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Geoengineer.org Newsletter Issue #28

A publication of Geoengineer.org website

April 2007


Greetings,

We hope you will find the resources provided in the 28th issue of the Geoengineer.org Newsletter useful.

Last month we announced the Geoengineer.org Photo Gallery. We already received many interesting photos from our visitors and we hope that more of you will decide to send photos. We have, as a geoengineering community, a unique opportunity to continuously grow an international geoengineering gallery of photos and those of you who send photos are eligible to win geoengineering books from our collection. More information on the Geoengineer.org photo gallery is provided below.

Until next month, on behalf of the Geoengineer.org team,

Dimitrios Zekkos, Managing Director

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Online Geoengineering Library

A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. (Currently 244 different recources in 20 sections)

New additions:

Rock Mechanics

Anastassopoulos, K., Hoek, E., Milligan, V. and Riemer, W. 2004. Thissavros hydropower plant: managing geotechnical problems in construction. Proc. Fifth Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. New York, April 13-17, 2004.

Hoek, E., Carranza-Torres, C. and Corkum, B. 2002. Hoek-Brown failure criterion - 2002 edition. Proc. NARMS-TAC Conference, Toronto, 2002, 1, 267-273.

Marinos. P, and Hoek, E. 2001 - Estimating the geotechnical properties of heterogeneous rock masses such as flysch. Bulletin of the Engineering Geology & the Environment (IAEG), 60, 85-92.

Marinos, P and Hoek, E. 2000 GSI - A geologically friendly tool for rock mass strength estimation. Proc. GeoEng2000 Conference, Melbourne. 1422-1442.

Hoek, E. and Karzulovic, A. 2000. Rock-Mass properties for surface mines. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgical and Exploration (SME), pages 59-70.

Hoek, E., Read, J., Karzulovic, A and Chen Z.Y. 2000. Rock slopes in civil and mining engineering. Proceedings of the International Conference on Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, GeoEng2000, 19-24 November, 2000, Melbourne.

Hoek, E. 1999. Support for very weak rock associated with faults and shear zones. Distinguished lecture for the opening of the International Symposium on Rock Support and Reinforcement Practice in Mining. Kalgoorlie, Australia, 14-19 March, 1999.

Hoek, E. and Palmieri, A. 1998. Geotechnical risks on large civil engineering projects. Keynote address for Theme I - International Association of Engineering Geologists Congress, Vancouver, Canada, September 21 to 25, 1998.

Hoek, E., Marinos, P. and Benissi, M. 1998. Applicability of the Geological Strength Index (GSI) classification for very weak and sheared rock masses. The case of the Athens Schist Formation. Bull. Engg. Geol. Env. 57(2), 151-160.

Hoek, E. 1992. When is a design in rock engineering acceptable ? Proc. 7th Congress Intnl.. Soc. Rock Mech., Aachen. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema. 3.

Hoek, E. 1983. Strength of jointed rock masses.

Hoek, E. and Franklin, J.A. 1968. A simple triaxial cell for field and laboratory testing of rock. Trans. Instn Min. Metall. 77, A22-26.

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Soil Dynamics

Park, D., 2003. Estimation of non-linear seismic site effects for deep deposits of the Mississippi Embayment. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Urbana, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 337 p.

Tunneling & Underground Construction

Babendererde, S., Hoek, E., Marinos, P., Cardoso, A.S. "EPB-TBM 2005. Face support control in the Metro do Porto project, Portugal. RETC, Seattle.

Babendererde, S., Hoek, E., Marinos, P and Silva Cardoso, A. 2004. Geological risk in the use of TBMs in heterogeneous rock masses - The case of "Metro do Porto" and the measures adopted. Presented at Course on Geotechnical Risks in Rock Tunnels, University of Aveiro, Portugal, 16-17 April, 2004.

Babendererde, S., Hoek, E., Marinos, P and Silva Cardoso, A. 2004. Characterization of Granite and the Underground Construction in Metro do Porto, Portugal. Proc. International Conference on Site Characterization, Porto, Portugal, 19-22 September, 2004.

Hoek, E, 2001. The role of experts in tunneling - experience from Greece and the world.

Hoek, E, 2001. Big tunnels in bad rock. ASCE Journal of Gotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.Ioannina, December 2001.

Hoek, E. 2001. Rock mass properties for underground mines. in Underground Mining Methods. Engineering Fundamentals and International Case Studies. Littleton, Colorado: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) 2001.

Hoek, E. and Marinos, P. 2000. Predicting Tunnel Squeezing. Tunnels and Tunnelling International.

Hoek, E. 1998. Tunnel support in weak rock. Keynote address, Symposium of Sedimentary Rock Engineering.

Deep Excavations

Marulanda Camilo, 2005. Integration of numerical modeling and field observations of deep excavations.

Hashash, Y.M.A. 1992, "Analysis of Deep Excavations in Soft Clays". Ph.D. Thesis Massachussets Institute of Technology.

Engineering Geology

Hoek, E. 1999. Putting Numbers to Geology - an Engineer's Viewpoint. The Second Glossop Lecture, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 32, No. 1, 1- 19, 1999.

Hoek, E. 1965. Rock Fracture Under Static Stress Conditions. PhD Thesis submitted to The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Cape Town.

Hoek, E. and Bieniawski, Z.T. 1965. Brittle fracture propagation in rock under compression. International Journal Fracture Mech. 1, 137-155.

