Whether in a recently reclaimed land or a densely populated area, excavating on soft and heterogeneous soil can make it challenging to understand the ground response. This highlights the importance o...
Read MoreBy Reginald Hammah and Frema Awuku-Asabere Here are some intriguing “do you know” questions for you: Do you know the value of acceleration due to gravity for the Moon? What about that for Mars? Do y...
Read MoreSlope failure induced by rainfall is a common geotechnical problem in tropical locations with abundant soils; landslides in Hong Kong are one such example. Soils found in tropical locations typically...
Read MoreAn overview of the application of XFEM in jointed rock slopes for discontinuities Introduction: Modeling jointed rock slopes is one of the more challenging problems in rock mechanics. The position an...
Read MoreBy Reginald Hammah and Frema Awuku-Asabere A lot has been written about 3D slope stability analysis generating factors of safety that can be higher than 2D results by up to 20%. But is this true? We...
Read MoreThe finite element method (FEM) is the most common approach to modeling the behavior of rock masses, including ones intersected by discontinuities such as joints, faults, and cracks. That should come...
Read MoreThis is a summary of technical paper "Predicting Eccentric Stresses for Large Diameter Open Ended Pipe Piles" presented GeoCongress 2022, written by Ryan C. Allin, P.E., Vice President, Pile Dynamics...
Read MoreTraces of the largest known volcanic landslide in the entire Mediterranean, with a volume of up to 125 cubic kilometers, have been discovered in the sea around the island of Santorini by Greek and fo...
Read MoreLateral thinking and technology transfer are set to revolutionise the construction of transportation and utilities tunnels, underpasses, car parks and other underground structures. Patrick Lane-Nott,...
Read Moreby Reginald Hammah, Ph.D. Introduction Seventeen years ago, in 2004, we wrote a RocNews article outlining our perspectives on the Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) technique of slope stability analysis....
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