The Geoengineer Newsletter #9

Editorial

There are so many new info in this newsletter that I will have to just mention a few: We were informed of many useful books/papers on geotechnical earthquake engineering papers as well as foundation settlement analyses, subsurface investigations, geosynthetics. Also there are photos with descriptions of a large slope failure on a road embankment and also photos of laboratory testing. We also invited Professor P.W. Mayne, Professor at Georgia Tech, to compile a list of some of the best papers in Cone Penetration Test (CPT) for those who want to learn the essentials on this type of exploration. There are also two interesting free programs on shallow foundation design using the SPT and probabilistic classification of the CPT that you might want to look at also.

I would like to thank all the contributors for making this issue another useful (I hope) resource for our profession. You are always invited to inform us about useful data available on the internet or contribute personal material that will be hosted by the Geoengineer Website. Also, please let your colleagues know about this website, by simply forwarding this e-mail to them.

I would like also to thank the Sponsors of this newsletter GGU International, and Directtextbook.com. Their support helps us cover the expenses of this website and help it expand further.

The editor

VIRTUAL GEOTECHNICS

http://www.geoengineer.org/virtual.html

Session with emphasis to various photos related to construction sites, geotechnical practice, case histories and labs.

Updates:

GEOENGINEERING PHOTO GALLERY

http://www.geoengineer.org/gallery.html

Collection of photos related to various fields of geoengineering, that can be used for educational purposes or presentations or upon request for any other purpose.

Photos of laboratory testing by Dr. Hankour, Rachid.
The Managua, December 23, 1972 earthquake photo gallery at the Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies website, (Also available by GEEP)

EDUCATIONAL HYPERLINKS AND DATA

http://www.geoengineer.org/learnbyhy.html

These are hyperlinks of web pages in the Network with entirely educational index on specific topics or with data useful to other engineers.

Updates:

Pile Foundation Design: A Student Guide , by Ascalew Abebe & Dr Ian GN Smith, School of the Built Environment, Napier University, Edinburgh. Very interesting educational website on foundation engineering with all the basics and not only.
Continuous Intrusion Miniature Cone Penetration Test. An 8+ minute video depicting minimally invasive soil characterization by Cone Penetration Test. Of interest for educational and demonstration purposes.
European Strong Motion Data. Data from the Collaboration of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, (United Kingdom), Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, (Greece), University of Iceland, Reykjavik, University of Trieste, (Italy).(Also available by GEEP)
Earth Science World ImageBank. Very nice photos of geology, rocks many other topics related to geology.

ONLINE FREE PAPERS AND BOOKS

http://www.geoengineer.org/books.html

A collection of papers and books which are available through the internet on Geotechnics are collected here.

Updates:

2002 National Highway Institute Manual on Subsurface Investigations.
A numerical model for estimating seismic displacements of reinforced steep slopes. Master Thesis of Sarah B. Paulsen under the supervision of Professor S. Kramer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington. (Also available by GEEP)
Online Reconnaissance report available in pdf format of the Algeria Boumerdes earthquake, May 21, 2003 (Mw = 6.8 ). Report compiled by Yozo GOTO, and Professor Takashi TAZOH. (Also available by GEEP)
Moss, R. (2003) "CPT-Based Probabilitic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Initiation", PhD Dissertation at UC Berkeley under the supervision of Professor Raymond B. Seed, available by Fugro West Website. (Also available by GEEP)
Bray, J. D (2001). "Developing Mitigation Measures for the Hazards Associated with Earthquake Surface Fault Rupture," in A Workshop on Seismic Fault-Induced Failures Possible Remedies for Damage to Urban Facilities, Research Project 2000 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 12355020), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Workshop Leader, Kazuo Konagai, University of Tokyo, Japan, pp. 55-79, January 11-12, 2001. Available by the Geoengineer Website. (Also available by GEEP)
Poulos, Harry. J. (2000) "Foundation Settlement Analysis - Practice Versus Research".The 8th Buchanan Lecture series. Available by the Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A& M University.
R.D. Holtz (2001) "Geosynthetics for soil reinforcement". The 9th Buchanan Lecture series. Available by the Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A& M University.

TOP 10 PAPERS ON GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

http://www.geoengineer.org/top10.html

Chosen qualified and well-known Professors or engineers are invited to propose the best 10 papers in a specific field of their expertice. The purpose of this session is to provide to any interested engineer or company a starting point of the best publications on a specific topic.

Updates:

Top Ten papers on the Cone Penetration Test, by Professor Paul W. Mayne, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.

WEB APPLICATIONS

http://www.geoengineer.org/applications.htm

Collection of web applications, tools and programs in the Geotechnical Engineering field.

Deterministic Shallow foundation design using the Standard Penetration Test. Developed by D. P. Zeccos and available by the Geoengineer Website for free.
A CPT-Based Probabilistic Soil Classification Program . Program suggested by Dr. Mehmet T. Tumay.

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GGU-Software has a very large suite of industry-leading software with exceptional input and output graphics. The geoengineering software suite developed by GGU comprises 43 programs covering a wide range of applications in geotechnical design, site investigation and laboratory analysis.

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Information regarding discussion lists, mailbases or newsgroups on the Geotechnical Engineering field.

In this session, links to various geotechnical engineering journals are provided.

This session will provide information regarding the history of geotechnical engineering, important historical projects and the individuals that advanced our knowledge in the field. Information may provided by this website or through links to other sites.

The GEOENGINEER GROUP

In order to ease the assistance and interaction among Geoengineers a Group has been founded. The "Geoengineer Group" already has more than 360 members. You can JOIN NOW for FREE! at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geoengineer/join

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The GEOENGINEER GROUP

In order to ease the assistance and interaction among Geoengineers a Group has been founded. The "Geoengineer Group" already has more than 360 members. You can JOIN NOW for FREE! at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geoengineer/join

The Geoengineer website aims to provide useful educational information in the Geotechnical Engineering field. More information on our site can be found at: