A moderate 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Chile, happened on Sunday 10 February 2013, according to USGS. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The epicenter of the Chile earthquake was approximately 24 kilometers northwest of Cartagena kai 4o kilometers south of Valparaiso. In February 2010, a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile at … Continue reading Moderate Chile earthquake: 5.7 magnitude
In recent history numerous headlines present tunnel collapses in major cities. One can ask why so many failures? I would like to provide some insight regarding this issue. The following reasons can produce a single cause or combined effect that can result in ground tunnel collapse during tunnel construction in urban areas: Inadequate ground investigation due to condense building construction. Continuous differentiation … Continue reading Why do tunnels collapse in urban areas?
On Monday afternoon (28/1/2013), three buildings collapsed after subsidence in Guangzhou. The incident happened near a metro tunnel construction site. It is reported that metro workers spotted land subsidence near the project site and immediately the area was evacuated, hence no casualties have been reported. The subsidence area was about 10m deep and extended about 100m2. It is also reported that … Continue reading Buildings collapse after subsidence in South China (Guangzhou)
Many Geotechnical Engineers probably have not even thought about it too much, but what is that motivates many of us to practice Geotechnical Engineering? Is it the money? I don’t think so. If you compare the salaries of different engineering disciplines we are not even in the middle. If you compare with other non engineering disciplines we are … Continue reading The passion of a Geotechnical Engineer
As we have mentioned in the very first entry of this blog, one of our aims is to build an online community for anyone interested in geotechnical engineering. So far, however, we had only introduced a web site for that. But how can there be an online community without members? There cant’! So, we are … Continue reading Introducing User Participation!
Francis Bacon once said that knowledge is power, these words have a profound meaning but in our days where vast amount of information is available we may want to reevaluate them. Is the vast information providing knowledge or distorts it? In our days every question one has, he just needs to type it to a search … Continue reading Geotechnical information versus knowledge
You might have noticed that some familiar buttons have popped-up in the site. Yep, these are the ones! Since every site nowadays needs a social presence in order to be more noticable, we wouldn’t want to be left behind. In other words, we are very eager for you to introduce us to your friends! However, … Continue reading Getting social
We would like to wish to all a happy and prosperous New Year. This year will be the starting point of our web site which will try to provide anyone involved with geotechnical engineering or geotechnical construction a vast amount of information. We will try hard to form a strong geotechnical community around geotechpedia in … Continue reading Geotechpedia welcomes 2013
… and welcome to Geotechpedia! Geotechpedia, as we mention in our about page, is a continually growing database of assorted geotechnical engineering information, dedicated to anyone and everyone interested in geotechnical engineering. However, our goal is not just to build a great database of information. Our main aim, is to create an online community and … Continue reading Hello world…
