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FHWA publishes research report on Spread Footings for Highway Bridges
- Dec, 20, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Ground Improvement Landfill Engineering Geomatics Deep Foundations Foundation Design / Construction
- Singapore
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The FHWA National Geotechnical Team announces the availability of the completed research report titled "Selection of Spread Footings on Soils to Support Highway Bridge Structures" (FHWA-RC/TD-10-001)....
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Scientists to map areas at risk from liquefaction (video)
- Dec, 09, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Risk & Reliability Liquefaction Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A team of researchers has been brought together under LIQUEFACT project to investigate and find solutions against one of the most devastating forms of seismic phenomena – liquefaction. Liquefaction...
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Gravity signals could rapidly quantify the magnitude of strong earthquakes
- Nov, 30, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
After an earthquake, there is a disturbance in the field of gravity that happens almost instantaneously. In a new study, scientists observe and model the gravity-related signals stemming from this dis...
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Invitation to review web-based student projects on "Geoenvironmental Engineering" prepared by Univ. of Michigan students
We invite you to provide feedback on this year's students of Michigan projects on "Geoenvironmental Engineering. As part of the CEE549 Geoenvironmental Engineering course that is being...
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Scientists determine source of world’s largest mud eruption (video)
- Nov, 04, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Seismic Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Java, Indonesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
More than 11 years after the Lusi mud volcano first erupted on the Indonesian island of Java, researchers have probably figured out why the mudflows haven't stopped: deep underground, Lusi is connecte...
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Report highlights 'seismic gaps' in tsunami risk areas
- Nov, 01, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Seismic Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The report makes a review of the tsunami hazards over the last 400 years and highlights "seismic gaps" or locations in the Pacific region where the tsunami threat might have been overlooked, due to lo...
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Fifty simulations show how a magnitude 9.0 Cascadia earthquake could play out
- Oct, 31, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A University of Washington research project simulates 50 ways a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone could shake out in the northwest of the United States. The Cascadia Subducti...
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New study links Raton Basin earthquakes to oil and gas wastewater injections
- Oct, 26, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Colorado, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A series of earthquakes between 2008 and 2010 in the Raton Basin - along the southern Colorado and northern New Mexico border – was likely due to fluids pumped underground during oil and gas wastewate...
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Scientists explore underwater active seismic fault
- Oct, 22, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Seismic Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Alaska, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The international team of scientists just finished exploring the seabed of the Pacific Ocean, offshore Alaska and British Columbia, in an effort to understand better the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fa...
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Scientists in Japan improve seismic resistance of metals
Researchers at Japan's Tohoku University have come up with a cheap way to improve the properties of some 'shape memory' alloys, often used in earthquake design due to their ability to return to their...
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