Dept. of Civil Engineering organized a Webinar facilitated by Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru
16-Jun-2020
Dept. of Civil Engineering under the guidance of Prof. Hemanth Prabhu, Head, Civil Engineering, organized a Webinar on "Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure", facilitated by Dr. S K Prasad, Prof. & Head of Civil Engineering, Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru, and a renowned person in the education and consultancy sector.
The session started by highlighting the importance of soil in the field of Civil Engineering. Geotechnical Engineering is the engineering behavior of the earth and its material. This branch has significance in the construction activity on the surface or within the ground.
Dr. S K Prasad said that Geotechnical Engineering plays a vital role in all infrastructure and development projects, failure of which leads to influence of ground and increased costs. He also explained by considering the case study of apartment buildings in Shanghai. The cause of the collapse of building was explained marvelously in the session. The session also highlighted the prerequisites, investigation of the site, design consideration etc.
The session was very informative and also the questions are clarified.
