The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal association for geotechnical engineers in the UK.
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Tuesday 17th November 2015 at 18:30
Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA
Summary: The challenges associated with predicting soil response to loads and deformations arise in part from the particulate nature of the material. Discrete element method (DEM) simulations and high resolution micro-computed tomography (microCT) now allow geotechnical engineers to study the particle-scale mechanics that underlie the complexity of soil response. This lecture gives an overview of recent research that has used DEM and microCT to revisit important contributions to soil mechanics that were published in Géotechnique over the past 30 years.
Specific topics to be considered include the internal instability of dams and embankments subjected to seepage loading; the strength and stiffness of the locked sand deposits in South-East England; and the use of the critical state soil mechanics framework and the state parameter to describe and predict sand behaviour. In each case the lecture will show how applying a particle scale perspective has improved understanding in a way that will benefit both geotechnical research and practice.
Download: flyer – Geotechnique 2015
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The British Geotechnical Association
18.11.2015
1830 - 2000
Institution of Civil Engineers
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Widely viewed as the most prestigious of the invited lectures in geotechnics and was first held in 1961.
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