Profile: K. Tim Law
K. Tim Law - Professor Emeritus in Geotechnical Engineering
- Degrees: B.Sc. (Hong Kong), M.Sc. (Hong Kong), Ph.D. (Western Ontario) ;
- Email: k.tim.law@gmail.com
Research
Mitigation of natural hazards caused by landslides and earthquakes; slope stability; soft soils; earthquake engineering.
Activities
- Member of Canadian National Reconnaissance Team to survey damage due the M=8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake, China
- Co-Chair, 2007 Diamond Jubilee Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa, Ontario
- Past President, Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique
Conference Publications
Zhang L.J., Li, Z.M., Law, K.T. “A case study on the dynamic-static drainage consolidation method,” Proc. 62th Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Halifax, September, 2009
Wang, C.Y., Sheng Z. Law, K.T. “Integrated application of borehole GPR and borehole imaging for geological survey”, Proc. 62th Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Halifax, September, 2009
P. Bhuwanis, and K.T. Law, “Case histories of landslide induced gravitative debris flows,” 4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards, May 2008.
C. Wang, Z. Shang, K.T. Law, and W. Sun, “Integrity index density function and evaluating rock mass integrity,” Canadian Geotechnical Society Diamond Jubilee Conference, Dec 2007.
Y.P. Zhu, K.T. Law, G.W. Zhang, and X.L. Wang, “Model study on reduced settlement to rectify tilting buildings,” Canadian Geotechnical Society Diamond Jubilee Conference, Oct 2007.
Z.Q. Huang, K.T. Law, and H.D. Liu, “The chaotic characteristics of of landslide evolution: a case study of the Xiantan Landslide,” Canadian Geotechnical Society Diamond Jubilee Conference, Oct 2007.
T. Salloum, and K.T. Law, “Development of a logistic regression model for evaluating liquefaction probability,” Canadian Geotechnical Society Diamond Jubilee Conference, Oct 2007.
H.C. Mohamad, and K.T. Law, “2005 NBCC-based seismic design of gravity retaining walls,” Canadian Geotechnical Society Diamond Jubilee Conference, Oct 2007.
B.T. Wang, K.T. Law, and W.H. Zhang, “The frictional resistance strength of the materials for the construction of segmented retaining walls,” Canadian Geotechnical Society Diamond Jubilee Conference, Oct 2007.
T. Salloum, and K.T. Law, “A proposed approach for liquefaction designs to soften the impact of the NBCC 2005 requirements,” 9th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Oct 2007.