.. (2019). Numerical upscaling of discrete network models. BIT Numerical Mathematics. 60(1). 67–92. 11 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D.. (2016). Numerical Modeling of Unsaturated Soils Problems. Soils and Rocks. 97–109. 2 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D., et al.. (2016). Methodologies for the Calculation of Actual Evaporation in Geotechnical Engineering. International Journal of Geomechanics. 16(6). 10 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D., et al.. (2016). Pseudo 3-D deposition and large-strain consolidation modeling of tailings deep deposits. Open Collections. 1 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D., et al.. (2015). Application of continuous normal–lognormal bivariate density functions in a sensitivity analysis of municipal solid waste landfill. Waste Management. 55. 141–153. 12 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D.. (2014). Is There a Movement Toward Three-dimensional Slope Stability Analyses?. 18(4). 22–25. 1 indexed citations

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Fredlund, D. G., et al.. (2014). Modeling the unsaturated soil zone in slope stability analysis. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 51(12). 1384–1398. 120 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D., et al.. (2013). Three-dimensional limit equilibrium analysis of open pits. 541–554. 3 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D. & Junfeng Zhang. (2012). Benchmarks for Solving Coupled Thermal, Hydraulic, and Air (THA) Numerical Models in Roadways in Cold Regions. 326–336. 1 indexed citations

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Gitirana, Gilson de Farias Neves, et al.. (2008). Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Lodalen Landslide. GeoCongress 2008. 1. 186–190. 11 indexed citations

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Gitirana, Gilson de Farias Neves, et al.. (2008). Three-Dimensional Slope Stability Model Using Finite Element Stress Analysis. GeoCongress 2008. 101. 191–198. 9 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D., Gilson de Farias Neves Gitirana, & Hung Q. Pham. (2008). A Methodology for Applying Probability Theory to Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties as the Foundation for Seepage Analysis. GeoCongress 2008. 24. 902–909. 7 indexed citations

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Gitirana, Gilson de Farias Neves, M. D. Fredlund, & D. G. Fredlund. (2006). Numerical Modelling of Soil-Atmosphere Interaction for Unsaturated Surfaces. 658–669. 8 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D.. (2006). SVFLUX and CHEMFLUX: Flow and Transport Modeling Software—A Response to Review Comments. Ground Water. 44(3). 328–328. 2 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D., et al.. (2002). An equation to represent grain-size distribution: Reply. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 39(6). 1437–1438. 6 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D.. (2000). The role of unsaturated soil property functions in the practice of unsaturated soil mechanics. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(24). 8237–45. 31 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D., Gordon Wilson, & D. G. Fredlund. (2000). Use of Grain-Size Functions in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. 69–83. 1 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D., D. G. Fredlund, & Gordon Wilson. (2000). An equation to represent grain-size distribution. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 37(4). 817–827. 163 indexed citations

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Fredlund, M. D., D. G. Fredlund, & Gordon Wilson. (1997). Estimation of Unsaturated Soil Properties Using a Knowledge-Based System. Computing in Civil Engineering. 501–510. 7 indexed citations

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