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Monitoring the Behavior of Geotechnical Structure
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Monitoring the Behavior of Geotechnical Structure Course
Introduction:
Geotechnical engineers have a fascinating, yet occasionally confounding, job because they deal with inherently variable materials arranged by Nature – soil and rock. “Nature has no contract with mathematics…” Similarly, Peck (1972) stated, “In construction underground, where the engineer deals with materials having properties that vary not only in space but also in time, details of construction often has significant or even overwhelming influence on the behavior of the structure and of the surrounding soil.
Course Objectives:
After participating in the course, you will be able to:
- Understand the principles and procedures for geotechnical site investigation and monitoring.
- Learn how to select the right type of instrument for monitoring and site investigation.
- Become knowledgeable about the observational method in geotechnical engineering and state-of-the-art technologies used for geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation methods.
- Gain insight into the long term behavior of geotechnical structures.
- Review applications of site investigation, geotechnical monitoring, and instrumentation for slopes, settlement, fills, excavations and walls.
Who Should Attend?
- Designers
- geotechnical engineers
- academia
- construction managers
- contractors
- owners and other technical personnel interested geotechnical site investigation and monitoring of soil structure
Course Outlines:
- Introduce the observational method in geotechnical engineering;
- Introduce a broad range of in situ testing devices and field instrumentation that students will encounter and use in practice;
- Provide a solid understanding of the applications and limitations of these devices and instruments through an examination of their theoretical, experimental, and empirical development;
- Teach theoretical, semi-empirical, and empirical methods of test and instrumentation interpretation and site characterization;
- Introduce first-hand the use and interpretation of some of these devices, instrumentation, and measurements at real project sites and via selected important case histories; and
- Discuss emerging technologies and trends in in-situ testing and field instrumentation, including data acquisition and data management.
