2019-03-14

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This week we’re going underground to explore geotechnical and seismic engineering. We’ll look at how structures connect to the ground and transmit loads through their foundations, and how those foundations need to provide a high bearing capacity. We’ll see how properties of the soil, like shear strength, affect bearing capacity. We’ll also consider happens when the ground experiences stress from seismic activity and how seismic engineers work to counteract those effects.

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RESOURCES:

https://www.thebalancesmb.com/leaning-tower-pisa-construction-844359

http://environment.uwe.ac.uk/geocal/foundations/founbear.htm

http://www.geotechnicalinfo.com/bearing_capacity_technical_guidance.html

http://civil.utm.my/azril/files/2016/05/2014-August-Chapter-4-Soil-Shear-strength-Revised.pdf

http://www4.hcmut.edu.vn/~cnan/Principles%20of%20geotechnical%20engineering%20(Fifth%20Edition,%20Das)/311-363.PDF

https://icce-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/icce/index.php/icce/article/viewFile/2059/1731

https://www.soil-net.com/legacy/schools/what_is_soil1.htm

https://www.ramjack.com/houston/about-ram-jack/blog/2015/september/the-foundation-of-the-leaning-tower-of-pisa/

https://leaningtowerpisa.com/facts/how/how-pisa-leaning-tower-was-stabilized

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