Welcome to International Webinar on Forensic
Geotechnical Engineering (IWFGE)
The International Society for Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) constituted a Technical Committee (TC) on Forensic
Geotechnical Engineering (FGE) in 2005. During the first four years it was designated as TC40
and is now designated as TC302. This committee has conducted four international
seminars on FGE and is now organizing IWFGE 2020 during December 10-13, 2020 through
webinars. The theme of the event is “Forensic Geotechnical
Engineering”. Lessons learned
from failures of different types of
geotechnical structures that can be attributed to any one or more of the
topics below can be highlighted. Manuscripts highlighting the failures due
natural hazards, lack of codal provisions, challenges
in geo-environmental engineering and rock engineering are welcome. During the conference, the following ten
topics and their role in Forensic Geotechnical Engineering will be discussed.
Forensic geotechnical engineering (FGE)
involves scientific, legalistic investigations and deductions to detect the
causes as well as the process of distress in a structure, which are attributed
to geotechnical origin. Such a critical analysis will provide answers to
“what went wrong, when, where, why, how, and by whom”. Cases of
remedied installations, particularly those which fall under public or
government category, where the analysis and evaluation of adopted remedial
measures with regard to their effectiveness and economy fall under this
purview. FGE also gives strong inputs to improve analysis and design processes.
This conference aims to develop a comprehensive framework for forensic
engineering procedures and post-failure reconnaissance studies of disaster
management.
The International Society for Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) constituted a Technical Committee (TC) on
Forensic Geotechnical Engineering (FGE) in 2005. During the first four years it
was designated as TC40 and is now designated as TC302. This committee conducted
five international seminars on FGE and is now organizing the sixth one in the
form of webinars during December 10-13, 2020.
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Bombay,
and Indian Geotechnical Society Delhi Chapter together with TC 302 of ISSMGE
are organizing the event. The theme of the event is “Forensic
Geotechnical Engineering & Geo-Disaster Documentation”. The
conference is supported by SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research
Collaboration) of Government of India on the project “Advanced Technologies
for Post-Disasters Reconnaissance, Forensic and Environmental Impact Studies -
Geotechnical” which is a collaborative project among IIT Delhi, IISc, Bengaluru, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta,
University of California, Davis and University of Cambridge. This conference
runs concurrently with the multidisciplinary mega event: 5th World Congress on
Disaster Management (5WCDM).
The webinar will develop mechanisms for
strengthening collaboration between research and knowledge-based institutions
as well as practitioners in the regions. It will evolve strategies for
training, capacity development on the importance of disaster countermeasures
and response preparedness in the regions by using advanced technologies for
risk analysis mapping to a greater extent and to help address the deployment of
research and analytical tools that leads to effective understanding of the data
and its management. Understanding failures and natural disasters is one of the
aspects of Forensic Geotechnical Engineering (FGE) and consists of following
steps.
* Collection of Data
* Distress Characterization
* Development of Failure
Hypothesis
* Diagnostic Tests
* Back Analysis
* Technical Shortcomings
* Legal Issues
* Use of Observation Methods
* Risk and Reliability Analysis
* Case Histories
Indian Geotechnical Society
The Indian National Society of Soil
Mechanics and Foundation Engineering was established in the year 1948, soon
after the second International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Engineering held at Rotterdam. The Society was affiliated to the International
Society in the same year and since then it has strived to fulfil and promote
the objectives of the International Society. In December 1970, the name, Indian
Geotechnical Society (IGS) was adopted. In January 1994, it hosted XIII
International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Various
Local Chapters of the IGS organise annual conferences of the Society.
Indian Geotechnical Society
Delhi Chapter
Indian Geotechnical Society, Delhi Chapter
was established with the purpose of advancement and dissemination of knowledge
in different fields of Geotechnical Engineering. Since then the chapter has
been involved in promoting the activities of Geotechnical Engineering and
disseminating in and around Delhi.
IIT Delhi
Established in 1961, was formally
inaugurated August 1961 by Prof. Humayun
Kabir, Minister of Scientific Research & Cultural
Affairs. First admissions were made in 1961. The current campus has an area of 320
acres (or 1.3 km²) and is bounded by the Sri Aurobindo
Marg on the east, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Complex on the west, the
National Council of Educational Research and Training on the south, and the New
Ring Road on the north, and flanked by Qutub Minar and the Hauz Khas monuments.
TC 302: Forensic
Geotechnical Engineering
Please click on the following links for
more information for Terms of Reference, Membership List and
Additional Information on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering (ISSMGE)
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Brochure here
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