Following the 1995 earthquake in Kobe district, survey was conducted on the tilt of oil storage tanks in the severely shaken area. The survey consisted in measuring elevations of several points along the periphery of each tank. Some parameters indicative of levels of soundness or risk for continued operation were defined to properly analyze the vast amount of available data.

Разработка угольных месторождений подземным способом осложнена проявлением динамических явлений в результате действия основных влияющих факторов – увеличения глубины ведения очистных работ, повышения интенсивности отработки, сложных горно-геологических и горнотехнических условий.

Проблема геодинамических явлений, приводящих к катастрофическим последствиям, известна уже более 250 лет. На протяжении этого времени были получены экспериментальные и теоретические знания о процессах, протекающих в породном массиве и оказывающих воздействие на его напряженно-деформированное состояние.

The foundations will affect how the other elements of a building perform and so can be a major factor in determining whether or not the building achieves its intended purpose with satisfactory long-term performance. However, decisions concerning the foundations for low-rise buildings are often made by people involved in planning and other aspects of the building development who have little formal training in geotechnical engineering. This book has been written for the benefit of such people and their non-specialist professional advisors; these include architects, surveyors, loss adjusters, planners, insurance underwriters and property developers, most of whom are likely to have only a limited understanding of the engineering of the ground. The book brings together a large quantity of material relevant to building foundations published by BRE over many years. This introductory chapter defines the scope of the book.  <...>

Risk and Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering was originally conceived as an update to our 2008 Taylor & Francis book Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering—Computations and Applications. However, R&D in this domain has gained pace over the past 6 years and it is the collective opinion of the contributors that it is timely to write a new book.

Несмотря на значительные успехи в совершенствовании технологий взрывных работ и обновлении ассортимента промышленных взрывчатых веществ, их технико-экономические показатели при разрушении скальных пород не всегда удовлетворяют современным требованиям горного производства. Качество дробления является критическим фактором для большинства технологических и экономических показателей последующей переработки руды [1].

In recent years there has been a steady increase in geo-environmental projects where geotechnical/geological engineering has been combined with environmental concerns. Many of these projects involve some form of ground contaminant which can take the form of vapors, liquids and solids. Hence, there has been a change in site characterization techniques to accommodate these environmental issues related to contaminants.

The purpose of this guide is to provide a concise resource for the application of the CPT to geotechnical engineering practice. This guide is a supplement and update to the book ‘CPT in Geotechnical Practice’ by Lunne, Robertson and Powell (1997). This guide is applicable primarily to data obtained using a standard electronic cone with a 60-degree apex angle and either a diameter of 35.7 mm or 43.7 mm (10 or 15 cm2 cross-sectional area).

This volume contains the edited texts of the lectures and written discussions prepared for the NATO sponsored Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on "Numerical Methods in Geomechanics" promoted by the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal and held at Vimeiro Hotel (Torres Vedras) - August 24 to September 4, 1981. The object of the NATO-AS I has been to gather, as lecturers ,a wide range of scientists and engineers specialized on the above branch of knwoledgement in order to cover the whole variety of approaches for the solution of the set of problems concerning Geomechanics.

The role of field measurements in risk assessment and the control of natural geohazards, in engineering design, construction and operation of engineering facilities has grown in the past and will undoubtedly grow in years to come with ever increasing demands on the engineering skills of people involved in these activities. It is therefore necessary to give those interested in instrumentation and measurements an opportunity to meet regularly to exchange ideas and experiences and to stimulate further advancement within field instrumentation.