By Dr Kurt John Douglas

Conference Papers

Haider S; Clark P; Douglas K, 2023, 'Reliability Approach to Shotcrete Design in Sydney Tunnels', in Newns B (ed.), Conference Proceedings - Trends and Transitions in Tunnelling, New Zealand and Australian Tunnel Societies, Auckland, pp. 901 - 911, presented at 18th Australasian Tunnelling Conference, Auckland, 05 November 2023 - 08 November 2023, https://atc2023.com/

Pells S; Douglas K, 2019, 'Guidelines for assessment of scour in unlined spillways', in Africa 2019, Windhoek - Namibia, presented at Africa 2019, Windhoek - Namibia, 02 April 2019 - 04 April 2019

Mostyn G; Douglas K, 2018, 'Strength of intact rock and rock masses', in ISRM International Symposium 2000, IS 2000, CRC Press. Permission to Distribute - International Society for Rock Mechanics, Melbourne, Australia, presented at ISRM International Symposium 2000, Melbourne, Australia, 19 November 2018 - 24 November 2018, https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/ISRM-IS-2000-034?sort=&start=0&q=Strength+of+intact+rock+and+rock+masses&from_year=&peer_reviewed=&published_between=&fromSearchResults=true&to_year=&rows=10#

Glastonbury JP; Douglas KJ, 2018, 'Catastrophic rock slope failures - Observed characteristics and behaviour', in ISRM International Symposium 2000, IS 2000

Pells S; Fell R; Douglas KJ; Peirson W, 2016, 'Erosion Of Unlined Spillways in Rock', in 20th Congress of the Asia and Pacific Division of IAHR, Colombo, Sri Lanka, presented at 20th Congress of the Asia Pacific Division of the International Association for Hydro Environment Engineering & Research, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 28 August 2016 - 31 August 2016

Pells SE; Pells PJN; Peirson WL; Douglas KJ; Fell R, 2015, 'Erosion Of Unlined Spillways In Rock - does a "scour threshold" exist?', in CContemporary challenges for dams : conference proceedings : 2015 / ANCOLD, Australian National Committee on Large Dams, Brisbane, presented at ANCOLD Conference 2015, Brisbane, 04 November 2015 - 08 November 2015

Allan R; Peirson W; Douglas KJ; Peirson W, 2015, 'Laboratory experiments and numerical modelling of backward erosion piping', in Wintera J; Wity A (ed.), Eksploatacja budowli piętrzących – diagnostyka i zapobieganie zagrożeniom, INSTYTUT METEOROLOGII I GOSPODARKI WODNEJ PAŃSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY, Wierchomla, Poland, pp. 141 - 151, presented at TKZ2015 - XVI Dam Monitoring International Conference, Wierchomla, Poland, 29 September 2015 - 02 October 2015

Allan RJ; Douglas KJ; Peirson WL, 2014, 'Development of an experimental research program into backward erosion piping', in Cheng L; Draper S; An H (eds.), Scour and Erosion. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, CRC Press/Balkema, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, pp. 249 - 255, presented at 7th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 02 December 2014 - 04 December 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17703-30

Pells SE; Peirson WL; Wu L; Douglas KJ; Peirson W, 2012, 'Scour of Rock in Spillways – A Review', in Proceedings of the 34th Hydrology & Water Resources Symposium, Engineers Australia, Sydney, pp. 136 - 143, presented at 34th Hydrology & Water Resources Symposium, Sydney, 19 November 2012 - 22 November 2012

Wu L; Peirson WL; Pells S; Douglas KJ; Miller BM, 2012, 'Aeration Drag Effects On Unlined Spillways - Paper 24/ICSE2012/000024', in Sixth International Conference on Scour and Erosion, Paris, France, presented at Sixth International Conference on Scour and Erosion, Paris, France, 27 August 2012 - 31 August 2012, http://scour-and-erosion.baw.de/conferences/icse6/index.php.html?id=98902a22d3159c0f17fb513fd8e1d698

Masoumi H; Douglas KJ; Russell AR, 2012, 'Experimental investigation of the size effect of Gosford Sandstone', in Proceedings of ANZ 2012, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 644 - 649, presented at 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (ANZ 2012), Melbourne, Victoria, 15 July 2012 - 18 July 2012

Martel B; Graham IT; Douglas KJ; Och D, 2012, 'Relationship between in-situ stress magnitudes and mineralogy of the Hawkesbury Sandstone, Sydney', in Proceedings of ANZ 2012, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 1129 - 1134, presented at 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (ANZ 2012), Melbourne, Victoria, 15 July 2012 - 18 July 2012

