Geotechnical engineering, also known as geotechnics, is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. It...

Offshore geotechnical engineering is a sub-field of geotechnical engineering. It is concerned with foundation design, construction, maintenance and decommissioning...

ensure appropriate application of geotechnical information and judgments. In other cases, geotechnical engineering goes beyond a study and construction...

In geotechnical engineering and contact mechanics the term asperity is used to refer to individual features of unevenness (roughness) of the surface of...

In geotechnical engineering, a caisson (/ˈkeɪsən, -sɒn/; borrowed from French caisson 'box', from Italian cassone 'large box', an augmentative of cassa)...

principles of geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, environmental engineering, transportation engineering and construction engineering to residential...

academic and researcher in the field of geotechnical engineering. She is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and chair of the Centre for Sustainable...

Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM) International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) International Tunnelling...

Lunde, J. (1974). "Engineering classification of rock masses for the design of tunnel support". Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 6 (4). Springer: 189–236...

and maintenance of engineering works are recognized and accounted for. Engineering geologists provide geological and geotechnical recommendations, analysis...

The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) is an international professional association, presently based in London...

clay. Research results show that the utilization of kaolinite in geotechnical engineering can be alternatively replaced by safer illite, especially if its...

Austrian mechanical engineer, geotechnical engineer, and geologist known as the "father of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering". In 1883, he was born...

Execution of construction and civil engineering works in sabkhas must overcome a number of geotechnical engineering issues. Sabkha soils are often distinguished...

shallow or deep. Foundation engineering is the application of soil mechanics and rock mechanics (geotechnical engineering) in the design of foundation...

by conventional interpretation. Another application of TDRs in geotechnical engineering is to determine the soil moisture content. This can be done by...

unformed rock. An incomplete list of possible temporary or permanent geotechnical shoring structures that may be designed and utilised as part of earthworks:...

mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, metallurgy, geotechnical engineering and surveying. A mining engineer may manage any phase of mining...

earthquake engineering, environmental geotechnics, geosynthetics, groundwater monitoring, and coastal and geotechnical ocean engineering. Papers on new...

(GIS). Geotechnical Engineering — a combination of civil and mining engineering and involves the analysis of earth materials. Industrial Engineering — studies...

dynamic penetration test designed to provide information on the geotechnical engineering properties of soil. This test is the most frequently used subsurface...

In geotechnical engineering, a discontinuity (often referred to as a joint) is a plane or surface that marks a change in physical or chemical characteristics...

Discontinuity (Geotechnical engineering) Shear strength (Discontinuity) Slope stability probability classification (SSPC) Tilt test (Geotechnical engineering) Hack...

petroleum), or gases (such as natural gas). It may also be part of a geotechnical investigation, environmental site assessment, mineral exploration, temperature...

shear test Triaxial shear test Hoek, E.; Bray, J. (1974). Rock slope engineering. London: Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. pp. 358. ISBN 978-0-419-16010-6...

engineer and academic specializing in geotechnical engineering. He is a Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney...

and their behaviour is of great importance in structural and geotechnical engineering. Landslides, such as those common in the cliffs around Lyme Regis...

ancient ruins or to dig into strata of sedimented material. In geotechnical engineering, trench investigations locate faults and investigate deep soil...

Skinner in the 1970s. Slope Mass Rating Rock mechanics Geotechnical investigation Geotechnical engineering ISRM classification Slope stability, Slope stability...

These specifications are generally recommended by a geotechnical engineer in a geotechnical engineering report. The soil type—that is, grain-size distributions...