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PLAXIS CONNECT Edition V21 Upgrade Information
- Mar, 03, 2021
- Retaining Walls Shallow Foundations Deep Foundations Geothermal Geosynthetics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground Improvement Groundwater & Seepage Finite Element / Finite Difference Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics Tunneling Underground Structures News On Products & Services Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Slope Stability Analysis
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
With the introduction of PLAXIS 2D/3D CONNECT Edition V21, Bentley Systems have made some changes to the licensing system to offer more streamlined access to their newest, most advanced capabilities....
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PLAXIS CONNECT Edition V20 Update 4
- Jan, 11, 2021
- Retaining Walls Shallow Foundations Deep Foundations Geosynthetics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground Improvement Groundwater & Seepage Seepage Finite Element / Finite Difference Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics Tunneling Underground Structures News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley Geotechnical Engineering experts are continuously improving PLAXIS CONNECT Edition. In this update many improvements have been included, for example, solutions for problems related to using t...
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New freeware on stress and settlement modelling
- Sep, 09, 2020
- Settlements News On Software Shallow Foundations Soil Mechanics Soil Behavior Modeling
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
One of the first things geotechnical engineers learn in foundation engineering is stress distribution under the footings and/or behind retaining walls. We have all learned about stress bulb going to...
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A Standard Penetration Test (SPT) Correlations Software with more than 300 SPT correlations
- Jun, 18, 2020
- Standard Penetration Testing (Spt) Foundation Design / Construction Shallow Foundations Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Soil Mechanics News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
NovoTech has gone through more than 70 published papers and geotechnical reference books to collect over 300 SPT correlations with 20 soil properties, correction factors, bearing capacity, and settle...
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Stunning footage of foundation failure that causes 3-story building to collapse in India
- Jun, 13, 2020
- Shallow Foundations News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Nischinta Pur
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A 3-story building suddenly collapsed into a canal in West Bengal, a state of India. The structure was located at a village about 120 kilometers away from Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal sta...
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Categories of isolated foundation footings
- Jun, 25, 2019
- Foundation Design / Construction Shallow Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The foundation of a building is constructed in order to transfer the superstructure's load to the ground. An isolated footing is one of the most used types of foundation to support single-columns whe...
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The most comprehensive CPT processing software
- Sep, 17, 2018
- News On Software Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Liquefaction Engineering Pile Foundations Shallow Foundations Other Geotechnical Shallow Foundations Pile Foundations Liquefaction Engineering Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
NovoCPT is designed and developed for interpretation of Cone Penetration Test data. NovoCPT program is developed for interpretation of Cone Penetration Test data. User can import CPT data files in...
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Hayward Baker works on iconic US landmark
- Dec, 04, 2017
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction Shallow Foundations Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
When a St Louis contractor ran into an unexpected problem on the site of one of America’s most iconic landmarks, they turned to Hayward Baker to get them out of a hole. Built more than 50 years ag...
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Advanced Soil analysis with NovoCPT
- Aug, 31, 2017
- News On Software Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Liquefaction Engineering Pile Foundations Shallow Foundations
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
NovoCPT by Novotech is the most comprehensive CPT processing software. NovoCPT program is developed for interpretation of Cone Penetration Test data. User can import CPT data files into the pro...
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Geofoam blocks as road foundation in Washington
- Nov, 12, 2013
- News On Projects / Industry Shallow Foundations Foundation Design / Construction
- Salmon Creek, WA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Foam blocks were used for the foundation of the Salmon Creek Interchange Project highway, on the westside bridge approach to the new 139th Street overpass in Vancouver, Washington. The geofoam used...
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