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World’s first artificial energy island to be constructed in the North Sea
- Feb, 28, 2023
- Foundation Design / Construction Green Infrastructure Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Belgium
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The construction contract for the world’s first artificial energy island was recently awarded to a Belgian consortium. Princess Elisabeth island will be installed 45 km offshore Belgium and its co...
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NASA: Tonga eruption blasted enough water to fill 58,000 Olympic pools into the Earth's atmosphere
- Aug, 03, 2022
- Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Geo-Energy Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geology Highlights Other News
- Tonga
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions on the planet blasted such a massive amount of water vapor high into the atmosphere that it's likely to temporarily warm the Earth's surface, according to...
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Submarine Internet cables can monitor seismic activity and predict earthquakes
- May, 27, 2022
- Oil & Gas Offshore Geotechnics Engineering Seismology
- Authored by: Gerasimos Livieratos
A wide network of submarine cables could be used to detect earthquakes and tsunamis or monitor how climate change alters ocean currents. These telecoms cables could be used as a giant array of deep...
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PLAXIS, OpenGround & GeoStudio Users: Nominate Your Project for the 2022 Going Digital Awards
- Apr, 08, 2022
- Data Management Visualization Underground Structures Tunneling Soil Mechanics Slope Stability Rock Mechanics Railway Geotechnics Offshore Geotechnics Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Landslides Ground Improvement Green Infrastructure Geophysics Geomatics Foundation Design / Construction Earth Retaining Structures Dam Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure If you used PLAXIS, OpenGround, or GeoStudio to tackle a complex geotechnical project, you can win a trip to London and...
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Tsunami hits South Pacific island of Tonga following a giant volcanic eruption: streets and buildings flooded
- Jan, 15, 2022
- Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Offshore Geotechnics News On Events News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Tonga
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Tonga's largest island, Tongatapu, has been hit by a tsunami when an underwater volcano in the South Pacific exploded in a violent eruption on Saturday. Satellite imagery shows a massive ash cloud an...
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Scottish Offshore Wind Farm: Monopile Foundations to Go Beyond 50-Metre Depths
- Dec, 14, 2021
- Offshore Geotechnics Pile Foundations Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Soil Structure Interaction Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Events News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Offshore engineering consultancy SLPE has been awarded the contract to provide detailed design of wind turbine foundations for Red Rock Power Limited and ESB’s Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm. Inch Ca...
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PLAXIS 2D/3D CONNECT Edition V21 introduced the Fluid model, a new User Defined Soil Model (UDSM)
- Mar, 08, 2021
- Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Products & Services Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Offshore Geotechnics Ports
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
This 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....
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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 Mechanics Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics Structural Geology Underground Structures Tunneling Engineering Seismology Visualization Transportation Geotechnics News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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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Geotechnical Engineering finalists for the Year in Infrastructure 2020 by Bentley Systems
- Sep, 24, 2020
- Dam Engineering Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction Green Infrastructure Offshore Geotechnics Ports Railway Geotechnics Risk & Reliability Rock Mechanics Soil Mechanics Tunneling Underground Structures Pavement News On Events
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, announced the...
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Submit your geotechnical project for the Year in Infrastructure (YII) 2020 Awards
- Feb, 25, 2020
- Dam Engineering Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction Green Infrastructure Railway Geotechnics Pavement Offshore Geotechnics Ports Risk & Reliability Rock Mechanics Soil Mechanics Tunneling Underground Structures News On Events News On Awards
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference, to be held from October 12-15 in Vancouver Conversion Centre will conclude with the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards gala and ceremony, where the winners...
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