Dr Don Cameron

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.


The influence of trees planted in expansive soils in a semi-arid climate on ground movement,Raft slab design for residential buildings on expansive soils,Volume change behaviour of compacted expansive soil with cycles of wetting and drying,In-situ recycling of pavement materials with the addition of stabilizers to modify behaviour,Dependence of the cyclic stiffness and permanent strain rate of cohesive subgrades on soil suction, density and total stress state,Geogrids for mitigation of expansive soil movements under pavements

Year Citation
2025 Yang, C., Ahammed, F., Cameron, D., & Chow, C. W. K. (2025). Review of root intrusions by street trees and utilising predictive analytics to improve water utility maintenance strategies. Sustainability, 17(12, article no. 5263), 1-20.
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2023 Hopkins, C., Cameron, D., & Rahman, M. M. (2023). Field trials of unbound granular pavements treated with an insoluble dry powdered polymer. Transportation Geotechnics, 41(101037), 13 pages.
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2023 Cameron, D., Karim, M. R., Johnson, T., & Rahman, M. M. (2023). Influence of Weather, Soil Variability, and Vegetation on Seasonal Ground Movement: A Field Study. Geotechnics, 3(4), 1085-1103.
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2021 Rabbi, A. T. M. Z., Rahman, M. M., Mills, K., & Cameron, D. A. (2021). Development of a stress-strain path controlled triaxial apparatus to understand the behaviour of silty sand. Geotechnical Engineering, 52(3), 20-28.
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2021 Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, K., Cameron, D., Iqbal, A., & Ahenkorah, I. (2021). Changes in Thornthwaite Moisture Index and reactive soil movements under current and future climate scenarios-a case study. Energies, 14(20, article no. 6760), 1-18.
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2021 Hopkins, C., Cameron, D., & Rahman, M. M. (2021). On site improvement of fines-rich unbound granular materials with hydrophobic polymer and lime. Sustainability Switzerland, 13(23), 20 pages.
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2020 Johnson, T., Cameron, D., Moore, G., & Brien, C. (2020). Ground movement in a moderately expansive soil subject to rainfall infiltration through pervious paving. Ecological Engineering, 158(article no. 106022), 1-13.
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2019 Johnson, T., Moore, G., Cameron, D., & Brien, C. (2019). An investigation of tree growth in permeable paving. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 43(article no. 126374), 11 pages.
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2019 Rabbi, A. T. M. Z., Rahman, M. M., & Cameron, D. A. (2019). The relation between the state indices and the characteristic features of undrained behaviour of silty sand. Soils and Foundations, 59(4), 801-813.
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2019 Rabbi, A. T. M. Z., Rahman, M. M., & Cameron, D. (2019). Critical State Study of Natural Silty Sand Instability under Undrained and Constant Shear Drained Path. International Journal of Geomechanics, 19(8), 13 pages.
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2018 Rabbi, A. T. M. Z., Rahman, M. M., & Cameron, D. A. (2018). Undrained behavior of silty sand and the role of isotropic and K₀ consolidation. Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, 144(4), 1-11.
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2018 Cameron, D. (2018). Dealing with reactive clay soils through a national standard. Australian geomechanics, 53(1), 51-65.
2018 Look, B. G., & Cameron, D. A. (2018). Buried flexible pipes: design considerations in applying AS2566 standard. Australian geomechanics journal, 53(2), 101-115.
2017 Platts, A. B., Cameron, D. A., & Ward, J. (2017). Validation of a model for two horizontal ground coupled heat exchangers based on field testing. Energy and buildings, 138, 11-25.
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2017 Cameron, D., Rahman, M., & Azam, A. (2017). Discussion of "state-of-the-Art: Prediction of Resilient Modulus of Unsaturated Subgrade Soils" by Zhong Han and Sai K. Vanapalli. International Journal of Geomechanics, 17(11), 3 pages.
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2016 Cameron, D., Hopkins, C., & Rahman, M. (2016). Hydrophobic Polymer Additive for Stabilization of Aggregates in Local Government Roads. Procedia Engineering, 143, 26-33.
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2015 Azam, A. M., Cameron, D. A., & Rahman, M. M. (2015). Permanent strain of unsaturated unbound granular materials from construction and demolition waste. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 27(3), 12 pages.
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2015 Platts, A. B., Cameron, D. A., & Ward, J. (2015). Improving the performance of ground coupled heat exchangers in unsaturated soils. Energy and buildings, 104, 323-335.
