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Transformation
Practice of improving and maintaining the built and natural environment to enhance the quality of life for present and the generations to follow
Geotechnical Engineering
Geomechanics
Environment
Challenge
Rock Mechanics Soil Mechanics
Foundations
Retaining Structures
Seepage/Slopes/Dams
Genesis Population Explosion Industrialization Sluggish and Dont bother approach Ignorance Human Greed Is a Philosophy put in practice to deal with under-ground environment & Problems associated with it
Waste Disposal Strategies Above ground storage No protection Protected by geologic materials
Av erage water table B ackfill Unfrctured clay ey depos its W as te W as te B ackfill material Protectiv e Geologic material
Issues are
Ascertaining the quality of air, water, and land resources; Transport, use, and disposal of hazardous wastes water and wastewater treatment, and reuse.
Analysis and design of foundation systems, seepage control, earth dams and water resource structures, response of foundations and embankments to the ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES Man made industrialization/population explosion earthquakes/(& to some extent other natural calamities). Natural
Hazardous wastes Physical, Chemical, Mineralogical, Electrical and Thermal characterization Geoenvironmental hazards: Natural and man made Recycle and Reuse of Industrial waste(s) Role of Geotechnical engineering in environmental protection Surface and subsurface contamination Characterization of contaminated ground Geoenvironmental site investigation Site assessment technologies
Soil-Water-Environment Interaction
The Natural Environment Geomicrobiosphere Man Made Environment Environmental Geotechnical Problems Understanding of Soil response to Environments (Short & long-term)
The Particle Energy Field Theory Requires knowledge from other Disciplines
Bacteriology Biology Climatology Geohydrology Geochemistry Hydrogeology Microgeology Physico-Chemistry Soil Engineering Toxicology Chemical Engg. Geophysics Mechanics Soil Science
Oxygen Cycle Nitrogen Cycle Carbon Cycle Hydrosphere Lithosphere Geomicrobiosphere Ecosphere
Man-made Environment
Solid
Agricultural wastes Human and Animal wastes Industrial wastes
Liquid
Mine wastesAcid mine waste (due to oxidation of Iron Sulphide (FeS2) or Pyrites to H2SO4) Nuclear wastes Construction Effects (Blasting/Dewatering/debris)
Void ratio and porosity as indicators of soil deformation Water in the soil mass is mainly gravity water (need to consider Environmental water)
Flow through a soil mass is only due to hydrostatic potential (need to consider thermal/electrical/magnetic/chemical effects) Constitutive models are arbitrarily chosen. Stress-strain relationship
Proposed scenario
(Parameters)
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There are 2 types of buildngs construction 1. Isolation Construction 2. Vibration Suspension Construction Isolation consruction includes equipments to absrob seismic energy from foundation and prevent from shaking. Vibration suspention utilizes suspention equipment such as damper in wall to absorb seismic energy and prevent from shaking.