The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal association for geotechnical engineers in the UK.
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The Rankine Lecture
The Rankine Lecture is widely viewed as the most prestigious of the invited lectures in geotechnics. It commemorates William John Macquorn Rankine, Professor of Civil Engineering at Glasgow University, who was one of the first engineers in the UK to make a significant contribution to soil mechanics. He is best known for his theory for the earth pressure on retaining walls.
The Rankine Dinner will be held after the lecture. The call for tickets for the dinner is now open and can be found HERE. Please note the dinner is usually heavily oversubscribed.
The British Geotechnical Association
13.03.2024
17:30 - 19:30
The Great Hall, Sherfield Building, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ
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Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served between 4:00-5:15 pm
Lecture theatre doors open at 4:45 pm
It is very evident today that geotechnical
engineering is faced with a range of challenges of increasing complexity and
scope. Efforts have been made in industry and in academia to address some of
these challenges, contributing to the development of a current and future safe,
sustainable and resilient society. This Rankine Lecture focusses on the
development of robust predictive tools to underpin the geotechnical design concerned
with the lifecycle assessment of a range of infrastructure, illustrated by
specific examples from the Speaker’s research. The key for these developments
is in integrating, in a consistent manner, ground characterisation with
rigorous computational analysis and validation through field monitoring. The
lecture has several parts, focusing on research that supports sustainable life
extension of aging infrastructure, under the conditions of climate
change-induced weather patterns; research that is impacting offshore wind
turbine foundation design in the development of renewable energy sources; and environmental
impacts of thermal and chemical perturbations in the ground on geotechnical infrastructure.
Imperial College London
Widely viewed as the most prestigious of the invited lectures in geotechnics and was first held in 1961.
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