Bouazza, A., Zornberg, J.G., McCartney, J.S., and Nahlawi, H. (2006). “Significance of Unsaturated Behaviour of Geotextiles in Earthen Structures.” Australian Geomechanics, 41(3), 133-142. (link)
McCartney J.S. and Berends, R. (2010). “Measurement of Filtration Effects on the Transmissivity of Geocomposite Drains for Phosphogypsum.” Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 28(2), 226–235. (link)
McCartney, J.S. and Znidarcic, D. (2010). “Test System for Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Nonwoven Geotextiles.” Geosynthetics International. 17(5), 355-363. (link)
Zornberg, J.G., Bouazza, A., and McCartney J.S. (2010). “Geosynthetic Capillary Barriers: State-of-the-Knowledge.” Geosynthetics International. 17(5), 273–300. (Awarded Best Paper of 2010 in Geosynthetics International) (link)
McCartney, J.S. and Zornberg, J.G. (2010). “Effect of Cyclic Wetting and Drying on the Formation of a Capillary Break between Soil and Geosynthetic Drainage Layers.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 47(11), 1201-1213. (link)
Bouazza, A., Zornberg, J.G., McCartney, J.S., and Singh, M.R. (2013). “Unsaturated Geotechnics Applied to Geoenvironmental Engineering Problems Involving Geosynthetics.” Engineering Geology. 165, 143-153. (link)
Technical Conference Publications
Kuhn, J.A., McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2005). “Impinging Flow over Drainage Layers Including a Geocomposite.” Geosynthetics Research and Development in Progress, 18th Geosynthetic Research Institute Conference (GRI-18). Austin, TX. Jan. 26. ASCE. pp. 1-7. (CD-ROM). (link)
McCartney, J.S., Kuhn, J.A., and Zornberg, J.G. (2005). “Geosynthetic Drainage Layers in Contact with Unsaturated Soils.” Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). Osaka, Japan. Sep. 12-17. IOS Press. pp. 2301-2305. (link)
McCartney, J.S., Villar, L.F.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2008). “Nonwoven Geotextiles as Hydraulic Barriers to Capillary Rise.” Proceedings of GeoAmericas 2008: the 1st PanAmerican Geosynthetics Conference and Exhibition. Cancún, Mexico. Mar. 2-5. IFAI. pp. 252-261. (link)
McCartney, J.S. and Allen, J.M. (2008). “Use of Geosynthetic Capillary Barriers for Increasing Water Storage Capacity of Soils in Agriculture Applications.” Proceedings of the GRI 21 Conference. Cancun, Mexico. Mar. 2-5. GRI. pp. 1-10. (CD-ROM) (link)
Invited Papers and Articles (Non-refereed)
McCartney, J.S. (2008). “Geosynthetics in Unsaturated Conditions.” IGS News. International Geosynthetics Society. 24(3), 32-34.