4th International Seminar on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering (10-12 January)
Description
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) constituted a Technical Committee (TC) on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering (FGE) in 2005. During the first four years it was designated as TC40 and is now designated as TC302. This committee has already conducted three international seminars on FGE and is now organizing the fourth seminar during January 10-12, 2013 at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaloru (formerly known as Bangalore), India. The theme of the seminar is “Forensic Geotechnical Engineering” and is divided into ten topics as given below. During this three days seminar, these ten topics will be discussed in ten sessions.
SESSION TOPICS
1: Collection of data
2: Characterization of distress.
3: Development of failure hypothesis.
4: Diagnostic tests.
5: Back analysis
6: Instrumentation.
7: Reliability aspects.
8: Legal Issues
9: Case Histories.
10: Technical vulnerabilities.
Organizer
Indian Geotechnical Society
Contact Information
- Contact person: Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu
- Address: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Phone: 918022933124
- Fax: 918023600404
- Email: [email protected]
Website
Additional Information
Abstracts for papers from professional engineers, academicians and legal practitioners are invited on the above themes.