Masoumi H; Douglas KJ; Saydam S; Hagan P, 2012, 'Experimental study of size effects of rock on UCS and point load tests (CD Paper No. 215)', in Proceedings 46th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Curran Associates, Inc./ARMA, Chicago, USA, pp. 2561 - 2568, presented at 46th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Chicago, USA, 24 June 2012 - 27 June 2012, https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/ARMA-2012-215

Masoumi H; Douglas KJ; Seyed A, 2010, 'Yielding in intact rock at different scales', in Xie F (ed.), Rock Stress and Earthquakes, CRC Press, Beijing, China, presented at The 5th International Symposium on In-situ Rock Stress, Beijing, China, 25 August 2010 - 27 August 2010, https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/ISRM-ISRS-2010-125

Masoumi H; Douglas KJ, 2010, 'Review of rock slope displacement-time curves and failure prediction models', in Extracting the Science: A Century of Mining Research, Society of Mining Engineers (SME), Littleton, Colorado, USA, pp. 247 - 259, presented at Extracting the Science: A Century of Mining Research, SME Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 28 February 2010 - 03 March 2010

Douglas KJ; Mostyn G, 2007, 'SPT-CTP Correlations from Botany Sands', in 10th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics, Brisbane, Qld, presented at 10th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics, Brisbane, Qld, 21 October 2007 - 24 October 2007

Douglas KJ; Mostyn G, 2007, 'The strength of rock defects - numerical analysis of scale effects', in 11th Congress of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, presented at 11th Congress of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 09 July 2007 - 13 July 2007

Douglas KJ; Mostyn G, 2004, 'The shear strength of rock masses', in 9th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at 9th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Auckland, New Zealand, 08 February 2004 - 11 February 2004

Glastonbury JP; Douglas KJ, 2000, 'Catastrophic Rock Slope Failures', in Ervin MC (ed.), GeoEng2000 An International Conference on Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Melbourne, pp. 21, presented at GeoEng2000 An International Conference on Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Melbourne, 19 November 2000 - 24 November 2000

Duran A; Douglas KJ, 2000, 'Experience with empirical rock slope design', in Ervin MC (ed.), GeoEng2000 An International Conference on Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Melbourne, pp. 41, presented at GeoEng2000 An International Conference on Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Melbourne, 19 November 2000 - 24 November 2000

Mostyn G; Douglas KJ, 2000, 'Issues Lecture: The shear strength of intact rock and rock masses', in GeoEng2000 An International Conference on Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Melbourne, presented at GeoEng2000 An International Conference on Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Melbourne, 19 November 2000 - 24 November 2000

Duran A; Douglas K, 1999, 'Do slopes designed with empirical rock mass strength criteria stand up?', in 20th Century Lessons, 21st Century Challenges., pp. 87 - 90

Duran A; Douglas KJ, 1999, 'Do slopes designed with empirical rock mass strength criteria stand up', in 9th ISRM International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Paris, France, presented at 9th ISRM International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Paris, France, 25 August 1999 - 28 August 1999

Douglas KJ; Mostyn G, 1999, 'Strength of large rock masses - field verification, rock mechanics for industry', in 37th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Vail, Colorado, USA, presented at 37th US rock mechanics symposium, Vail, Colorado, USA, 06 June 1999 - 09 June 1999

Douglas KJ; Mostyn G, 1999, 'Strength of large rock masses - Field verification', in Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS), pp. 271 - 276

Douglas KJ; Spannagle M; Fell R, 1999, 'Estimating the probability of failure of concrete and masonry gravity dams', in Heinrichs P; Fell R (ed.), Proceedings of NZSOLD and ANCOLD Sympsoiums, Australia, pp. 53 - 64, presented at ANCOLD Conference on Large Dams 1999, Australia

Douglas KJ, 1998, 'Case studies in the assessment of rock mass strength', in 3rd Australia-NewZealand Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, Melbourne, presented at 3rd Australia-NewZealand Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, Melbourne

Douglas KJ; Spannagle M; Fell R, 1998, 'Estimating the probability of failure of concrete and masonry gravity dams', in Heinrichs P; Fell R (ed.), Proceedings of NZSOLD and ANCOLD Sympsoiums, Sydney, presented at NZSOLD and ANCOLD Simposium 1998, Sydney

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