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62nd Rankine Lecture title and outline announced
- Mar, 13, 2024
- Other Geotechnical Offshore Geotechnics Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Research / Academia News On Events Other News
- United Kingdom, London
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It was recently announced by the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) that the 62nd Ranking Lecture will take place on the 13th of March 2024, at Imperial College London. As was made known in Marc...
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Introduction to Foundation Engineering using Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity Equation
- Nov, 08, 2023
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Helical pile foundation design is an engineering science, thanks in part to the work of Austrian mechanical engineer Karl von Terzaghi. Learn more about using his equation in this introduction to fou...
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Dr. Paul W. Mayne’s 14th Athenian Lecture on Geotechnical Engineering now available on YouTube
- Oct, 04, 2023
- Geophysics Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Data Management Geomorphology Dilatometer Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Other Geotechnical News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- Greece, Athens
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Dr. Paul W. Mayne recently gave the 14th Athenian Lecture on Geotechnical Engineering on October 4, which took place in Athens, Greece, and was titled "Geotechnical Site Characterization Using Shear...
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New paper explains the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Aegean Sea’s Kolumbo volcano
- Oct, 26, 2023
- Landslides Forensics Geomatics Geomorphology Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia News On Publications Other News
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A new paper titled “Cascading events during the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Kolumbo volcano” was published on the 26th of October in the Nature Communications journal. Kolumbo is an underwater vol...
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Finite elements and machine learning combined in a case study example
- Oct, 19, 2023
- Settlements Road Embankments Finite Element / Finite Difference Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Soil Mechanics News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry News On Software Other News
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
We recently attended the presentation of a conference paper titled “Long-term Deformations of a Highway Trial Embankment: Case Study Example with Combination of Finite Elements and Machine Learning”...
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Prof. J. G. Zornberg’s lecture “Geosynthetic Applications in Railways and Roadways” available on YouTube
- Oct, 05, 2023
- Geosynthetics Geosynthetics For Flow Geosynthetics For Reinforcement Geosynthetics For Containment Other Geotechnical News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News News On Research / Academia
- Greece, Athens
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Prof. J. G. Zornberg, from the University of Texas at Austin, gave his lecture “Geosynthetic Applications in Railways and Roadways” on the 5th of October in Athens, Greece, during the 9th Panhellenic...
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Solving complex underground challenges in Laohutai mine with PLAXIS
- Jul, 20, 2023
- Mining Underground Structures Finite Element / Finite Difference Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Rock Engineering Rock Mass Characterization News On Software News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia
- China, Fu Shun Shi
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
PLAXIS 3D enabled CCTEG Chief Scientist Wang Yong, and his research team, to successfully compute the complex interplay of soil and rock at the Laohutai mine, in China. We spoke with Seequent’s Mique...
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Geoprofessionals in the civil industry ready to adopt the cloud, says new research
- Jul, 19, 2023
- Data Management News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Report highlights time-consuming data management practices, with data residing in disparate “‘silos’” CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, July 19, 2023 – Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, today announ...
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New study finds signs of underground climate change and influence on civil infrastructure
- Jul, 11, 2023
- Geothermal Underground Structures Geo-Energy Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Research / Academia News On Publications Other News
- United States, Illinois, Chicago
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study by Alessandro F. Rotta Loria of Northwestern University, titled “The silent impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure”, that was recently published in the Communication...
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Purdue Geotechnical Society’s 19th G.A Leonards Lecture now on YouTube
- May, 05, 2023
- Geoenvironmental Engineering Remediation Technology Contaminant Transport Geosynthetics For Containment Landfill Engineering Groundwater & Seepage Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia Other News
- United States, Indiana, West Lafayette
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Professor Krishna Reddy gave the 19th G.A. Leonards Lecture on “Sustainability and Resiliency-Based Innovation: Research and Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering”, which was hosted by the Purdue...
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