The Géotechnique lecture is an biennial lecture on the topic of
soil mechanics
Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied mechanics that describes the behavior of soils. It differs from fluid mechanics and solid mechanics in the sense that soils consist of a heterogeneous mixture of fluids (usually air and wat ...
, organised by the
British Geotechnical Association
The British Geotechnical Association is a learned 'Associated Society' of the Institution of Civil Engineers,ICE Associated Societies newsletter, Spring/Summer 2011 (Accessed: 19 July 2013) based in London, England, and a registered UK charity (N ...
named after its major scientific journal Géotechnique.
This should not be confused with the annual
BGA Rankine Lecture
The Rankine lecture is an annual lecture organised by the British Geotechnical Association named after William John Macquorn Rankine, an early contributor to the theory of soil mechanics
Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied m ...
.
List of Géotechnique Lecturers
See also
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Named lectures A Named Lecture is a lecture delivered usually at a predefined frequency and it is associated with a name of a person of outstanding significance to the subject the lecture is concerned with. Such lectures exist for a number of branches of Science a ...
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Rankine Lecture
The Rankine lecture is an annual lecture organised by the British Geotechnical Association named after William John Macquorn Rankine, an early contributor to the theory of soil mechanics
Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied m ...
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Terzaghi Lecture
External links
ICE Géotechnique journalBritish Geotechnical Association
References
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Civil engineering
Geotechnical engineering
Science lecture series
Soil mechanics
Biennial events
1989 establishments in the United Kingdom
Recurring events established in 1989
British lecture series