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Ampang, Malaysia landslide: two rescued, three feared buried alive
- Mar, 10, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News Slope Stabilization
- Malaysia, Ampang Jaya
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Three people are feared buried alive, while two more were rescued in a landslide incident in Taman Bukit Permai 2, Ampang in which 15 homes and 10 cars were affected. Selangor Fire and Rescue Depar...
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Compression Testing a Helical Pile in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions
- Mar, 11, 2022
- Pile Foundations Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Brazil
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A great benefit of helical piles is their ability to be proven with a load test in the field. Shawn Downey, from CHANCE Foundation Solutions, was once asked to complete a compression test on a helic...
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Novel methods for underground construction
- Mar, 02, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Jacked Tunnels Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Lateral thinking and technology transfer are set to revolutionise the construction of transportation and utilities tunnels, underpasses, car parks and other underground structures. Patrick Lane-Nott,...
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India, Chamarajanagar: at least three fatalities after landslide
- Mar, 04, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Underground Structures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India, Chamarajanagar
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Rescue operations at the White Stone quarry near Madahalli of Gundlupet taluk in Chamarajanagar district, where a landslide occurred on Friday, revealed three deaths. On Saturday, the body of Ha...
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KELLER Foundations for a liquid natural gas (LNG) tank in Utah
- Mar, 04, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Utah, Magna
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
It was a complex design with an incredibly tight schedule. But Keller pulled out all the stops to complete foundations for a liquid natural gas (LNG) tank in Utah, impressing the client and securing...
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Rocscience | ‘Open Secret’ Advantages of the Shear Strength Reduction Approach in Slope Stability Analysis
- Jan, 27, 2022
- Shear Strength Of Underground Materials Slope Stability Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Software News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
by Reginald Hammah, Ph.D. Introduction Seventeen years ago, in 2004, we wrote a RocNews article outlining our perspectives on the Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) technique of slope stability analysis....
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Rocscience | RSLog - From a Thought to a Web App
- Feb, 03, 2022
- Borehole Logging Other Geotechnical News On Products & Services News On Software
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
by Alireza Afkhami, M.A.Sc., M.C.P, P.Eng. We are living in a digital world. Technology's rapid progress in recent years has made our lives more digitized than ever. Entangled with smartphones, apps,...
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Rocscience | Another step towards software interoperability - Settle3 and RSLog
- Mar, 01, 2022
- Borehole Logging Settlements News On Software News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
by Yipin Lu Rocscience software is designed to not just help engineers solve complex problems but also to deliver convenience to you. We are continuously thinking about adding new features that will...
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PLAXIS – From Concept to Construction
- Mar, 03, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Slope Stability Analysis Numerical & Constitutive Modeling News On Products & Services News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Importing geometric and stratigraphic data to PLAXIS 3D Any infrastructure project begins with a topographic survey, context capture using drone technology or satellite imagery, or ground investigat...
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PLAXIS for Deep Underground Excavation in Rock Mass
- Mar, 01, 2022
- Tunneling Rock Engineering Deep Excavations News On Products & Services News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Rock at depth is subjected to stresses resulting from the weight of the overlying strata and from locked-in stresses of tectonic origin. When an opening is excavated in this rock, the stress field is...
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