Awesome Geotechnics

This is an open list of tools, presentations and information on Geotechnics: the aim of this project is to organize all the available resources in geotechnics in a single source. This project is open for contributions as long the contribution guidelines are respected.

This project is licensed under GNU General Public License v.3.0

This project is inspired by the many awesome list, and the first of all is Awesome Mechanical Engineering Resources.

Table of Contents

Software Tools

• Databases
• Simplistic Models
• FEM - Numerical Modelling
• Visualisation

Presentations

• Prof. Burland - Imperial College London
• ICE archive
• Rankine lectures
• Prof. O’Rourke - Cornell University

Conferences

• Local conferences/seminars
• International conferences

Legislation/Codes

• Codes
• UK codes
• IT codes
• US codes

Datasets

• BGS - UK
• ISPRA - IT

Contribution Guidelines

Software Tools

Databases

• HoleBASE SI - Kynetix - :moneybag: Commercial - BIM ready
• gINT - Bentley - :moneybag: Commercial - BIM ready

Simplistic Models

• Paratie Plus - Harpaceas - :moneybag: Commercial - BIM ready - :it: language
• Wallap - Geosolve - :moneybag: Commercial - BIM ready
• Pdisp - Oasys - :moneybag: Commercial
• Frew - Oasys - :moneybag: Commercial
• Repute - Geocentrix - :moneybag: Commercial
• Geostudio - Geoslope - :moneybag: Commercial

FEM - Numerical Modelling

• Plaxis 2D - :moneybag: Commercial
• Plaxis 3D - :moneybag: Commercial
• Flac - Itasca Consulting Group - :moneybag: Commercial
• Flac3D - Itasca Consulting Group - :moneybag: Commercial
• Abaqus - Dassault Systems - :moneybag: Commercial

Visualisation

• Surfer - Golden Software - :moneybag: Commercial
• ArcGIS - :moneybag: Commercial
• Google Earth - :free: Free

Presentations

Prof. Burland - Imperial College London

• What is soil mechanics? Playlist

ICE Archive

• The Crossrail Experience, London
• Geotechnical Engineering: The Art of Burying Success, London
• How Mind Maps can be used with project management? Birmingham
• Port operations seminar, London
• PIANC UK Young Professionals evening seminar, London
• Advances in composite materials for offshore applications, London
• Large scale analysis of integrated seabed facilities, London
• Prof. Mair become president of the ICE

Rankine Lectures

• Antonio Gens Rankine lecture 2017

Prof. O’Rourke - Cornell University

• Prof. O’Rourke - Cornell University

Conferences

Local conferences/seminars

• Rankine Lecture - :gb: organized by BGA (:gb: British Geotecnical Association)
• IAGIG - :it: conference for young (18-35 years old) geotechnical engineers
• Croce Lecture - :it: organized by AGI (:it: national geotecnical association)

Seminars

• Cambridge University Geotechnical Society - :gb: Cambridge, UK based
• Gruppo Geotecnici a Roma - :it: Rome, Italy based

International Conferences

• International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics - ICPMG 2018

Legislations

Codes

• IHS Markit - provides access to many geotechnical international codes - :moneybag: Commercial subscription

Datasets

BGS - UK

• BGS maps list - :free:

ISPRA - IT

• ISPRA map

Contribution Guidelines

:+1::tada: Thank you for deciding to provide your valuable time to improve the list. :tada::+1:

The following is a set of guidelines for contributing to this repository. These are mostly to serve as guidelines, and not hardcoded rules. Please use your judgement, and send a pull request if you think we need to change these guidelines.

How can I contribute?

• If you find a typo or something wrong in this document, please report it creating an issue.
• If you think you can suggest something please do it by creating an issue.
• To contribute to this project please create a "Pull Request".

Specific Contribution Guidelines

This section contains some rules to be followed while adding resources to this list

• Give preference to free and open source resources.
• Personal experience with a resource is good way to decide whether it is good or not.

List of Contributors

• @FrancescaBurali

TODOs

• [ ] Add important codes (UK, European, US, etc...)