''Acta Geotechnica Slovenica'' is a biannual

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published by the University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering. The editor-in-chief is Ludvik Trauner (University of Maribor). The journal covers fundamental and applied research in the areas of geomechanics and

geotechnical engineering Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. It uses the principles of soil mechanics and rock mechanics for the solution of its respective engineering problems. It als ...

. Topics covered include soil and rock mechanics, engineering geology, environmental geotechnics,

geosynthetics Geosynthetics are synthetic products used to stabilize terrain. They are generally polymeric products used to solve civil engineering problems. This includes eight main product categories: geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, geosyntheti ...

, numerical and analytical methods, computer modelling, field and laboratory testing.

History

''Acta Geotechnica Slovenica'' was established in 2004 by: * University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering * University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering and Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering * Slovenian Geotechnical Society * Society for Underground and Geotechnical Constructions

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is abstracted and indexed in: *

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* International Construction database * GeoRef According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 0.10.

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* {{Official website, http://fgserver6.fg.um.si/journal-ags/ Engineering journals University of Maribor Biannual journals Academic journals published in Slovenia Academic journals established in 2004 Academic journals published by universities and colleges Mining journals

History

Abstracting and indexing

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