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Geotechnical news recap of March 2025 now on YouTube!
- Apr, 01, 2025
- Landslides Rock Engineering Seismic Seismic Slope Stability Settlements Erosion Stabilization Structural Geology Mining Soil Structure Interaction Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
You can now find Geoengineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting geotechnical news of March 2025. Namely, these were: 1) Geotechnica...
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Geotechnical Experts Warn of Ongoing Risks After Isle of Wight Rockfall
- Mar, 07, 2025
- Landslides Rock Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A massive landslide struck the Isle of Wight’s Belgrave Road on Friday, March 7, sending hundreds of tons of rock and debris crashing onto the busy coastal route. Fortunately, no injuries were report...
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Geotechnical Expertise in Action: Stabilizing Scotland’s A828 Rockface
- Dec, 10, 2024
- Rock Engineering Landslides Slope Stabilization News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The A828 trunk road between Ledaig and Benderloch, a vital artery in Scotland's transportation network, recently faced a significant safety challenge due to an unstable rockface. Engineers acted swif...
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Safeguarding the Iconic White Cliffs of Dover: A Geotechnical Perspective
- Aug, 26, 2024
- Slope Stabilization Geoenvironmental Engineering Rock Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, Dover
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The White Cliffs of Dover are not just a symbol of the United Kingdom’s natural beauty but also a significant geological feature that requires careful management. Recently, a comprehensive stabilizat...
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Ensuring Tailings Pond Stability With RS2
- Aug, 16, 2024
- Tailings Dams Slope Stability Slope Stability Analysis Rock Engineering Finite Element / Finite Difference Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Seepage Groundwater & Seepage Risk & Reliability News On Research / Academia News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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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RocTunnel3; Your New Software for 3D Underground Rock Stability Analysis and Design
Looking for a more intuitive way to model complex underground geometry? It’s about to get easier with RocTunnel3, Rocscience's revolutionary new 3D block stability analysis program designed specifi...
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RocSlope3’s Latest Features: Joint Trimming, Bolt Application, Faster Computation, and More
Since RocSlope3’s release in June 2023, Rocscience created the following new features and improvements to make the program more useful: Fast and precise bolt application via .csv Joint trimming to r...
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RocSlope3 and RocFall3’s Integrations for Rock Slope Analysis
- Apr, 09, 2024
- Rock Engineering Slope Stability Slope Stability Analysis News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
As RocSlope3 and RocFall3 continue to evolve, this article looks at the exciting possibilities that lie ahead with the potential integrations between them. Rock slope failures, such as structurally-c...
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Video captures the moment a landslide is triggered by blasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Apr, 06, 2024
- Landslides Mining Slope Stability Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News Rock Engineering
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
The moment that a landslide was triggered by rock blasting in a quarry in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on April 6, 2024, was caught on video. What is known so far is that the event took place at around 6:...
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Rockfall caught on video hitting trucks in Peru
- Mar, 02, 2024
- Slope Stability Rock Engineering Other Energy News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Peru
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A rockfall that occurred on March 2, in Peru, was caught on dashcam crushing two trucks. Furthermore, the incident took place in San Mateo de Huanchor of the Huarochiri Province, and more specifica...
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