Volcanologists at the National Geophysical and Vulcanolgy Institute in Pisa have a new 3D computer simulation model of a Vesuvius eruption that indicates 300,000 people would be killed.
The last section of a cofferdam built to facilitate construction of the Three Gorges Project from the southern bank of the Yangtze will be blasted away in seconds after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday. Thanks iCivilEngineer.
I recently came upon a link to an interesting emergency project in the Detroit Area. A 245′ by 130′ sinkhole opened up in August of 2004 as a result of the failure of an 11-ft diameter sewer sewer main located an amazing 60-ft below the ground surface! The remediation involved some very interesting geotechnical issues.
A 330-ft deep sinkhole has opened up in a poor neighborhood in Guatemala City swallowing several houses and killing at least 2 people.
GeoSlope International has a nice overview of the general limit equilibrium (GLE) method in their February 2007 newsletter available from their website. I personally always struggle to remember the difference between the various methods of […]
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