News
Soil Mechanics News
Vol. 5, Issue 1 of the IJGCH has been released!
We are pleased to announce the special Issue #1 of Volume #5 of the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, an official Journal of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geo...
Read More
Switzerland is rebuilding village hit by landslide in 2017
- Jun, 06, 2019
- Landslides Engineering Geology Slope Stability Soil Mechanics News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Switzerland, Bregaglia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Switzerland is planning to invest more than $12.1 million in order to rebuilt infrastructure in the village of Bondo that was hit by a massive landslide in 2017. The village of Bondo, located near th...
Read More
What is geotechnical engineering? People in the streets answer
- May, 28, 2019
- Other News Other Geotechnical Rock Mechanics Soil Mechanics
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Let's see a wide range of answers about how common people perceive the term "geotechnics." Geotechnical engineering involves numerous scientific fields including soil and rock mechanics, hydrogeol...
Read More
Estimate unknown soil parameters with NovoFORMULA
NovoFORMULA is a geotechnical data management software to estimate unknown soil parameters based on known parameters NovoFORMULA is used for correlation and estimation of soil properties. If you n...
Read More
Soil Mechanics Testing Systems Made Easy with Wykeham Farrance
- Aug, 02, 2017
- News On Products & Services Soil Mechanics Laboratory Testing
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Wykeham Farrance just published its new Triaxial Equipment catalogue! Now you can boost your lab productivity with Control's fully automatic and expertly designed Testing Systems adopting the lates...
Read More
Last chance to join the 2019 Geotechnical Business Directory!
ARGO-E, with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, is in the final stages to prepare the publication of the 2019 GEOTECHNICAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY, th...
Read More
Living with Shrink-Swell Soils: A what-to-do pamphlet for home-owners, prepared by ASCE Geo-Institute
The Shallow Foundation Technical Committee of the ASCE Geo-Institute released in February one page pamphlet for homeowners whose house is constructed on expansive soils. The pamphlet was written f...
Read More
Special Announcement: ISSMGE announces its Social Media Presence
- Oct, 29, 2015
- Other News Soil Mechanics Foundation Design / Construction Other Geotechnical Foundation Design / Construction Soil Mechanics Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) is excited to announce that social media accounts through Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin have been established. ISSMG...
Read More
Vertek CPT University: Soil profile determination based on CPT data
- Jan, 20, 2015
- News On Research / Academia Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Soil Mechanics
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Cone Penetration Testing is a widely used technique for soil profile determination, allowing geotechnical engineers to assess sub-surface conditions without necessarily taking soil samples to the lab....
Read More
Unsaturated Soils Theory in the Undergraduate Civil Engineering Curriculum
- Mar, 21, 2014
- News On Publications Soil Mechanics
- Arizona State University
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The implementation of unsaturated soil mechanics principles into practice becomes gradually a requirement, especially in the context of traditional and alternative energy applications, and is critical...
Read More