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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 […]

Fugro UK offers Free Courses to Consultants and Engineers

December 13, 2010 rockman Comments Off

Fugro is offering free 1, 2 and 3-day classes on water investigation techniques, cone penetration testing, and engineering and environmental geophysics at several UK locations in the coming months. The water services course had it’s […]

Ohio DOT Rock Slope Design Manual

December 9, 2010 rockman 3

[Editor] Updated 12-13-2010, Forgot the link! Sorry about that. [/Editor] The Ohio DOT issued what appears to be a comprehensive rock slope design manual back in June of this year that was also released by […]

GeoStudio 2007 Training Videos

December 6, 2010 rockman 1

GEO-SLOPE just announced last week that they have posted over 30 hours of training videos for learning their popular GeoStudio 2007 geotechnical software package. The videos are based on the content of their training workshops, […]