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2014 Rabbi, A. T. M. Z., Rahman, M. M., & Cameron, D. A. (2014). Prediction of collapse potential for silty glacial sand. Australian Geomechanics Journal, 49(3), 65-77.
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2014 Li, J., Cameron, D. A., & Ren, G. (2014). Case study and back analysis of a residential building damaged by expansive soils. Computers and geotechnics, 56, 89-99.
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2014 Payne, D. C., & Cameron, D. A. (2014). The Walsh method of beam-on-mound design from inception to current practice. Australian journal of structural engineering, 15(2), 177-188.
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2013 Rahman, M. M., Lo, S. R., Cubrinovski, M., & Cameron, D. (2013). Undrained behaviour of sand with fines. Journal of geotechnical engineering, 1(1), 29-37.
2013 Azam, A. M., & Cameron, D. A. (2013). Laboratory evaluation of recycled concrete aggregate and recycled clay masonry blends in pavement applications. Advances in civil engineering materials, 2(1), 328-346.
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2013 Azam, A. M., Cameron, D. A., & Rahman, M. M. (2013). Model for prediction of resilient modulus incorporating matric suction for recycled unbound granular materials. Canadian geotechnical journal, 50(11), 1143-1158.
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2013 Azam, A. M., & Cameron, D. A. (2013). Geotechnical properties of blends of recycled clay masonry and recycled concrete aggregates in unbound pavement construction. Journal of materials in civil engineering, 25(6), 788-798.
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2012 Gabr, A. R., & Cameron, D. A. (2012). Permanent strain modelling of recycled concrete aggregate for unbound pavement construction. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 25(10), 1394-1402.
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2012 Gabr, A. R. G., & Cameron, D. A. (2012). Properties of recycled concrete aggregate for unbound pavement construction. Journal of materials in civil engineering, 24(6), 754-764.
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2012 Gabr, A. R., Mills, K. G., & Cameron, D. A. (2012). Repeated load triaxial testing of recycled concrete aggregate for pavement base construction. Geotechnical and geological engineering, 31(1), 119-132.
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2011 Gabr, A. R., Cameron, D. A., Andrews, R., & Mitchell, P. W. (2011). Comparison of specifications for recycled concrete aggregate for pavement construction. Journal of ASTM international, 8(10, article no. JAI103646), 1-15.
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2011 Cameron, D., & Beal, N. S. (2011). Estimation of foundation movement and design of Footing systems on reactive soils for the effects of trees. Australian Geomechanics Journal, 46(3), 97-113.
2009 Cameron, D. A., & Carter, J. P. (2009). A constitutive model for sand based on non-linear elasticity and the state parameter. Computers and Geotechnics, 36(7), 1219-1228.
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2007 Nuntasarn, R., Cameron, D. A., & Mitchell, P. (2007). South Australian Collapsing Soils. Australian Geomechanics Journal.
2007 Fityus, S., & Cameron, D. A. (2007). Discussion on characterisation of Victorian sites using a suction signpost shrinkage test with reference to geological and climate settings by D. Lopes. Australian Geomechanics.
2005 Fityus, S., Cameron, D. A., & Walsh, P. (2005). The shrink swell test. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 28(1), 92-101.
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2002 Li, J., & Cameron, D. A. (2002). Case study of courtyard house damaged by expansive soils. Journal of Performance Constructed Facilities.
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2002 Cameron, D. A., & O'Malley, A. P. K. (2002). Established street trees, soil suction and leaf water potential. Australian Geomechanics.
2001 Cameron, D. A. (2001). The extent of soil desiccation near trees in a semi-arid environment. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 19(3-4), 357-370.
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1997 Jaksa, M., Cavagnaro, R., & Cameron, D. (1997). Uncertainties associated with the visual-tactile method for quantifying the reactivity of expansive soils. Australian Geomechanics, 31, 84-91.

Year Citation
2022 Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., Newsome, P. L., & Cameron, D. (2022). TMI soil moisture index for South Australia under current and future climate scenarios. In M. Rahman, & M. Jaksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 2233-2236). Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society.
