Please join us at the College of Engineering – Oregon State University for our 1st Geo-Institute GSO Lecture of the new term, "Geology Runs Through It: On the Role of Depositional Environment and Fabric in the Mechanical Behavior of Granular Sediments," by Edward G. Cahill and John R. Cahill Distinguished Professor Nicholas Sitar of UC Berkeley, at 1pm on October 7th in 311 Kearney Hall. This presentation will focus on the challenges in characterizing and modeling the behavior of lightly consolidated and/or weakly cemented coarse sediments: silts, sands, and gravels of various origins, ranging from volcanic tephras, to glacial gravels, marine terrace sands, and shallow estuarine sand bars. Although formed in different environments, their behavior exhibits many similarities and, in all cases, the evaluation of their undisturbed/in-situ strength characteristics poses a particular challenge. Come join us as we learn about Professor Sitar's efforts to characterize depositional soil fabric and its impact on shear strength, dilatancy, crushability, and liquefaction susceptibility, among other factors.
It was a great talk!! Glad to see some geology added!!
Interesting event
Don’t miss it!! Lots of good stories and geo-wisdom!!
Foundation Engineer
3moThat's a fantastic topic, Armin. A great event to maintain student enthusiasm and hopefully draw Industry leaders in for an afternoon on campus.