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Mehdi Pouragha
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Research
Latest papers
Quasistatic kinetic avalanches and self-organized criticality in deviatorically loaded granular media.
Physical review. E · 2021
Arctic soil patterns analogous to fluid instabilities.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
On local intrinsic dimensionality of deformation in complex materials.
Scientific reports · 2021
Latest funding
- $240,000
Thermo-Mechanical Simulation of Problematic Soils under SMR and Climate Warming in Permafrost Regions
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $96,014
Precise measurement of powder agglomerate structure by quantifying its oil absolution number
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $150,000
Precise Measurement and Analysis of Specific Surface Area and Pore Size Distribution of Micro and Nanoparticles
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
3 publications.
Quasistatic kinetic avalanches and self-organized criticality in deviatorically loaded granular media.
Baró J, Pouragha M, Wan R, Davidsen J
Arctic soil patterns analogous to fluid instabilities.
Glade RC, Fratkin MM, Pouragha M, Seiphoori A, Rowland JC
On local intrinsic dimensionality of deformation in complex materials.
Zhou S, Tordesillas A, Pouragha M, Bailey J, Bondell H
Thermo-Mechanical Simulation of Problematic Soils under SMR and Climate Warming in Permafrost Regions
Principal investigators: Pouragha, Mehdi M
Precise measurement of powder agglomerate structure by quantifying its oil absolution number
Principal investigators: Kholghy, Mohammad Reza
Keywords: carbon black; alumina; aluminum hydroxide; agglomerates; particle technology; oil absorption number
Precise Measurement and Analysis of Specific Surface Area and Pore Size Distribution of Micro and Nanoparticles
Principal investigators: Kholghy, Mohammad Reza
Developing Precursors for Progressive Failures in Cold Regions Geo-structures based on Acoustic Emission Analysis and Complex System Physics
Principal investigators: Pouragha, Mehdi M
Keywords: acoustic emission; cold region geo-infrastructure; complex system physics; failure precursor; progressive failure; self-organized criticality; tailing embankments
Multiscale Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Analysis of Thawing/Freezing Cycles in Partially Saturated Soils: Application to Stability of Permafrost Layers and Climate Change
Principal investigators: Pouragha, Mehdi
Keywords: permafrost landslide; thermo-hydro-mechancial modelling; unsaturated soils; micromechanics; multi-scale modelling; hazard assessment; retrogressive landslide
Multiscale Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Analysis of Thawing/Freezing Cycles in Partially Saturated Soils: Application to Stability of Permafrost Layers and Climate Change
Principal investigators: Pouragha, Mehdi
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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