Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Infrastructure: Theory and Practice, Planning and Design, Construction and Maintenance : Proceedings of the Twelfth European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7-1

159 Pages·1999·18.64 MB·English

by  F. B. J. Barends

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
LA GEOTECHNIQUE DANS LES INFRASTRUCTURES DE TRANSPORT
ADDITIONAL VOLUME
VOLUME ADDITIONNEL
COMPTES RENDUS DU DOUZIEME CONGRES EUROPEEN DE MECANIQUE DES SOLS
ET DE LA GEOTECHNIQUE AMSTERDAM/PAYS-BAS/7-10 JUIN 1999
La Geotechnique dans les
Infrastructures de Transport
Theorie et Pratique, Projet et Conception, Construction et Entretien
Redacteurs
F.B.J.Barends, J.Lindenberg, H.J.Luger, L.de Quelerij & A.Verruijt
VOLUME ADDITIONNEL
A. A. BALKEMA/ROTTERDAM/ BROOKFIELD/2000
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING/AMSTERDAM/ NETHERLANDS/ 7-10 JUNE 1999
Geotechnical Engineering for
Transportation Infrastructure
Theory and Practice, Planning and Design, Construction and Maintenance
Edited by
F.B.J.Barends, J.Lindenberg, H.J.Luger, L.de Quelerij & A.Verruijt
ADDITIONAL VOLUME
A. A. BALKEMA/ROTTERDAM/ BROOKFIELD/2000
Cover photo: Wim Ruigrok, Amsterdam.
A four-track railway tunnel construction in a strutted cofferdam trench under the town center of Best.
From the year 2000 on trains will be passing this point. A new station will give entrance by elevators and
stairs to the platforms. Building preparations were difficult. Seventy houses and bams had to be
dismantled and a 600-thousand cubic meter of soil was removed. The 30 thousand inhabitants of Best
used to quietness and tranquility, adjusted themselves to litter and noise. Early mornings, Best awakens
when pile driving starts. Best is growing.
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Epilogue
Every time we use the telephone, turn on the light, pull the chain, open the tap, or surf on Internet,
there is an underground motion, a subterrestrial impulse. Usually, we are unaware of the under­
ground labyrinth that makes this possible, a true network with millions of kilometer of cables,
wires and pipes. What we experience is the underground transport by car and train in tunnels and
metro’s, or parking and shopping under the surface. The underground is noticed particularly when
things are wrong by fire, collapse or leakage. Furthermore, above-ground transport on tracks on
which we can move by train, car, bicycle and by feet are supposedly well supported by stable earth
bodies, and if not it is an unpleasant surprise. Mobile we want to be, more and more, but without
disturbance.
The transportation infrastructure is at stake.
Therefore, the theme of the Amsterdam Xllth European Conference on Soil mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering 1999 has been dedicated to geotechnical engineering for transportation
infrastructure, as mobility is now a common and appealing concern everywhere, with the focus on
concrete targets, on what is thought valuable for politicians and policy makers, useful for the so­
cieties and future generations.
This volume - number four and last in row of the proceedings of the Xllth ECSMGE 1999 -
contains three parts. In the first part Reflection on the Conference the Organizing Committee col­
lected characteristic information, valuable for the record and to organizers of future events. The
second part Recapitulation of the conference compiles summaries of sessions, workshops and spe­
cials that took place during the conference. And the third part deals with the results of the Work­
shop on Information Technology in the Geotechnical Profession. Finally, an ill-printed paper is re­
produced and a List of Registered Delegates to Amsterdam is included.
As stated in the Preface of the proceedings and occasionally made clear during the conference,
the real emphasis should be not on mobility but on interconnectivity in order to improve mobility in
a wider sense. Interconnectivity becomes prominent in societies (globalization), in professional co­
operation (multi-disciplinarily), in generic integration (the total approach) and in worldwide inspi­
ration (Internet). In this regard the incorporation of the results of the Workshop on IT is justified, as
it represents a modem way of transport, not physically but mentally, transport in a virtual world.
It is in this sense that the geotechnical profession could develop its creativity, significance and
contribution, and prosper.
In the name of the editors,
Frans B.J. Barends
Chairman of the Scientific Committee
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Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Infrastructure, Barends et al. (eds) ©2000 Balkema, Rotterdam, ISBN 90 5809 134 1
Contents
Reflection on the Conference
Consideration and Justification
Recapitulation of the Conference 21
Summaries of Sessions, Workshops and Specials
Information technology in the geotechnical profession
Full Papers of Workshop 4
Validation of computer programs in geotechnical design 57
A. Bond
The emergency of information technology - a state of practice report 65
K.R. Massarch
Information retrieval and communication 83
B. Rydell, A. Salomonson & J. Lindgren
Information technology applications in geotechnical education and vocational training 99
D.G. Toll
DESSYS, Geotechnical Design Decision System 113
M. van Veghel
Miscellaneous
Revised paper Volume 3: Aspects for dynamic compaction of saturated sand 129
P. Vuola & J. Hartikainen
List of registered delegates to the Xllth ECSMGE 1999 in Amsterdam 137
VII

Reflection on the Conference
Consideration and Justification
The Organizing Committee
Louis de Quelerij Jaap Lindenberg Dirk Luger Arnold Verruijt Frans Barends
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John van der Kamp