2019 Tolentino, R., Rahman, M. M., Cameron, D., & Karim, R. (2019). Prediction of Flexible Pavement's Unbound Granular Materials Using Elasto-Plastic Model SANISAND. In I. AlQadi, H. Ozer, A. Loizos, & S. Murrell (Eds.), Airfield and Highway Pavements 2019 Testing and Characterization of Pavement Materials Selected Papers from the International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference 2019 (pp. 481-492). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2016 Hopkins, C., Cameron, D., Rahman, M., & Rabbi, A. (2016). Evaluation of recycled aggregate treated with dry powder polymer and lime. In Proceedings of 27th ARRB Conference: Linking people, places and opportunities (pp. 1-12). Australia: ARRB Group.
2015 Cameron, D. A. (2015). A geotechnical engineer's approach towards trees. In National Street Tree Symposium, Treenet (pp. 37-48). Australia: The University of Adelaide.
2015 Cameron, D. A. (2015). Management of foundations on expansive clay soils in Australia. In SEC 2015 : Marne-la-Vallée,18-19 juin 2015 (pp. 15-36). [Marne-la-Vallée]: IFSTTAR.
2015 Cameron, D. A., Vorwerk, S. J., & Keppel, G. (2015). Monitoring of a suburban environment: soil-plant-atmosphere and clay movements. In Z. Chen (Ed.), Unsaturated Soil Mechanics - from Theory to Practice : Proceedings of the 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils (pp. 673-684). UK: CRC Press.
2015 Rabbi, A. T. M. Z., Rahman, M. M., & Cameron, D. A. (2015). Undrained behaviour of silty glacial sand under K0-consolidation. In 6ICEGE: 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 1-8). New Zealand: 6ICEGE.
2015 Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M., & Cameron, D. A. (2015). Undrained behavior of sand by DEM Study. In Geotechnical Special Publication Vol. GSP 256 (pp. 182-191). US: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2015 Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M., Cameron, D. A., & Fourie, A. B. (2015). The effect of consolidation path on undrained behaviour of sand - A DEM approach. In F. Oka, A. Murakami, R. Uzuoka, & S. Kimoto (Eds.), Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics Proceedings of the 14th Int Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics Iacmag 2014 (pp. 175-180). Australia: CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP.
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2014 Rabbi, A. T. M. Z., Cameron, D. A., & Rahman, M. M. (2014). Role of matric suction on wetting-induced collapse settlement of silty sand. In N. Khalili, A. Russell, & A. Khoshghalb (Eds.), Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, UNSAT 2014 Vol. 1 (pp. 129-135). UK: CRC Press.
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2014 Yazdi, J. S., Rahman, M. M., & Cameron, D. A. (2014). Effect of nail layout variability on soil nailed wall analysis. In Geotechnical Special Publication (pp. 3133-3142). US: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2014 Rabbi, A. T. M. Z., Cameron, D. A., & Rahman, M. M. (2014). Effect of initial partial saturation on collapse behavior of glacial sand with fines. In Geotechnical Special Publication (pp. 103-112). US: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2014 Rabbi, A. T. M. Z., Rahman, M. M., & Cameron, D. A. (2014). Undrained behavior of silty glacial sand. In Geotechnical Special Publication (pp. 139-148). US: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2014 Azam, A. M. A. M., Cameron, D. A., Gabr, A. G., & Rahman, M. M. (2014). Matric suction in recycled unbound granular materials. In A. J. Puppala (Ed.), Geo-Congress 2014 Technical Papers: Geo-Characterization and Modeling for Sustainability (pp. 1367-1376). US: ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2014 Cameron, D. A., & Potter, W. (2014). Influence of vegetation on plastic clays in rail corridors with contrasting climates. In P. Pombo, & J. J (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance Vol. 104 (pp. 1-8). Scotland: Civil-Comp Press.
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2014 Cameron, D. A. (2014). Expansive clays, collapsing sands, unbound pavement materials and unsaturated soil theory. In N. Khalili, A. Russell, & A. Khoshghalb (Eds.), Unsaturated Soils : research and applications - proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, UNSAT 2014 (pp. 63-69). UK: CRC Press.
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2013 Cameron, D. A., Rahman, H. H., Azam, A. M., Gabr, A. G., Andrews, R., & Michell, P. W. (2013). The use of recycled aggregates in unbound road pavements. In 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics Icsmge 2013 Vol. 4 (pp. 3187-3190). France: Presses des Ponts.
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2012 Cameron, D. A., & Gabr, A. R. G. (2012). Permanent strain testing of recycled concrete aggregate for evaluation of unbound bases. In S. Miura (Ed.), Advances in transportation geotechnics II (pp. 843-849). Netherlands: CRC Press.
