Geotechnical analysis of famous failures
Geotechnical analysis of famous failures
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Hi all,
I'm doing a lecture on basic soil mechanics and I want to do lesson on analysis famous failures (or designin error) and how they could have been analysed by using the comcepts and formulas I teach. I found that some have already explained on getechnical books, for example the "kissing silos" or the Pisa torwer. Does anyone have any famous failures that I may easily explain to students?
Thank you
Regards
Pietro
I'm doing a lecture on basic soil mechanics and I want to do lesson on analysis famous failures (or designin error) and how they could have been analysed by using the comcepts and formulas I teach. I found that some have already explained on getechnical books, for example the "kissing silos" or the Pisa torwer. Does anyone have any famous failures that I may easily explain to students?
Thank you
Regards
Pietro





RE: Geotechnical analysis of famous failures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q-qfNlEP4A
http://www.ngi.no/upload/6485/Rissa_Quick_Clay_sli...
A few of links I found using google (not so famous, but they might help):
http://failures.wikispaces.com/x-Geotechnical%20/%...
http://www.imia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/EP4...
http://vzb.baw.de/e-medien/geotechnical-safety-and...
http://gfwa.com.au/pdf%20files/Publications/Rob%20...
http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/mentors/Rogers-compre...
RE: Geotechnical analysis of famous failures
RE: Geotechnical analysis of famous failures
Spanish nuclear reactor. A very large rock and cover area was removed from a hillside to provide a large, flat area for the second power plant and reactor building at the same level as the first. The removal of the large overburden (150 + feet over several acres) resulted in a "flat" area on rock, and the concrete pads and foundations were started. But the "rock" was not yet stable and began rising but not uniformly. The result (over several years) was a slightly tilted reactor building and reactor refueling crane inside the containment.
RE: Geotechnical analysis of famous failures
RE: Geotechnical analysis of famous failures
Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
RE: Geotechnical analysis of famous failures
RE: Geotechnical analysis of famous failures
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