Lectures related to Site Reconnaissance in Geotechnical Engineering

Site Reconnaissance in Geotechnical Engineering

Covers site reconnaissance phases, drilling methods, soil classification, monitoring, and rehabilitation in geotechnical engineering.

Geotechnical Engineering: Projects and Case Studies

Explores geotechnical engineering projects, case studies, and factors influencing project outcomes.

Natural Hazards and Soil Mechanics: Challenges and Solutions

Explores challenges and solutions in natural hazards and soil mechanics, including landslides, reinforcement techniques, rebound coefficients, block falls, drilling, and information security.

Soil Shear Resistance and Failure Criteria

Explains the Von Mises, Drucker-Prager, Mohr-Coulomb, and Cam-Clay failure criteria in soil mechanics.

Permeability and Direct Shear: TP2

Covers the principles and procedures of variable load permeability testing.

Pressure on Retaining Structures II

Covers advanced methods for calculating pressures on retaining structures, including the prism of thrust and Coulomb-Poncelet method.

Retaining Structures: Geomechanics

Explores the design and analysis of retaining structures, lateral earth pressure, and unsaturated soils.

Mechanical Tests in Soil Mechanics

Covers the organization and types of mechanical tests in soil mechanics, including laboratory and in situ tests.

Modified Cam Clay Model

Covers the Modified Cam Clay Model, stress paths, pore pressure, settlements, and applications in geotechnical problems.

Settlements Case Study: Kansai International Airport

Explores settlements at Kansai International Airport, focusing on geological composition, drainage methods, construction, and settlement prediction.

Geotechnical Studies: Preliminary Investigations

Explores the significance of preliminary geotechnical studies and the tools used for data collection.

Soil Mechanics: Characteristics and Classification

Explores soil characteristics, water content, density, plasticity, and classification methods in geotechnical engineering.

Soil Mechanics: Plasticity and Failure Criteria

Explores soil mechanics, plasticity, failure criteria, and soil behavior models.

Settlement of Piles

Discusses soil bearing capacity, pile settlement methods, and Mindlin's formulas integration.

Embankment Dams and Geotechnical Considerations

Explores the design and construction of embankment dams, emphasizing geotechnical considerations, site selection criteria, and dam behavior.

Groundwater Flow Mechanics

Explores groundwater flow mechanics, covering natural slope movements, embankment stability, and Darcy's law.

Rankine Method: Soil Pressure Calculations

Explains the Rankine method for calculating soil pressures in geotechnical engineering.

Modeling Structures: Springs and Their Properties

Covers the modeling of structures using tension and torsion springs, focusing on their properties and calculations in engineering applications.

Geotechnical Foundations: Settlement and Consolidation

Explores geotechnical foundations, settlement, and consolidation, covering limit states, differential settlements, dissipation of overpressures, and non-linear soil behavior.

Barrages: Types and Criteria

Discusses the selection criteria for different types of dams based on geology and seismic risk.