2012 Cameron, D. A., Gabr, A. R., Azam, A. M., Rahman, M. R., Andrews, R., & Mitchell, P. W. (2012). Sustainable aggregates for unbound granular pavements. In G. Narsilio, A. Arulrajah, & J. Kodikara (Eds.), 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (ANZ 2012) conference proceedings (pp. 846-850). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society.
2012 Cameron, D. A., Azam, A. H., & Rahman, M. M. (2012). Recycled clay masonry and recycled concrete aggregate blends in pavement. In Geotechnical Special Publication (pp. 1532-1541). US: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2012 Azam, A. H., Cameron, D. A., & Rahman, M. M. (2012). Blended recycled clay masonry and crushed concrete aggregate in bases. In S. Miura (Ed.), Advances in transportation geotechnics II (pp. 281-287). Australia: CRC Press.
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2011 Johnson, T. P., Cameron, D. A., & Moore, G. (2011). Can permeable pavements reduce conflicts between footpaths and tree roots?. In Public Works - Capital Solutions (pp. 1-9). Australia.
2011 Nuntasarn, R., & Cameron, D. A. (2011). The unsaturated shear strengths of two compacted collapsible soils. In A. Jotisankasa (Ed.), Unsaturated soils: theory and practice Vol. 1 (pp. 191-196). Thailand: Kasetsart University.
2011 Cameron, D. A., Azam, A., & Rahman, M. M. (2011). Properties of recycled demolition waste for pavement construction. In International Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (ICAGE 2011): 7-9 November 2011, Perth , Western Australia (pp. 393-399). Australia: Curtin University.
2010 Cameron, D. A., & Mills, K. G. (2010). Tree water use, soil suctions and reference evapotranspiration in a semi-arid climate. In O. Buzzi, S. Fityus, & D. Sheng (Eds.), Unsaturated Soils: Experimental Studies in Unsaturated Soils and Expansive Soils (pp. 295-300). London: Taylor and Francis.
2010 Mills, J. E., & Cameron, D. A. (2010). Experiential and reflective learning in soil mechanics. In G. Gardner, & A. Anne (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2010 AaeE Conference. Australia: University of Technology, Sydney.
2010 Cameron, D. A., & Gabr, A. R. G. (2010). The specification of recycled concrete aggregate for pavement construction. In Proceedings of the 24th ARRB Conference: Building on 50 years of road and transport research (pp. 1-21). Australia: ARRB.
2009 Cameron, D. A., Finch, J. P., Weldemariam, H. K., & Herraman, R. A. (2009). Pull-out strength of tensar geogrid reinforcement in stiff, unsaturated clay. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering, Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics for Sustainable Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change including Global Warming (pp. 339-345). Jupiter, Florida, USA: ACSIG.
2009 Cameron, D. A., & Mills, K. G. (2009). Tree water use, soil suctions and refernce evapotranspiration in a semi-arid climate. In O. Buzzi, S. Fityus, & D. Sheng (Eds.), Unsaturated Soils: Experimental Studies in Unsaturated Soils and Expansive Soils (pp. 295-300). London: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
2008 Cameron, D. A., & Potter, W. (2008). The resilient modulus of clay subgrades. In Proceedings of the 23rd ARRB Australian Road Research Board conference: Collaborate - research partnering with practitioners, ARRB08 (pp. 1-10). Melbourne, Australia: ARRB Group Ltd.
2007 Li, J., & Cameron, D. A. (2007). Parametric studies of a stiffened slab on expansive soils. In Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics. NSW, Australia: Carillon Conference Management Pty., Ltd..
2007 Rouze, L., & Cameron, D. A. (2007). Collapse potential and strength of calcareous clay soils. In Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics. NSW, Australia: Carillon Conference Management Pty., Ltd..
2007 Cameron, D. A., & Beal, N. (2007). A method for evaluating the influence of trees on expansive soil movement in light of case studies from SE Queensland. In Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics. NSW, Australia: Carillon Confernece Management Pty. Ltd..
2007 O'Malley, A., & Cameron, D. A. (2007). Site Classification and Early Floor Movements in a New Subdivision. In Proceedings of the 10th Australian new Zealand Conference on Geomechanics. NSW, Australia: Carillon Conference Management Pty., Ltd..
