Two California projects its San Francisco section 2022 project awards were awarded from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): (i) outstanding geotechnical award for YouTube’s HQ in San Brun...
Read MoreWith the latest release of PLAXIS 2D, PLAXIS 3D, and PLAXIS Monopile Designer, Bentley continues to add functionality to make PLAXIS easier to use for rock and mining engineers, offer workflow improv...
Read MoreIn this latest minor release for PLAXIS 2D, PLAXIS 3D and Monopile Designer Bentley Systems introduced the discontinuity element in PLAXIS 3D, improved scripting support, did some CAD import improvem...
Read MorePLAXIS V22 brings a major overhaul to the data structure of the material database and a more flexible and more robust way of handling project units. Due to these major changes, PLAXIS V22 will be ins...
Read MoreA well-known engineering challenge in the framework of finite element (FE) analysis-based design is the large number of input factors involved in geotechnical computational models. There is always a...
Read MoreRS2 - 2D Finite Element Analysis Software Back in March of 2019, RS2, our 2D finite element program received a major upgrade with the addition of NorSand as a constitutive model. This implementation...
Read MoreThis constitutive model has been specifically created to simulate the effects of free water on water-retaining structures and quay walls or any other situation involving fluid-structure interaction....
Read MoreThe Precursor to RSData: Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion Numerical modeling of geotechnical structures and excavations is reliant on accurate rock and soil parameters, including their strength and mass...
Read MoreTailings Management Facilities (TMFs) require the numerical modeling of large-strain consolidation to represent the release of water with time. Such numerical modeling in the state of practice has tr...
Read MoreWatch the 2014 Terzaghi Lecture, entitled "Energy Geotechnology: Enabling New Insights Into Soil Behavior" delivered by Prof. J. Carlos Santamarina, Ph.D.,Ing., A.M.ASCE, at the 2014 Geo-Con...
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