... height became marked. The 1920's saw the increasing construction of large dams for hydroelectric power. risk and uncertainty assessment judgement risk assessment risk management information Artificial Intelligence Engineering failure mode evaluation probability regulator knowledge...

.... educational setting university curricula Upstream Oil & Gas Engineering Teaching Rock mechanics knowledge educator triangle Artificial Intelligence Soil mechanics student international society international conference Millennium computer mechanics Engineering Geology geotechnical...

... a variety of analysis procedures for identifying the distribution and subsequent engineering properties of loessic material for hazard prediction through the use of knowledge based routines and GIS. Although this procedure is in the preliminary stages of production, the conceptual model is discussed...

...? In order to understand the principle of effective stress the student must first become familiar with the concepts associated with total vertical stress and pore water pressure. Each principle relates to the other and knowledge of one cannot be achieved without reference to earlier concepts. The process...

... time and with practice, into not only competent, but sometimes even inspirational lecturers that enjoy their teaching role. Not surprisingly, what often appears to inspire students most, is a perception that the teacher is actually competent and knowledgeable in the practice of their profession...

.... Environmental geotechnology should be introduced to the students as a new branch on an extension of geotechnical engineering. Civil engineering departments must take major steps to change their curricula to produce knowledgeable, qualified geoenvironmetal engineers who are able to deal with environmental...

... planning where there exists complexity of soil conditions, environmental factors, variable types of retaining structure and so on. A new technology for providing information to scheme design is proposed in the light of fuzzy decision processes. To make use of previous knowledge, a Geographical Information...

... variation des contraintes au front de taille d'une galerie an avancement. ~he stability of underground open- ~nfs largely depends on its shape, e.ermination the parameters of ~h~Ch at high internal pressure is ased.upon the knowledge of valuesand d~rections for the principal normal stresses in a rock mass...

... to the opening of a crack in the slot plane. The interpretation of the test results is rendered difficult by the lack of knowledge on the depth attained by that crack, due to the fact that it is difficult to evaluate the crack dimensions in the field even when the crack is visible in the test chamber...

... and kno- Wledge of opencast mine advance sc- hedule, ie. knowledge of the rate of preconsolidation up/r:o po re pr- essure parameters "A" aand "B" were calculated by Equations 2: B= 4Ua and A =AG3 yieldnig the correlation dependence axpressed by Equation (3): (2 ) Theme 1 y' = 0,63 - 1.48 x + 0.33 x2 (3...

... OF CIVIL ENGINEER:> The practicing civil engineer must conceptualize, plan, design, and quite often manage complex technical systems or business enterprises. In this role he must utilize technical knowledge of varying degrees of sophistication and he must 1.64 also understand the interrelationships...

... of providing manpower and technical knowledge for solving problems of design and con- struction. Design weaknesses and construction blunders and their associated cost over-runs are the result. The reason for the shortcomings in education and research lie in the teaching, administrative and economic weaknesses...