2007 Fityus, S., Cameron, D. A., & Driscoll, C. (2007). Observations of Root Architecture and their Implications for Modelling Water Movements in Partially Saturated Soils. In Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT-ASIA 2007). China: Science Press.
2006 Cameron, D. A., & Nuntasarn, R. (2006). Treatment of a Collapsible Soil for Road Construction. In 2nd International Conference on Problematic Soils. Singapore: CI Premier.
2006 Cameron, D. A., & Nuntasarn, R. (2006). Pavement engineering parameters for thai collapsible soil. In Geotecfhnical Special Publication No 147: Unsaturated Soils 2006 Volume one - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (pp. 1061-1072). United States: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2006 Cameron, D. A. (2006). Role of vegetation in stabilizing highly plastic clay subgrades. In Railway Foundations -RailFound06. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Birmingham University Press.
2005 Cameron, D. A., Nuntasarn, R., & Gassaluck, W. (2005). A comparison of collapsing soils from Australia and Thailand. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Problematic Soils, GEOPROB 2005: Problematic soils Volume 2. North Cyprus: Eastern Mediterranean University Press.
2005 Cameron, D. A., & Carter, J. (2005). A model for sand with limited dilation. In 11th International Conference of IACMAG: Volume 1 Prediction, Analysis and Design in Geomechanical Applications. Italy: AGI.
2005 Potter, W., & Cameron, D. A. (2005). Potential remediation of rail track foundations in poorly drained clay sites with native vegetation. In The Proceedings for the 7th BCRA Conference: Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields. Norway: Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
2005 Cameron, D. A., & Carter, J. (2005). Flexible pipes in trenches with stiff clay walls. In 11th International Conference of IACMAG: Volume 2 Prediction, Analysis and Design in Geomechanical Applications. Italy: AGI.
2004 Potter, W. D., Londema, W., & Cameron, D. A. (2004). The influence of vegetation on rail track stability. In To the eNZ of the earth : proceedings of the 9th Australia New Zealand conference on Geomechanics. New Zealand: University of Auckland.
2004 Potter, W. D., & Cameron, D. A. (2004). Soil desiccation from vegetation and its influence on the cyclic stiffness and strength of clay soils. In Proceedings of the 6th Australia New Zealand Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference. Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society.
2004 Cameron, D. A. (2004). An approach to the design of house footings for the influence of trees. In Trees and the Built Environment. Adelaide, Australia: Engineers Australia SA Division Footings Group.
2003 Li, J., Bayetto, P., Cameron, D. A., & Mills, K. G. (2003). An investigation of the impact of application of anti-termite chemical liquids on residential slabs built on unsaturated expansive soils. In D. Karube, A. Lizuka, S. Kato, K. Kawai, & K. Tateyama (Eds.), 2nd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Japan.
2003 O'Malley, A. P. K., & Cameron, D. A. (2003). Movements in an urban development on extrememly reactive soil: the first year. In D. Karube, A. Lizuka, S. Kato, K. Kawai, & K. Tateyama (Eds.), 2nd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Japan.
2002 Cameron, D. A., & Carter, J. (2002). Characterisation of a sand for the purpose of finite element analysis. In Advanced Technologies for the development of civil engineering. Thailand.
2001 Cameron, D. A., & Mathias, C. L. (2001). Bonding of cement treated pavement layers. In Managing Your Transport Assets: Proceedings 20th ARRB Conference. Melbourne: ARRB Transport Research Ltd,.
2000 Greene, S. J., Cameron, D. A., Bishop, M. A., & Meyers, A. G. (2000). Landslides in Permian Glacial Sediments, Yankalilla, South Australia. In ISRM International Symposium 2000 (pp. 1-6). United States: Technomic Publishing Company.
1999 Cameron, D. A. (1999). A database of shrinkage indices for Adelaide. In Proceedings, 8th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics.
1998 Cameron, D. A., & Phillip, A. (1998). Resilient Modulus And Soil Suction Of Clay Subgrades In Adelaide. In Seminar, Recent Developments In Pavement Technology, Australian Geomechanics Society. South Australia: IE Aust.
1998 Cameron, D. A., & Li, J. (1998). A Study Of Skin Friction On Beams In Expansive Soils. In Proceedings Of The Second International Conference On Unsaturated Soils. International Academic Publishers.
1997 Mills, K. G., Li, J., & Cameron, D. A. (1997). Three Dimensional Model for a Stiffened Slab on Expansive Soil. In 9th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG). Rotterdam: A A Balkema.
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