Issue: #4

Editor: Dimitris P. Zeccos

Date: April 2002

** In this Newsletter only new additions on the website are listed **

VIRTUAL GEOTECHNICS

http://www.geocities.com/geotechnical_engineer/virge.htm

In the Engineering area the "visual" factor is very important. Photos, diagrams and maps play an important role in the understanding of a matter. In this feature, some cases, which are related with the Geotechnical Engineering, are presented via photos.

Construction of Diaphragm Walls - "Deep Supported Excavation in Soft Saturated Soil for the construction of a two-story parking in the city of Patras, Greece. Construction - Measurements - Behavior Analysis". Presentation by Dimitris P. Zeccos, in the 1st Hellenic Civil Engineering Student Conference, 7-8 May 2001, based on his thesis under the supervision of Prof. G.A. Athanasopoulos, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.

LEARN-BY-HYPERLINKS

http://www.geocities.com/geotechnical_engineer/geolearnhy.htm

The Learn-by-Hyperlinks are hyperlinks of web pages in the Network with entirely educational index. They are hyperlinks to reports, abstracts, articles or any other material which purpose is to teach or inform students or professional engineers on specific subjects. Follow the link above to see the list of web pages.

Updates:

· Geotechnical Engineering Photo Album A very interesting collection of photos explained by comments by Professors R.W. Boulanger, and J.M Duncan.

ONLINE FREE PAPERS AND BOOKS

http://www.geocities.com/geotechnical_engineer/geobooks.htm

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

Updates:

Design and Construction of Shale embankments, 1980, Publication # FHWA TS-80-219 of the Federal Highway Administration. Available by the DOT website

· Gravity Dam Design (1995) , Engineering Design Manual (EM 1110-2-2200), available by the US Army Corps of Engineers website .

· Arch Dam Design (1994) , Engineering Design Manual (EM 1110-2-2201), available by the US Army Corps of Engineers website

WEB APPLICATIONS

http://www.geocities.com/geotechnical_engineer/geoap.htm

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

· Cyclic 1-D: Internet-Based Computer Simulation of Site Earthquake Response and Liquefaction, developed by Prof. Ahmed Elgamal, Zhaohui Yang, Ender Parra and Ahmed Ragheb, University of California at San Diego.

RockSlipND---A Network Demonstration of a rock wedge stability computer program for cylindrically folded rocks developed by David M. Doolin.

DISCUSSION LISTS MAILBASES – NEWSGROUPS

http://www.geocities.com/geotechnical_engineer/geogroups.htm

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

NEW SESSION: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING JOURNALS

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

New additions:

The International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics by J. Wiley and Sons. Currently this journal has papers available online.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, by National Research Council of Canada. Currently this journal has papers available online.

The GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER GROUP

In order to ease the assistance and interaction among Geoengineers a Group has been founded. The “Geotechnical Engineer Group” already has more than 180 members. You can JOIN NOW for FREE! at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheGeotechnicalEngineer/join

EVENTS

The 2002 Berkeley Geoengineering Lecture Program!

Visit: http://www.geocities.com/zekkos_gr/berkeley.html

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Professor Ahmed Elgamal, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California at San Diego, USA, for his contribution to the website.

David M. Doolin, PhD student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA, for his contribution to the website.

Announcement

The Geotechnical Engineer website will soon move to its own domain name. This became absolutely necessary because of the high number of monthly visitors which made the free service provided by geocities unsufficient. In order to cover the expenses of this step, sponsors will be needed. Sponsors, will have the opportunity to put their advertising banner in several places in the website. If you are interested to support the effort please contact us at: zeccos@uclink.berkeley.edu

If you can contribute in any way please contact us zeccos@uclink.berkeley.edu

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