Talk:Geotechnical engineering

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I've started a major reworking of this page, and I'm curious about the translations. There's a little symbol which says that it's been translated into three other languages, but those translations aren't current with my edits. Does the symbol mean that an article exists, or that a current article exists? Argyriou 19:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] recent edits, 8 and 9 december 2006

These edits are not, by and large, improvements to this article. The flow of the introduction has been broken up; some of it is now in passive voice which is inappropriate, and subjects are not treated in terribly logical order anymore. I'll be selectively reverting most of these edits in the next few days when I have time. Argyriou (talk) 07:24, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Agreed - Basar 18:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Organization

What do you think of this organization:

  • History
  • Soil mechanics
  • Geotechnical investigation
  • Foundations
  • Lateral support systems
  • Earth structures
  • Geosynthetics
  • Ground improvement

Basar 18:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I think I'd prefer
  • History
  • Role of the geotechnical engineer in design/construction
  • Soil mechanics
    • Soil properties
    • Stresses and loads
  • Geotechnical investigation
  • Foundations
  • Lateral support systems
  • Earth structures
    • Geosynthetics
    • Ground improvement
"Stresses and loads" needs a better title, but it should include information about the difference between effective stress and total stress, the sorts of loadings and induced stresses which GEs deal with, consolidation, and slope stability.
I'm not sure if there's a good way to integrate groundwater as a section, or if it should just permeate the article. Argyriou (talk) 18:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Sounds fine, but "Earth structures" is getting rather large as I thought we would have slopes, embankments, MSE, and dams in there too. - Basar 19:12, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

How about we shorten the soil mechanics and geotechnical investigation sections as they have their own in-depth articles? - Basar 20:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I think the see also section is a little superfluous. The two most appropriate ones that don't seem to be in the article are engineering geology and important publications in geotechnical engineering. Maybe we could pare it down to them? Basar 21:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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