Displaying Items By Tag: Soil Testing
News on soil testing
Massive landslide sweeps away houses in Norway
- Jun, 03, 2020
- Landslides Soil Mechanics Laboratory Testing News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Norway
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Eight residences have been swept away by a vast landslide that struck in Norway. The incident occurred on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at Kråknes, Alta, a municipality in northern Norway. The landslide s...
Read More
Soil hydraulic properties affected by climate change
- Sep, 17, 2019
- Soil Mechanics Erosion News On Research / Academia
- United States, Kansas, Manhattan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, published in the journal Science Advances, soil hydraulic properties can be affected by altered precipitation caused by climate change. The impact of climate change could re...
Read More
Bridge Replacement in Growing Cairo, West Virginia
- May, 28, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Oil & Gas Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Cairo, a small town in West Virginia, began growing in truck traffic when the oil and gas industry started taking roots in the city. The old bridge proved to be insufficient for the Average Daily Tra...
Read More
Vertek CPT: What is Seismic Cone Penetration Testing?
- Mar, 12, 2015
- News On Products & Services Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Seismic Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Get an introduction to Vertek's Seismic CPT in the following article and discover its unique capabilities! Seismic CPT or SCPT is a method of calculating the small strain shear modulus of the soil...
Read More
Martian mountain soil sample analysis performed in place!
- Mar, 04, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Structural Geology
- Pasadena, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
NASA's Curiosity Mars team has recently obtained a second soil sample from an outcrop of the Murray formation, the geological unit of Mount Sharp on Mars. Through analysis of the soil samples, scienti...
Read More