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Series of landslides and flash floods hit India after heavy rainfall
Several areas of northern India experienced torrential rain, followed by a series of flash floods and landslides on Sunday, July 9. Furthermore, reports of the record-breaking rainfall include 153 m...
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Worst ever summer storm hit the Netherlands
Storm Poly, the most severe storm occurring during summer months, and overall strongest since January of 2018, hit the Netherlands on July 5. This storm has been described as a very rare phenomenon,...
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Purdue Geotechnical Society’s 19th G.A Leonards Lecture now on YouTube
- Jul, 04, 2023
- Geoenvironmental Engineering Remediation Technology Contaminant Transport Geosynthetics For Containment Landfill Engineering Groundwater & Seepage Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Professor Krishna Reddy gave the 19th G.A. Leonards Lecture on “Sustainability and Resiliency-Based Innovation: Research and Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering”, which was hosted by the Purdue...
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Part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel turned into “Loo Gardens”
- Jul, 03, 2023
- Tunneling Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Green Infrastructure Contaminant Transport
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
London’s Thames Tideway Tunnel, also known as London’s Super Sewer, has been transformed into a colorful garden, 50 meters under the city. This initiative is part of the “Loo Gardens” installation,...
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Flash floods and landslides leave more than 300 roads closed in Himachal Pradesh, India
- Jun, 30, 2023
- Landslides Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Heavy rain caused flash floods and landslides in the Himachal Pradesh state of India, on Sunday, June 25. 301 roads remained closed due to the events, including the Chandigarh-Manali highway and its...
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Investigation works underway for the Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project
- Jun, 28, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Earth / Rockfill Dams Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Investigation works have started for Queensland’s Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project. The proposed Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project is a publicly owned energy storage facility with a capacit...
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200 new geotechnical investigation and design software added to DCOdes
- Jun, 28, 2023
- Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Data Management Foundation Design / Construction Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Two hundred new software regarding geotechnical design and investigation, many of which are available for free, have been added to DCOdes. They include solutions for data management, site and labor...
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UK’s most suitable geothermal areas strongly overlap with areas in need of investment, study finds
- Jun, 07, 2023
- Geothermal Geo-Energy Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development Other Geotechnical Energy Engineering General Construction General Civil Energy Geotechnics News On Research / Academia Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A study conducted by Durham University and commissioned by Kieran Mullan, Member of Parliament (MP), identified the 45 most suitable sites for deep geothermal development. Furthermore, the same study...
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UK’s first deep geothermal energy plant in 37 years begins operations
- Jun, 20, 2023
- Geo-Energy Geothermal Energy Geotechnics Green Infrastructure Other Geotechnical
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Eden project’s deep geothermal heating plant, located in Cornwall, began operations on Monday, June 19. The plant consists of a single well, constructed from May to October 2021, and drilled by mea...
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NorSand constitutive material model explained and visualized through animations
- Jun, 19, 2023
- Liquefaction Engineering Dam Engineering Tailings Dams Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Other Geotechnical Soil Mechanics Visualization
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
NorSand is an advanced constitutive material model utilizing Critical State Soil Mechanics (CSSM), a concept also used in the Modified Cam Clay model. Srinivas Vivek Bokkisa and Jorge Macedo from Ge...
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