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Cloud-Based Remote Thermal Integrity Profiling
- Aug, 22, 2020
- Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Pile Dynamics remote testing technologies for the deep foundation industry help keep projects moving safely during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all industries worldwide including...
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Landslides struck Nepal: At least 11 casualties
At least 11 people have been reported dead and many more are still missing after a series of landslides struck Nepal. The ground failures occurred on Sunday, September 13, 2020, and affected communit...
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Announcing the Publication of the 2020 Geotechnical Business Directory
GeoWorld has just published its 2020 Geotechnical Business Directory The directory is published with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This...
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New tunnel in Swiss Alps changes railway transport in Europe
- Sep, 04, 2020
- Railway Geotechnics Tunneling In Rock News On Projects / Industry
- Switzerland, Sant'Antonino
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A significant step has been made for the completion of a great railway project in Europe. The Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT), a twin-tube tunnel that passes under Monte Ceneri, was completed on September...
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Rockslide caught on camera blocks a major highway in India
- Sep, 05, 2020
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Dwada
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A major highway in India was closed due to a large rockslide. The landslide struck on Saturday, September 5, 2020, and impacted the Chandigarh-Manali highway situated near Dwada in the Indian Mandi d...
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Advantages of pseudo-3D consolidation analysis with SVSOLID, SVFLUX
- Sep, 10, 2020
- Dam Engineering Tailings Dams News On Software Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Soil Mechanics Soil Behavior Modeling
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Tailings Management Facilities (TMFs) require the numerical modeling of large-strain consolidation to represent the release of water with time. Such numerical modeling in the state of practice has tr...
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Mine collapse in Pakistan: At least 18 people dead
At least 18 people have been reported dead after a mine collapse in Pakistan. The failure occurred on Monday, September 8, 2020, in a remote mine situated in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. T...
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Helical pile solution for environmentally sensitive areas
- Sep, 04, 2020
- Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Tennessee, Dover
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A key benefit of Hubbell's helical piles is the ability to install them in environmentally sensitive areas. CHANCE® Foundation Solutions, a Hubbell's Company, has developed helical piles that are pre...
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Cliff collapse in Jurassic Coast, United Kingdom
- Aug, 28, 2020
- Landslides Structural Geology News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Authorities urged people to stay away from cliffs in Jurassic Coast, UK, after a rockfall occurred between Freshwater and Hive Beach. The Jurassic Coast stretches from East Devon to Studland Bay in D...
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How to create 3D dykes using SOIVISION 3D extrusion tools
- Sep, 04, 2020
- Dam Engineering News On Software Numerical & Constitutive Modeling
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Advanced 3D tools such as SVDESIGNER offer a lot of power to the user, but such power is not always necessary when creating 3D models. The 3D extrusion tools that exist in SOILVISION offer a simpl...
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