SW Jacobsz

SW Jacobsz

University of Pretoria

H-index: 13

Africa-South Africa

About SW Jacobsz

SW Jacobsz, With an exceptional h-index of 13 and a recent h-index of 11 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Pretoria, specializes in the field of Physical modelling in geotechnics, unsaturated soil mechanics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Uniqueness of the Normal Consolidation Line for Gold Tailings

Pore pressure response during tube sampling in gold tailings

Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling of Liquefied Flow and Nonliquefied Slide Failures of Tailings Dams

Investigation of piled foundations in swelling clays

Centrifuge modelling of piled foundations in swelling clays

Drying and wetting soil-water retention behaviour of a highly expansive clay under varying initial density

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Evaluating the performance of three sensor types for long-term measurement of suctions in gold tailings

SW Jacobsz Information

University

Position

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

Citations(all)

1091

Citations(since 2020)

564

Cited By

661

hIndex(all)

13

hIndex(since 2020)

11

i10Index(all)

22

i10Index(since 2020)

13

Email

University Profile Page

University of Pretoria

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SW Jacobsz Skills & Research Interests

Physical modelling in geotechnics

unsaturated soil mechanics

Top articles of SW Jacobsz

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Uniqueness of the Normal Consolidation Line for Gold Tailings

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Yashay Narainsamy

Schalk Willem Jacobsz

Ruan Andrew Murison

Nicolaas Johannes Vermeulen

2023/11/1

Pore pressure response during tube sampling in gold tailings

E3S Web of Conferences

Gregory Darren Mc Donald

Wallace de Lange

Schalk Willem Jacobsz

2023

Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling of Liquefied Flow and Nonliquefied Slide Failures of Tailings Dams

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Charles WW Ng

Petrus A Crous

Schalk W Jacobsz

2023/9/1

Investigation of piled foundations in swelling clays

E3S Web of Conferences

Tiago AV Gaspar

Schalk W Jacobsz

Ashraf S Osman

2023

Centrifuge modelling of piled foundations in swelling clays

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Tiago Alexandre Valentim Gaspar

SW Jacobsz

Gerrit Smit

Ashraf S Osman

2023/6/7

Drying and wetting soil-water retention behaviour of a highly expansive clay under varying initial density

Ruan A Murison

SW Jacobsz

Tiago AV Gaspar

Talia S da Silva Burke

Ashraf S Osman

2023

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering

JPJ Pietersen

OJ Gericke

JC Smithers

YE Woyessa

2015/3

Evaluating the performance of three sensor types for long-term measurement of suctions in gold tailings

E3S Web of Conferences

Yashay Narainsamy

Schalk Willem Jacobsz

2023

Advanced numerical modelling of the nonlinear mechanical behaviour of a laterally loaded pile embedded in stiff unsaturated clay

Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering

KT Braun

N Bakas

G Markou

SW Jacobsz

2023/6

Centrifuge modelling of an expansive clay profile using artificial fissuring to accelerate swell

Engineering Geology

Tiago AV Gaspar

SW Jacobsz

G Smit

A Gens

DG Toll

...

2023/1/1

The effect of overburden and confined stress state on cave mining propagation

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Nicholas Kyle Schoeman

Schalk Willem Jacobsz

Elsabe P Kearsley

2022/11

Modelling horizontally loaded reinforced-concrete piles in a geotechnical centrifuge

International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics

Hendrik Louw

Elsabe Kearsley

Schalk Willem Jacobsz

2022/1

Comparison of swell behaviour of highly expansive clay through field monitoring and centrifuge modelling

Proc. 20th Int. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Geotech. Eng., Sydney

Ruan A Murison

SW Jacobsz

TS da Silva Burke

TAV Gaspar

AS Osman

2022

A review of methods for estimating undrained brittleness index from the CPT

Y Narainsamy

SW Jacobsz

2022/6/23

Lessons learnt modelling tailings dam flow-type failures in the centrifuge

Proc., 10th Int. Conf. on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics

PA Crous

CWW Ng

SW Jacobsz

2022

The mechanical properties of a high plasticity expansive clay

Engineering Geology

Tiago Alexandre Valentim Gaspar

Schalk Willem Jacobsz

Gerhard Heymann

DG Toll

A Gens

...

2022/6/20

Monitoring bending moment distributions in large-scale laterally loaded piles using fibre Bragg gratings and vibrating wire strain gauges

Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS)

R Murison

S Jacobsz

TS da Silva Burke

TAV Gaspar

AS Osman

2022

Measurement of pile uplift forces due to soil heave in expansive clays

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

TS da Silva Burke

Schalk Willem Jacobsz

Mohammed ZEB Elshafie

Ashraf S Osman

2022/6/10

Influence of K0 Consolidation on Yield Undrained Shear Strength in Triaxial Compression

Eighth International Conference on Tailings Management

Yashay Narainsamy

Schalk Willem Jacobsz

2022

Field and laboratory research into the undrained behaviour of tailings at the University of Pretoria

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Schalk Willem Jacobsz

Yashay Narainsamy

2022/6

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