Computational Geomechanics

Wotring, D., 2004. Visualization in Geomechanics with an application to deep excavations.

Discrete Modelling

Erfan G. Nezami, Y. M. A. H., Dawei Zhao, Jamshid Ghaboussi, 2006. "Shortest link method for contact detection in discrete element method."

General

Hoek, E and Imrie, A.S. 1995. Consulting Boards for large civil engineering projects. Water Power and Dam Construction.

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Geoengineering Events

8th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering. School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University and the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. Singapore 5-7 December 2007.

International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering, Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics for Human Security and Environmental Preservation. Venus Room, Miracle Grand Convention Hotel, Bangkok. 6 to 7 December 2007 Thailand.

4th European Geosynthetics Conference. Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland. 7th to 10th September, 2008.

2007 ASDSO West Regional Conference. May 20-22, 2007 Hilton Hotel & Qwest Center Omaha, NE.

2007 ASDSO Northeast Regional Conference. June 5- 7, 2007 Radisson Hotel Manchester, NH

Dam Safety 2007 - ASDSO Annual Conference.
September 9-13, 2007 Hilton Hotel Austin, TX

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Contributors

Special thanks to:

Alexakis Alkiviadis, MSc, MPhys, currently Undergraduate Student at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester (former UMIST), UK.

Brooks Ronald Alan, C.P.G. Engineering Geologist.

Corney Niall, Applications Engineer, Huesker Limited.

Hamer Dirk, Project Manager Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors.

Hashash Youssef, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Hoek Evert, Consulting Engineer Inc., Canada

Psixas Panayiotis, Teacher of Physics, Gymnasium of Prosymnas & Lyceum of Nafplion.

Touma Bassam E., Ph.D. Touma Engineering - Engineering & Research International, Tsoft - Geotechnical Consultants & Engineering Software.

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Virtual Geoengineer

The Virtual Geoengineer presents geo-topics with emphasis in photos, maps, diagrams and videos using also accompanying texts.

New additions:

Engineering Geology

Guatemala Sinkhole

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Geo-Software Listing

There are currently 91 programs in 11 categories

New Additions:

Shallow Foundation Design

VDISP - Vertical Displacement Calculation: calculates the vertical settlements (and stresses if required) within a layered elastic soil mass.

Slope Stability

Slope stability (Fine): The slope stability problem is solve in a two dimensional environment. The slip surface can be modeled in two different ways - the circular one (Bishop or Petterson method), or the polygonal one (Sarma method).

Free Underground Construction & Tunneling Software Listing

Tunset - Tunneling Calculation: analyses the ground movements induced by tunnelling in terms of three- dimensional displacements and horizontal strains.

Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering

Belfagor - Generation of accelerograms compatible with a target response spectrum: generates synthetic accelerograms according with an attenuation relationship.

Rock Mechanics

Rock Slope (Fine): The program performs the stability analysis of rock slopes sliding along a plane or polygonal slip surface.

Geophysics

SeisOpt @2D - P-wave and S-wave Refraction tomography software: Derive subsurface velocity structure from 2D, surface acquired seismic data.

SeisOpt ReMi - Shear-wave velocities from ambient noise and or active source: Derive 1D or 2D shear wave velocity structure using ambient noise and/or active source from surface waves recorded using standard refraction, P-wave geophones and recording equipment.

Retaining Walls

Abutment (Fine): The program provides facilities to verify abutment design.

Deep Foundations

OPILE - Axial and lateral analysis of single piles: a program to analyse single piles that are subjected to axial, lateral and torsional loads, displacements and rotations.

Various

Plaxis 3D Foundation - Finite Element program for geotechnical design: a finite element package intended for the three-dimensional deformation analysis of foundation structures.

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Geoengineering Forum & Bulletin Board

The Geoengineering Forum & Bulletin Boards were created to satisfy the need for free geo- information dissemination and communication.

Currently our users have posted a total of 308 articles.

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Geoengineering Job Openings & Requests

New additions:

Rio Tinto Energy America Gillette, Wyoming, is searching for a Geotechnical Engineer for its Cordero Rojo mine.
More info...

Rio Tinto has an immediate opening for a Chief Geologist at their Resolution Copper Company located in Arizona.
More info...

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Geoengineer.org Photo Gallery

The Geoengineer.org Photo Gallery intends to become the largest online collection of photos in geoengineering worldwide. It currently includes 228 photos in 21 albums. You are invited to submit photos for inclusion in our gallery and win Geotechnical books as prices.

New additions:

Album: Compaction and Consolidation
GEO-174 Title: Vertical drain installation

Album: Concrete - Rollercrete Dam
Title: Camara Dam Photos

Album: Retaining Walls and Slope Stability
GEO-183, GEO-184 Title: Geogrids used for soil reinforcement

New Album: Permafrost Photos

New Album: Historical geo-structures

New Album: Underpining / Top down Construction

New Album: Retaining excavations / shoring

New Album: Offshore geotechincal investigation


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New Book: "Basic Environmental and Engineering Geology by F.G. Bell"

An integration of the essentials of environmental and engineering geology giving a thorough grounding to students and professionals alike.


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New Book: Engineering Geomorphology - Theory and Practice, by P.G. Fookes, E.M. Lee & J.S. Griffiths


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