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Environmental geotechnics: Challenges and opportunities in the post-Covid-19 world [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic not only has created a health crisis across the world but is also expected to impact negatively the global economy and societies at a scale that is maybe larger than that of the 2008 ...
Jiang N. -J.   +25 more
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Site appraisal in fractured rock media: coupling engineering geological mapping and geotechnical modelling

open access: yesEuropean Geologist, 2021
Geotechnical surveys are based on collecting data from fieldwork and are a key element of rock-mass quality assessment in rock engineering. The lessons learned in several engineering projects underline the value of the accuracy of the basic geological ...
Helder I. Chaminé   +5 more
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Application of artificial intelligence in the field of geotechnics and engineering education [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
The work is devoted to the theoretical and legal study of the features of the application of artificial intelligence in geotechnics and engineering education.
Lez’er Victoria   +3 more
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Recent Tendencies in the Use of Optimization Techniques in Geotechnics: A Review

open access: yesGeotechnics, 2022
The use of optimization methods in geotechnics dates back to the 1950s. They were used in slope stability analysis (Bishop) and evolved to a wide range of applications in ground engineering.
Djamalddine Boumezerane
doaj   +1 more source

Policy trends and business opportunities for sustainability in geotechnics

open access: yesEuropean Geologist, 2021
European Green Deal, the EU growth policy to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, opens huge opportunities to geotechnics related activities, mainly focused in four of its nine policy areas: Clean energy, Sustainable industry, Building and
Isabel Fernández Fuentes   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Energy Geotechnics and Geostructures

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Continuous global economic and population growth has driven the ever-increasing demand for energy [...]
Peng Pei, Faqiang Su
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Geotechnics - Editorial

open access: yes, 2023
Sustainability means enabling the earth to continue supporting human life for future generations, and environment is included among its three pillars.
marta di sante
core   +1 more source

Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies

open access: yes, 2023
Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies contains the contributions presented at the 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (17th ARC, Astana, Kazakhstan, 14-18 August, 2023).

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Slope protection with an earth retaining system: respectful of natural resources and the landscape

open access: yesEuropean Geologist, 2021
Heavy rains in June 2018 damaged a road between Echternach and Berdorf (Luxembourg) so severely that it had to be closed. The river along the road below it destroyed the existing stabilisation structures, such as retaining walls and gabion walls, and ...
Steve Gruslin, Domenico Nola
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Sustainable geotechnics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
"Sustainable Geotechnics" may be considered as a discipline in ground engineering, appearing recently in the construction industry in response to the emerging Low Carbon Economy concerning the global challenges of climate change, diminishing fossil fuel ...
Hamza, Omar
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