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:
- Application of In-Situ Vane Shear test
NEW!! 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.
LEARN-BY-HYPERLINKS
http://www.geoengineer.org/learnbyhy.html
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:
- An Overview of different types of Ground Movement available by Arup Website.
- Influence of trees in foundations,-- an article on the basic issues - considerations available by Arup Website.
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:
- DM 7.01 Soil Mechanics & DM 7.02 Foundations and Earth Structures
- DM 5.04 Civil Engineering Pavements
- Liquefaction analysis of level and sloping ground using field case histories and penetration resistance, PhD thesis of Scott M. Olson under the supervision of Prof. Timothy D. Stark, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain.
- The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
- Collection of Technical papers written by Bengt H. Fellenius, on various issues related to deep foundations.
WEB APPLICATIONS
http://www.geoengineer.org/applications.htm
Collection of web applications, tools and programs in the Geotechnical Engineering field.
DISCUSSION LISTS MAILBASES - NEWSGROUPS
http://www.geocities.com/geotechnical_engineer/geogroups.htm
Information regarding discussion lists, mailbases or newsgroups on the Geotechnical Engineering field.
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING JOURNALS
In this session, links to various geotechnical engineering journals are provided.
New additions:
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Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
NEW!! HISTORY OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
http://www.geoengineer.org/geohistory.html
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.
- Biographical Memoir of Harry B. Seed - father of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, written by James K. Mitchell.
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 210 members. You can JOIN NOW for FREE! at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheGeotechnicalEngineer/join
NEW!! SEARCH OUR SITE
Looking for something specific? Our site's content is now searchable at:
http://www.geoengineer.org/search.html
EVENTS
http://www.geoengineer.org/events.html
More events have been added to our listing. If you have any events that you would like to announce, send us an e-mail.
- International Workshop on ENVIRONMENTAL GEOMECHANICS, Ascona, Switzerland. June 30 - July 5, 2002.
- 3rd International Conference on LANDSLIDES, SLOPE STABILITY & THE SAFETY OF INFRA-STRUCTURES, 11 - 12 July 2002, Singapore.
- Marine & Foundation Piling Types Seminar,September 20, 2002, Berlin
- 2002 DFI 27th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations ,October 9-11, 2002, San Diego, CA
- Grouting and Ground Treatment Conference, February 10-13, 2003, New Orleans, LA
- 11th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, Santorini, Greece, May 25-28, 2003
- DFI 28th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, October 22-24, 2003, Miami Beach, FL
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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
- McGough, Peter, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, WS Atkins, Cork, Ireland, for providing links to the site.
- Chapman Tim, Associate Director, Arup, UK, for providing links for the site.
- Olson, Scott, PhD, Geotechnical Engineer in URS Corporation, for providing links to the site.
and all our CONTRIBUTORS
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