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High-Performance Fibres in Concrete

July 12, 2024
In this webinar, we examine high-performance fibre benefits via the Sydney Metro and WestConnex fibre-reinforced tunnel lining case studies, highlighting limit-state design principles and showing how high-performance steel fibres enhance...
Geotechnical
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Stability of seabed slopes – Automated design using OPTUM GX

May 23, 2023
The webinar introduces the new Finite Element software OPTUM GX, discussing its application in designing stable seabed slopes. The presentation covers the principles of seabed stability, the benefits of using...
Geotechnical
OPTUM GX
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Design of Monopiles for Cycling

February 5, 2021
In this webinar, we examine how wind and wave–induced cyclic loads on offshore wind turbine monopiles affect soil pore pressures, effective stress, and strength, and present a simplified design methodology....
Geotechnical
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Recent Developments in Modelling of Soil-Pipe Interaction

December 1, 2020
This talk presents experimental measurements and numerical investigations of soil reactions on buried pipelines crossing differential movement zones. Using beam-on-nonlinear-Winkler spring models, it covers deeply buried and trench-laid pipes, controlled...
Geotechnical
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Foundation of Offshore Wind Turbines

September 18, 2020
In this webinar, offshore wind farm development is expanding, with most turbines on monopiles driven into seabeds. Alternatives include vibro-driven piles and suction buckets. This presentation covers research on installation...
Geotechnical
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Adaptive Finite Element Methods

September 3, 2020
In this webinar, Majid presents recent advances in adaptive FEM strategies developed to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and prevent mesh distortion, and diverse applications in soil–structure interaction, multiphase dynamics, penetration problems,...
Geotechnical
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Predicting the Onset & Post-Failure of Geomaterials

July 2, 2020
In this talk, Dr. Ha Bui explores computational geomechanics advances for predicting onset and post-failure of geomaterials beyond small-deformation limits. Applications include slope-stability and debris-flow analysis, strain localisation, and soil-structure...
Geotechnical
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Limit Analysis in Tectonic Studies

May 11, 2020
In this webinar, Bertrand Maillot presents limit analysis for tectonic deformations in frictional Coulomb rocks (below 300 °C, <10 km depth), covering sand-box validation, fold and subduction studies, followed by...
Geotechnical
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The Bearing Capacity Equation

May 1, 2020
In this webinar we address a common question from users about the discrepancies between results obtained using the bearing capacity equation and Optum’s software. Discover the conditions under which the...
Geotechnical
OPTUM G2
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