Department of Civil Engineering
Literary Society
Mr. Muhammad Moeen Chief Engineer, National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) delivered lecture through Webinar on Friday April 16th, 2021 to faculty and students of Department of Civil Engineering on the topic “Selection of Geotechnical Design Parameters”. He discussed various geotechnical problems at different construction sites and how these problems can be pointed out by conducting different geotechnical investigation tests. He discussed these tests and his experience of geotechnical investigation at Mohmand dam. He concluded that geotechnical investigation varies with site, as most geotechnical relations developed for calculations are empirical and soil parameters at different sites are different, therefore these empirical relations are updated with respect to soil type and parameters.
Introduction
Geotechnical problems
Different types of soils and rocks
Shear strength properties of soil and rock
Geotechnical investigation plan
Geotechnical investigation (borehole locations)
Tests performed for geotechnical investigation
Experience of geotechnical investigations of Mohmand Dam
At the end of the session, participants asked the questions to the speaker and removed the queries.
