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Introducing CloudCompare: Open Source 3D point cloud and mesh editing processing software
Whether you are an engineer, a geospatial analyst, a drone pilot, a reality modeler, you have probably encountered numerous challenges on manipulating and analyzing 3D point clouds of any natural or m...
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Whether you are an engineer, a geospatial analyst, a drone pilot, a reality modeler, you have probably encountered numerous challenges on manipulating and analyzing 3D point clouds of any natural or m...
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The quick easy-to-use online widget for calculating the Hoek and Brown Rock Mass Strength
If you are working on rock mechanics, you are likely to have encountered, or used, the Hoek and Brown rock strength criterion. The Hoek and Brown Strength criterion is used to derive strength estimate...
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Fehmarnbelt Tunnel: The longest underwater rail and road tunnel in the world will connect Germany and Denmark
- Feb, 08, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Underground Structures Deep Excavations Other Geotechnical
- Germany
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An 18-kilometer underwater tunnel will soon connect Germany and Denmark. It should be mentioned that when it is finished, in 2029, the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will be the longest combined rail and road tu...
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Powerful quake hits southern Turkey and Syria
- Feb, 06, 2023
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seismic Other Geotechnical
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Around 4 a.m. on Monday, one of the largest earthquakes in a century to hit south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, jolted locals out of their beds and sent tremors as far as Lebanon and Israel...
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7.8-magnitude quake struck Turkey and Syria: over a thousand fatalities
- Feb, 06, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A strong earthquake struck southeast Turkey near the Syrian border killing over a thousand and trapping countless others. In Turkey, there were at least 5,383 injuries, and in Syria, there were 1,000...
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Construction of Jamaica's tallest building will begin in February
- Feb, 03, 2023
- Structural Design Structural Behavior Other Structural Earthquake Engineering Expert Witness
- Jamaica
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The construction of the tallest structure in Jamaica will begin, in its first phase, the following month. The Ascent at the Oxford, Sheer Luxury will be the name of the 27-story structure being built...
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Earthquake in Iran’s Khoy: at least three fatalities and hundreds injuries
- Feb, 03, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Iran
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least three people died and hundreds hurt as a result of a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Khoy in northwest Iran. According to Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian, the governor of the West Azerbaijan...
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Sinkhole outside home in Huntington Station, on Long Island: 3 fall into
On Long Island, a woman fell into a sinkhole as she was leaving her house, and two other people also fell in while attempting to rescue her. The hole was six feet across and six feet down. According...
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A 5.6-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Nepal – One Fatality, Two Injured and 40 Houses Damaged
- Jan, 27, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Nepal
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An earthquake struck western Nepal on Tuesday, according to a local official. One person is dead and two more were injured while at least 40 houses were damaged. Cattle and farm animals were also bur...
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