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How RS2 Validated the Tunnel Support Design of the Jakarta-Bandung Railway

When it comes to tunnel support design in complex terrains, empirical methods alone are often not enough. RS2, our geotechnical engineering software, can be used for numerical analysis to evaluate an...

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Ensuring Tailings Pond Stability With RS2

Tailings ponds are critical components of mining operations and are engineered to contain the remnants of mined materials. As mines extract more resources, the volume of waste increases, and the pond...

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Using GeoStudio to conduct 3D numerical analysis of groundwater seepage and stability at the Ripley Landslide site

Landslides come with significant potential for loss of life and damage to integral infrastructure. That’s why geotechnical engineers dedicate significant time and effort into preventing them – but...

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Science meets gaming: Seequent launches free web app to help combat global shortage of earth scientists

Global software company engages leading game development studio in a bid to revolutionise earth science education. CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, June 5, 2024 – Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company,...

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Carnian Pluvial Episode: That time when it rained for 1-2 million years

The Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE) was an event on earth that took place at some point between 232 and 234 million years ago, when the earth’s climate changed radically. During that time, the earth’s...

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Comparative Study of Embedded Wall Displacements Using Small-Strain Hardening Soil Model

Traditional analysis methods often fall short in addressing complex soil-structure interactions and non-linear soil behavior, but new research by Tzuri Eilat, Amichai Mitelman, Alison McQuillan and D...

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Revealing the fractured ice of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier”

Dr Jamin Greenbaum and the team are working at the front line of climate change on the coldest continent on Earth. Their research boils down to understanding what is driving Antarctic Ice Sheet melt...

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UC Berkeley’s Professor Kenichi Soga to give 63rd Rankine Lecture

It was announced on March 13, 2024, by the British Geotechnical Association (BGA), that the 63rd Rankine Lecture will be given by University of California, Berkeley, Professor Kenichi Soga, in March...

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ISSMGE TC222 workshop on geotechnical and underground engineering digitalization now on YouTube!

ISSMGE’s Technical Committee TC222 “Geotechnical BIM and Digital Twins“ recently made available on YouTube its latest workshop titled “Frontiers in research on digitalization in geotechnical and unde...

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The Berkeley Center for Smart Infrastructure: An interview with Prof. Kenichi Soga, Director of the Center

The following interview is from 2024 Special USA and Canada Geotechnical Business Directory edition, available as an e-book and in-print, and was distributed for free during the Geo-Congress 2024 th...

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