Title From research to applied geotechnics : invited lectures of the XVI Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI PCSMGE), 17-20 November 2019, Cancun, Mexico / edited by Norma Patricia López-Acosta, Eduardo Martínez-Hernández, Alejandra Liliana Espinosa-Santiago, Alexandra Ossa López.

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Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2019.

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Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Advances in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering ; volume 7
	Advances in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering ; v. 7.
Contents	Intro -- Title Page -- Preface -- Conference Organization -- Contents -- Invited Lectures of the XVI Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI PCSMGE) -- The 9th Arthur Casagrande Lecture -- Biographical Data of Gabriel Y. Auvinet -- Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures -- The 9th Casagrande Lecture. Presentation and Biographical Sketch of Professor Gabriel Auvinet Guichard -- Geotechnical Engineering in Spatially Variable Soft Soils. The Case of Mexico City. The 9th Arthur Casagrande Lecture -- Plenary Lecture ISSMGE President
	Biographical Data of C.W.W. Ng -- Interplay Between Ecology and Unsaturated Soil Mechanics for Bioengineered Landfill Covers and Slopes -- Keynote Lectures -- Technical Session #2: ''Analytical and Physical Modelling in Geotechnics''. Biographical Data of Jorge Zornberg -- Centrifuge Technology for Characterization of Expansive Clays -- Technical Session #4: ''Unsaturated Soils''. Biographical Data of Eduardo Rojas -- A General Fully Coupled Model for Unsaturated Soils -- Technical Session #5: ''Soft Soils''. Biographical Data of Marcio S.S. Almeida
	Field Studies of Stone Columns and Geosynthetic-Encased Columns -- Technical Session #6: ''Foundations and Retaining Structures''. Biographical Data of Anne Lemnitzer -- Laterally Loaded Pile Behavior at Soil-Rock-Impedance Contrast -- Technical Session #7: ''Excavations and Tunnels''. Biographical Data of Werner Bilfinger -- Tunneling Through the Rock-Soil Interface -- Technical Session #8: ''Offshore Geotechnics''. Biographical Data of Per Sparrevik -- Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations State of the Art -- Technical Session #8: ''Offshore Geotechnics''. Biographical Data of Phil Watson
	Foundation Design in Offshore Carbonate Sediments -- Building on Knowledge to Address Future Challenges -- Technical Session #9: ''Transportation in Geotechnics''. Biographical Data of Erol Tutumluer -- Sustainable Pavement Foundations with Chemically Stabilized Quarry By-Products -- Technical Session #10: ''Natural Hazards''. Biographical Data of Murray D. Fredlund -- Developments in Landslide Analysis Methodologies -- Technical Session #15: ''Preservation of historic sites''. Biographical Data of Carlo Viggiani -- The Behaviour of an Ancient Tower Through History and Monitoring
	Technical Session #17: ''Rock Mechanics''. Biographical Data of C. Carranza-Torres -- Analytical and Numerical Study of the Stability of Shallow Circular Cavities in Weak Rocks -- Technical Session #18: ''Education''. Biographical Data of Jorge E. Alva Hurtado -- Advances in the Teaching of Geotechnical Engineering in Peru -- Technical Session #19: ''Energy Geotechnics''. Biographical Data of Lyesse Laloui -- Experimental Analyses on the Multiphysical Phenomena Governing Energy Pile Behavior -- Bright Spark Lectures -- Biographical Data of Tugce Baser
Note	Includes indexes.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Engineering geology -- Congresses.
	Engineering geology.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	López-Acosta, N. P., editor.
	Martínez-Hernández, E., editor.
	Espinosa-Santiago, A. L., editor.
	López, Alexandra Ossa, editor.
ISBN	9781643680330 (electronic book)
	1643680331 (electronic book)
	9781643680323 (print)

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