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Overview

Doug Stead is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their research predominantly addresses various aspects of rock mechanics, landslides, and related hazards, integrating numerical modeling and remote sensing techniques.

The scientist's primary research areas include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Subfields of focus encompass:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Main research topics covered by Doug Stead's work include:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Doug Stead demonstrate a focus on rock mechanics and hydraulic fracturing as well as the application of remote sensing:

  • "Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Data and Discrete Fracture Network Models for Improved Rockfall Simulations" (2020), Remote Sensing
  • "The Role of Behavioural Factors and Cognitive Biases in Rock Engineering" (2021), Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • "Investigating the interaction of hydraulic fracture with pre-existing joints based on lattice spring modeling" (2020), Computers and Geotechnics
  • "Three-dimensional numerical investigation of the interaction between multiple hydraulic fractures in horizontal wells" (2021), Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • "A New Approach to Characterise the Impact of Rock Bridges in Stability Analysis" (2021), Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Doug Stead frequently collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Their most frequent coauthors include:

  • Davide Donati
  • Davide Elmo
  • Mirko Francioni
  • John J. Clague
  • Bernhard Rabus

The scientist publishes predominantly in the following venues, reflecting their research focus on remote sensing, geotechnical engineering, and related sciences:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Landslides
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

Best Publications

  • Identifying crack initiation and propagation thresholds in brittle rock

    E Eberhardt;D Stead;B Stimpson;R S Read

  • Numerical analysis of initiation and progressive failure in natural rock slopes—the 1991 Randa rockslide

    E. Eberhardt;D. Stead;J.S. Coggan

  • Quantifying progressive pre-peak brittle fracture damage in rock during uniaxial compression

    E Eberhardt;D Stead;B Stimpson

  • Close-range terrestrial digital photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning for discontinuity characterization on rock cuts

    M. Sturzenegger;D. Stead

  • Developments in the characterization of complex rock slope deformation and failure using numerical modelling techniques

    D. Stead;E. Eberhardt;J.S. Coggan

  • A critical review of rock slope failure mechanisms: The importance of structural geology

    Doug Stead;Andrea Wolter

  • The role of tectonic damage and brittle rock fracture in the development of large rock slope failures

    Marc-André Brideau;Ming Yan;Doug Stead

  • The application of a modified Voronoi logic to brittle fracture modelling at the laboratory and field scale

    F.Q. Gao;D. Stead

  • An Integrated Numerical Modelling–Discrete Fracture Network Approach Applied to the Characterisation of Rock Mass Strength of Naturally Fractured Pillars

    Davide Elmo;Doug Stead

  • Quantifying discontinuity orientation and persistence on high mountain rock slopes and large landslides using terrestrial remote sensing techniques

    M. Sturzenegger;D. Stead

  • Numerical Simulation of Squeezing Failure in a Coal Mine Roadway due to Mining-Induced Stresses

    Fuqiang Gao;Doug Stead;Hongpu Kang

  • Numerical modelling of the effects of weak immediate roof lithology on coal mine roadway stability

    John Coggan;Fuqiang Gao;Doug Stead;Davide Elmo

  • Numerical Analysis of Block Caving-Induced Instability in Large Open Pit Slopes: A Finite Element/Discrete Element Approach

    Alexander Vyazmensky;D. Stead;D. Elmo;A. Moss

  • Numerical simulation of microstructure of brittle rock using a grain-breakable distinct element grain-based model

    Fuqiang Gao;Doug Stead;Davide Elmo

  • Evaluation of coal longwall caving characteristics using an innovative UDEC Trigon approach

    Fuqiang Gao;Doug Stead;John Coggan

  • Development of an early-warning time-of-failure analysis methodology for open-pit mine slopes utilizing ground-based slope stability radar monitoring data

    Graham J. Dick;Erik Eberhardt;Albert G. Cabrejo-Liévano;Doug Stead

  • Terrestrial remote sensing-based estimation of mean trace length, trace intensity and block size/shape

    M. Sturzenegger;D. Stead;D. Elmo

  • Asperity Degradation and Damage in the Direct Shear Test: A Hybrid FEM/DEM Approach

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  • Simulation of roof shear failure in coal mine roadways using an innovative UDEC Trigon approach

    Fuqiang Gao;Doug Stead;Hongpu Kang

  • Landslides: Types, Mechanisms and Modeling

    John J. Clague;Douglas Stead

  • CHANGES IN ACOUSTIC EVENT PROPERTIES WITH PROGRESSIVE FRACTURE DAMAGE

    E. Eberhardt;D. Stead;B. Stimpson;R.S. Read

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Eberhardt
Erik Eberhardt University of British Columbia
John J. Clague
John J. Clague Simon Fraser University
Michel Jaboyedoff
Michel Jaboyedoff University of Lausanne
Peter K. Kaiser
Peter K. Kaiser Laurentian University
John C. Gosse
John C. Gosse Dalhousie University
Giovanni B. Crosta
Giovanni B. Crosta University of Milano-Bicocca
Martin Stokes
Martin Stokes Plymouth University
Gwenn E. Flowers
Gwenn E. Flowers Simon Fraser University
Marten Geertsema
Marten Geertsema University of Northern British Columbia
Euan G. Nisbet
Euan G. Nisbet Royal Holloway University of London

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