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New FHWA Document: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Integrated Bridge System Interim Implementation Guide

February 15, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The FHWA Turner-Fairbanks Highway Research Center has issued a document to provide interim guidance on the implementation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil or GRS Bridge Systems. From the foreward: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) technology consists of […]

Rudolph Glossop and the Rise of Geotechnology by Ronald E. Williams

February 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A new book that may be of interest to folks. See the Geoengineer.org link for more info. A personal account of the role played by Rudolph Glossop, one of the founders of geotechnical engineering in […]

Possible results of a natural dam threat such as over-topping or structural failure of the dam

DHS and ASDSO Launch New Interactive Website on Dam Security

February 10, 2011 rockman Comments Off

‘Dams Sector facilities provide a host of benefits, from flood protection to crop irrigation; however, the potential for their failure also presents a source of great danger with disastrous consequences. To avoid failures, it is […]

NCHRP Report 676: Intelligent Soil Compaction Systems

NCHRP Report: Intelligent Soil Compaction Systems

February 8, 2011 rockman Comments Off

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 676: Intelligent Soil Compaction Systems explores intelligent compaction, a new method of achieving and documenting compaction requirements. Intelligent compaction uses continuous compaction-roller vibration monitoring to assess mechanistic […]

T. William Lambe - Renowned Geotechnical Engineer, 'Geo-Legend'

Geo-Legend T. William Lambe

January 28, 2011 rockman Comments Off

In recent Geo-Strata magazines published by the ASCE’s Geo-Institute, there is a new recurring feature called ‘Geo-Legends’ where a student interviews a well known person in the field of geotechnical engineering. The second in the […]

Lateral resistance function for micropile in clay socketed into bedrock

Micropiles for Slope Stabilization

January 27, 2011 rockman Comments Off

In an August 2010 article in ADSC’s Foundation Drilling Magazine, Eric Loehr and Dan Brown of Dan Brown and Associates summarized the key findings from a report they authored on the use of micropiles in […]

EarthObserver App released on iTunes (it’s free for a limited time)

January 19, 2011 rockman Comments Off

An iPhone and iPad App put together by Columbia University. From the iTunes Description: Explore your planet as never before with the mobility of EarthObserver. Use your fingertips to travel through terrestrial landscapes and across […]

Simulate forest fires with ForeFire and Google Earth

January 17, 2011 rockman Comments Off

This is a great example of a tremendously useful tool built on Google Earth. Of course it’s still in the research stage, but you can still get your pyromania on on the Mediterranean island of […]

Microscope Attachment for iPhone and other Smartphones

January 9, 2011 rockman Comments Off

For the hard core geologists and gemologists, why carry a hand lens in the field when you can snap a photo with your phone? Reviewer is a gemologist, but could potentially have other applications as […]

Roctest launches the world’s smallest piezometer

December 19, 2010 rockman Comments Off

At only 4.8-mm in diameter and 54-mm long, it’s about as long as a finger, and thinner than a pencil! I’m guessing their claims of being the world’s smallest are probably valid. The small size […]