Tuesday 14 February 2012
Laboratory Testing in Geotechnical Engineering
| The Western Australian Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) provides notice of a course to be held on Laboratory Testing in Geotechnical Engineering. | |
| Venue | ELT2, Civil & Mechanical Engineering Building University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA |
| Date | Tue 14 February 2012 and Wed 15 February 2012 |
| Members Cost | AGS & EA Members $950.00 |
| Non Members Cost | $1050.00 |
| Event Contact | Peter Robinson |
| Contact Phone | (02) 9144 7519 |
| Hosted By | Australian Geomechanics Society WA Chapter |
| Downloads | 2012021415_-_ags_lab_testing_course.pdf(122KB) |
The Western Australian Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) provides notice of a course to be held on Laboratory Testing in Geotechnical Engineering. The course describes the various laboratory tests that can be used to obtain design parameters for geotechnical engineering problems; it details advantages and disadvantages of different tests, shows the type and magnitude of errors that can occur and their implications; it discusses, through hands-on computer applications, how to obtain suitable design parameters for a range of applications.
Topics covered
- Overview of laboratory strength and stiffness testing devices
- Sample types, recovery and treatment
- Effects of sampling disturbance
- Test specification
- Equipment, preparation, procedures and corrections
- Interpretation of results
- Errors and limitations
- Comparison of test results with expected behaviour patterns
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Specialised testing:
- Rowe cell
- Simple shear and cyclic triaxial
- Interface shear testing
- Shear wave velocity measurement
- Derivation of parameters for FE (Plaxis) constitutive models
- Tutorials on parameter derivation
For more information please download the event flyer.
