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Japan’s largest offshore wind farm begins commercial operation in Kitakyushu
- Mar, 04, 2026
- Offshore Geotechnics Geo-Energy Other Energy News On Projects / Industry
- Japan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Japan’s largest offshore wind power facility has officially begun commercial operations. The 220 MW Kitakyushu Hibikinada Offshore Wind Farm, located in the Hibikinada Sea off the coast of Kitakyushu...
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Understanding Watermarks in Student Licences for PLAXIS and GeoStudio
- Mar, 05, 2026
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Software News On Projects / Industry Slope Stability Visualization Soil Structure Interaction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
GeoStudio and PLAXIS are two of the most widely used software solutions in geotechnical engineering, providing powerful tools for slope stability, seepage, deformation, and soil-structure interaction...
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Understanding Cableway Performance: New Insights From Torque Testing
- Mar, 04, 2026
- Foundation Design / Construction Shallow Foundations Laboratory Testing Risk & Reliability News On Research / Academia News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Hubbell Power Systems recently completed an extensive field and laboratory study to better understand why some customers were experiencing premature failures of cableway slots in concrete‑collar stre...
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Fatal excavation failure under investigation in Bushwick
- Feb, 28, 2026
- Deep Excavations Soil Mechanics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, New York
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A trench collapse at a construction site in Bushwick, Brooklyn, left one worker dead and another critically injured Thursday morning, according to police and city officials. Emergency crews responde...
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Wales strengthens climate resilience with historic flood funding
- Feb, 27, 2026
- Slope Stabilization Erosion News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Welsh Government has announced a record £85 million investment in flood and coastal erosion risk management for the 2026/27 financial year, marking the highest annual allocation ever delivered in...
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Importing pore-water pressure results from SEEP3D into a two-dimensional SLOPE/W analysis
- Mar, 02, 2026
- Slope Stability Slope Stability Analysis Groundwater & Seepage Seepage Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Finite Element / Finite Difference Soil Mechanics News On Software News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
This example replicates the “Rapid drawdown” examples illustrated in SEEP/W and SIGMA/W. The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the steps required to conduct a stability analysis using the por...
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Stress Meets Structure: Modelling Spalling in Jointed Rock with RS2 and CVBM
- Feb, 27, 2026
- Rock Engineering Tunneling Underground Structures Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Finite Element / Finite Difference Risk & Reliability News On Research / Academia News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Deep underground excavations operate within a narrow margin between equilibrium and failure. As confinement decreases at an excavation boundary, stresses redistribute and concentrate around the openi...
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Record rainfall triggers fatal floods and landslides in Minas Gerais
- Feb, 25, 2025
- Landslides Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Brazil
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 30 people have died and dozens remain missing after heavy rainfall triggered severe flooding and landslides in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The worst impact was recorded in Juiz de F...
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YII Envision Award Winner | GeoStruxer’s digital twin cuts piles by 70% and CO2 by 44%
- Feb, 26, 2026
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Shallow Foundations Soil Structure Interaction News On Projects / Industry News On Software
- Saudi Arabia, Jazan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Jazan, located on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, is home to a vital 12,000-square-meter operational grain warehouse that serves as a critical food security hub. The original foundation, a slab-on...
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Pore-Water Pressure Definition for a Levee Stability Analysis
- Feb, 24, 2026
- Levees Slope Stability Slope Stability Analysis Groundwater & Seepage Seepage Finite Element / Finite Difference Numerical & Constitutive Modeling News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
This example explores the effect of a flood event on the stability of a levee underlain by a confined aquifer. The analysis is conducted from the perspective of users with different licensing options...
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