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Finding a missing tectonic plate
- Oct, 19, 2020
- Structural Geology News On Research / Academia
- North America
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from the University of Houston have managed to detect signs of a controversial tectonic plate knows as the Resurrection Plate. The existence of the Resurrection Plate is an issue long deba...
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The Precursor to RSData: Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion
- Feb, 05, 2021
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Rock Mass Characterization Rock Engineering Soil Mechanics Soil Behavior Modeling News On Products & Services News On Events News On Software News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
The 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...
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Fossil fuel retirement more cost-efficient than previously thought
- Dec, 04, 2020
- Energy Geotechnics News On Research / Academia
- United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, elaborating on fossil fuel infrastructure in the United States, the retirement of the correspondent power plants is not expected to be as expensive as previously conceived....
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Study suggests that smaller earthquakes generate most strong ground motions
- Jan, 04, 2021
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, smaller earthquakes have caused the strongest shaking incidents in the vicinity of the epicentral areas. The study was recently published in Seismological Research Letters b...
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62,163 paper downloads in 2020 for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories!
- Jan, 13, 2021
- Other Geotechnical News On Publications Dam Engineering Data Management Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Forensics Erosion Foundation Design / Construction Geo-Energy Geoenvironmental Engineering Geomatics Geomorphology Geophysics Geosynthetics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground Improvement Green Infrastructure Groundwater & Seepage Instrumentation Landslides Laboratory Testing Levees Mining Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Offshore Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics Ports Residual Soils Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability Rock Engineering Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics Structural Geology Underground Structures Tunneling Engineering Seismology Visualization Transportation Geotechnics News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Alexandros Tsavalas
The ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering CaseHistories is proud to announce that 62,163 papers were downloaded in 2020. The International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is an off...
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New AI method to detect microearthquakes
- Dec, 07, 2020
- Earthquake Reconnaissance News On Research / Academia
- United States, California , Stanford
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from Stanford University and Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, introduce a new Artificial Intelligence technique to detect small-scale earthquakes. Despite the radical...
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GEER Report for Medicane Ianos Released: Documents thousands of landslides, bridge collapses and infrastructure damage
- Dec, 17, 2020
- Landslides Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Greece
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) released a report documenting damage from Medicane Ianos. Medicane Ianos, a Mediterranean Hurricane, impacted Greece on September 17-20 2...
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Bentley introduces regularized Hoek-Brown model in PLAXIS 2D
- Jun, 29, 2020
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Tunneling Tunneling In Rock News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley has recently applied a generalized Hoek and Brown (HB) model to simulate the behavior of brittle rocks in underground excavations. The HB failure criterion has been widely utilized over the p...
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Study on the East African Rift System: Madagascar will split into pieces
- Sep, 23, 2020
- Structural Geology News On Research / Academia
- East Africa
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study on the kinematics of the East African Rift System, much of the continental regions are currently splitting with Madagascar being gradually separated into pieces. East African...
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Study reveals evidence of massive floods in a Martian crater
- Nov, 05, 2020
- Structural Geology Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, a crater on Mars has experienced extensive floods around 4 billion years ago. Whether Mars was ever occupied with water and potentially with some primitive types of life is...
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