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THE GEO-IMPULS PROGRAMME REDUCING GEOTECHNICAL FAILURE IN THE NETHERLANDS (2011)
<p>Last year in the Netherlands a 5-years development programme, called Geo-Impuls, started with the ambitious goal to half the occurrence of geotechnical failure in our civil engineering projects by 2015. This paper describes the sense of urgency to start ...
Reference: ISGSR 2011 - Vogt, Schuppener, Straub & Bräu (eds) - © 2011 Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau
THE M 6.3 CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, EARTHQUAKE OF FEBRUARY 22, 2011 (2011)
From February 22 to March 19, 2011, a team organized by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center investigated the effects of the Christchurch earthquake.
Reference: EERI Special Earthquake Report — May 2011
MONITORING THE AGGENALM LANDSLIDE USING ECONOMIC DEFORMATION MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES (2009)
In context of global climate change and the continuous extension of settlement areas in the Alps especially due to tourism, an increasing conflict between land use and natural hazard prevention can be observed. This also includes deep seated landslides, which ...
Reference: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 102/2 Vienna 2009
REAL TIME MONITORING OF INFRASTRUCTURE USING TDR TECHNOLOGY: CASE HISTORIES (2001)
Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) is a versatile technology amenable to a variety of measurements and nondestructive monitoring of infrastructure conditions. It can be utilized to monitor deformation of soil/rock and structures, monitor changes in fluid levels, ...
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7 EARTHQUAKES (1999)
In this chapter an overview of earthquake types and the infrastructures vulnerability along with mitigation measures are discussed.
Reference: "Coping study on DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE Cornmissioned by the Secretariat for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction for the IDNDR Programme Forum 1999 "Partnerships for a safer world in the 21 st century" CHAPTER 7"