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Winter 2010 RocNews

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Our Project Gallery contains helpful models from actual rock and soil projects, created by engineers, many using Rocscience software, which have been featured in the Top Projects section of RocNews. We'd love to showcase your project in our Gallery. Contact us at RocNews with your ideas.

	A Hydroconsolidation (Collapse) Case History Using Settle^3D
	RocNews Fall 2009 by Thomas F. Blake, Principal Engineering Geologist/Geotechnical Engineer Fugro West, Inc., Ventrua, California, USA

	Shallow Cover Tunnel Under Heritage Listed Brick Buildings: Brisbane Boggo Road Busway Tunnel
	RocNews Summer 2009 by Ted Nye & Max Kitson Sinclair Knight Merz, Sydney, Australia

	Overcoming Squeezing in the Yacambu-Quibor Tunnel in Venezuela
	RocNews Spring 2009 by Dr. Evert Hoek Consultant, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

	New Rock Fracture Dynamics Lab Aims to Revolutionize Research in Engineering Geoscience
	RocNews Fall 2007 by Dave Collins & Paul Young, University of Toronto www.lassondeinstitute.utoronto.ca/young

	Geological Engineering students at UBC tackle geological uncertainty in their Geotechnical design projects..
	RocNews Fall 2006 by Dr. Erik Eberhardt, Associate Professor, Univ. of B.C. Univ. of British Columbia, Earth & Ocean Sciences

	The Estimation of Post-Peak Rock Mass Properties Through Numerical Back Analysis and Calibrated With In-Situ Instrumentation Data.
	RocNews Winter 2006 by Jason J. Crowder & William F. Bawden Lassonde Institute, Civil Engineering, University of Toronto

	Ground deformations above a large shallow tunnel excavated using jet grouting. Numerical back- analysis suggests mechanism driving observed surface deformation patterns.
	RocNews Fall 2004 by Stephen Coulter & C. Derek Martin Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta

	High Angle Technologies shares their approach to Rockfall Risk Evaluation and their experience working on the Upper Stillwater Dam Project in the High Uinta Mountains, Utah.
	RocNews Spring 2004 by Doug Hansen High Angle Technologies

	The Analysis of the Stability of an Anchor Block for a Suspension Bridge. Dr. Hoek defines the parameters of the problem and using a variety of software, tests the proposed solutions.
	RocNews Winter 2003 by Dr. Evert Hoek Consultant

	What is Virtual Reality (VR)?. The power of VR lies in the ability to visualize information, so the engineers makes decisions based on what is seen rather than the expensive trial and error process.
	RocNews Fall 2002 by Peter Kaiser MIRARCO

	Validation of cable bolt support design in weak rock using SMART instruments and Phase². Read about new technologies used to stabilize a shallow underground mining operation in weak rock that was experiencing problems.
	RocNews June 2002 by W.F. Bawden & J.D. Tod Mine Design Technologies

	Slope Stability Analysis for Open Pits. Read about the common methods used in the design and analysis of different components of the open pit wall design process.
	Rocnews April 2002 by Jose L. Carvalho Golder Associates Ltd.

	Solving a Slope Problem at the Open Pit Mine in Western Australia. Engineers used Slide to resolve uncertainties regarding a slope failure in the lake clay sediments.
	RocNews January 2002 by Harry Speight Snowden Mining Engineering Consultant

	Geotechnical Design Project at the University of Alberta. Using Phase², the students in Dr. Martin's CIV E 591 course explored many aspects of tunnel design.
	RocNews November 2001 by Dr. C. Derek Martin University of Alberta, Civil and Mining Engineering

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