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International Workshop on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering to commemorate the 150th Anniversary (1856-2006) of the Civil Engineering Department of Bengal Engineering and Science University

Venue: Seminar room of M.N. Dastur Block of Bengal Engineering and Science University (India)
Date: 10th January 2007

Tentative program:
8-00 AM: Registration and coffee
9-00 AM:

Inauguration by the Vice Chancellor of the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Professor N.R.Banerjea.
Speech by the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering and Director of Technical Education.

9-20 AM: About the workshop: Professor Gautam Bhattacharya
9-30 AM: Overview of the field: Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: Dr Subhamoy Bhattacharya
Part A: Principles in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
10-00 AM: Examples of damage due to tectonic fault induced deformation and fault provisioned design case: Dr Jorgen Johansson
10-30 AM: Liquefaction and Liquefaction Remediation: Dr Andrew Brennan
11-00 AM: Liquefaction simulation using DEM: Professor T.G.Sitharam
11-30 AM:  Site Amplification and its Prediction: Professor Nozomu Yoshida
12-15 AM: Coffee break
12-30 PM: Soil Structure Interaction: Dr Barnali Ghosh
1-00 PM: Tsunami and its effect on built environment: Dr Anil Wijeyewickerma
1-30 PM: Lunch
2-30 PM: Earthquake Engineering Research on Piled Foundations: Dr Takashi Tazoh
3-30 PM: Resonance and damping of piled foundation in liquefiable soils: Dr Sondipon Adhikari
4-00 PM: Coffee break
Part B: Some Applications
4-15 PM: Seismology of Kolkata: Prof B.C.Chattopadhyay
4-30 PM: Seismic soil-structure interaction of IGCAR power plant: Prof A.Boominathan
5-00 PM: Site response of Kolkata city: Mr Pijush Samui
5-15 PM: Pile design in liquefiable soils: Dr Subhamoy Bhattacharya
5-30 PM: Buckling and bending of Pile in liquefiable soils using FLAC: Mr Sumanta Halder
5-45 PM: Summary of the workshop and closure
6-30 PM: Photograph

Further details of the workshop (8.38Kb, pdf)


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