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Rocscience | The Power of RS3's Dynamic Analysis in Evaluating Earthquake Response in Residential Buildings
- May, 24, 2023
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- Canada, Toronto
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
To estimate, predict or understand how buildings and other infrastructure respond to earthquakes (seismic loading), geotechnical engineers perform dynamic analysis. Earthquakes generate seismic waves...
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Indonesian landslide due to earthquake: rescuers focus on survivors
- Nov, 20, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Seismic Slope Stability Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Indonesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Monday killing at least 272, more than a third of them children. On an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers narrowed their focus to a landslide...
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Kefalonia, Greece: Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake hits the island
- Sep, 08, 2022
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- Greece
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit between the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea on Thursday 8 September morning. The earthquake occurred a few minutes after 10:30 local time. There we...
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A landslide warning system: India says it's working with UK on prototype
- Dec, 06, 2021
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stability Analysis Seismic Slope Stability Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia News On Products & Services News On Natural Disasters / Failures Risk & Reliability Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in collaboration with the British Geological Survey (BGS) under the National Environmental Research Council (UK) funded, multi-consortium LANDSLIP project has dev...
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Algeria landslide: three dead after heavy rain
- Nov, 15, 2021
- Landslides Seismic Slope Stability Soil Structure Interaction Other Geotechnical News On Events News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Algeria
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A landslide in Algiers on Thursday caused the collapse of a residential block bringing to three the death toll, emergency services said. The heavy rains of this week in the Algerian capital are respo...
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Why Run PLAXIS 3D Analysis?
- Jun, 07, 2021
- Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Software Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Dam Engineering Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction Geoenvironmental Engineering Soil Structure Interaction Seismic Slope Stability Liquefaction Engineering Groundwater & Seepage Landslides Levees Mining Slope Stability Analysis Soil Behavior Modeling Tunneling Underground Structures Visualization
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Most geotechnical engineers use FEA software packages for their geotechnical design. It is especially useful for performance-based design or in situations when strong structure interaction is taking...
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Earthquakes triggered by landslides
- Jul, 02, 2020
- Landslides Seismic Slope Stability Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Research / Academia
- Taiwan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
It is widely known that earthquakes can trigger disastrous landslides but, what about the opposite? Can landslides trigger earthquakes? Earthquakes are triggering factors that can activate slope inst...
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Rockslide triggered after M 5.8 earthquake struck central California
- Jun, 24, 2020
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seismic Slope Stability Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Whitney Portal area closed to the public after being impacted by a co-seismic rockslide. On June 24, 2020, a M 5.8 earthquake hit central California. Its epicenter was located near Lone Pine, Iny...
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Numerous submarine landslides detected in the Gulf of Mexico
- May, 18, 2020
- Landslides Oil & Gas Slope Stability News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry Seismic Slope Stability
- Gulf of Mexico
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In a new study, scientists have identified 85, previously unknown, submarine landslides in the Gulf of Mexico that occurred in a 7-year period (from 2008 to 2015). The results of the study have been...
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Prof. J. Bray elected to NAE
- Feb, 06, 2015
- News On Research / Academia Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Liquefaction Engineering Seismic Slope Stability
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Professor Jonathan Bray, from UC Berkeley, is among the 67 individuals elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), which is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an enginee...
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