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TC208 - LANDSLIDES
STABILITY OF NATURAL SLOPES (SLOPE STABILITY
IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE)
Chair: Jonathan Fannin
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Provide opportunities for professional development to
engineers and geoscientists who practice in matters of soil
mechanics and slope stability
Disseminate new applications of engineering science to the
investigation, analysis and remediation of slope stability
Contribute to the organisation of conferences, symposia,
workshops and training courses on slope stability in
engineering practice
Encourage the publication of novel research and innovative
practice in peer-reviewed scientific journals
Facilitate, through the development and exchange of "best
practices", a means for knowledge transfer and capacity
building amongst those who serve society on matters of
slope stability
Represent the interests of the ISSMGE at the JTC1 of
FedIGS
JTC1, Natural Slopes and Landslides
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Discussing, advancing and developing the science and
engineering of natural soil and rock slopes, including
landslide triggering and evolution
Encouraging the collaboration of those who practise in soil
mechanics, rock mechanics, engineering geology, mining
engineering, geomorphology and geography as applied to
landslides in natural slopes
Fostering and organising conferences, symposia and
workshops, including the International Symposia on
Landslides which are held at four year intervals, open to all
who practise in soil mechanics, rock mechanics, engineering
geology, mining engineering, geomorphology and
geography
Contributing to the International Congresses/and
Conferences of the ISSMGE, IAEG and ISRM
Fostering the development and implementation into the
community, of landslide identification, monitoring, analysis,
modelling, stabilization, hazard and risk assessment, risk
mitigation and management criteria
Fostering the organisation of training schools and
preparation of guidelines and codes of good practice to
allow the transfer and implementation into general practice
of new developments
TC209 - OFFSHORE
OFFSHORE GEOTECHNICS
Chair: Philippe Jeanjean
TERMS OF REFERENCE
TC209 is pleased to propose the activities herein for the 2010-
2013 period. These activities were selected amongst many ideas
brought forward by the TC members, during two teleconference
meetings held on Sept. 16 and Sept. 17. The activities have
been aligned to support the main ISSMGE objectives, as sent
by Prof. Briaud to the TC chairs on April 3, 2010. These
proposed activities may be refined and modified during the next
TC209 meeting which will take place in Perth, Australia on
November 11, 2010.
ISSMGE Objective 1:
Disseminate knowledge and practice within the TC’s subject
area to the membership of the ISSMGE:
1.A: Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and
workshops.
Proposed Activities:
The 2010 International Symposium on Frontiers in
Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG) in Perth, Australia will
be held under the auspices of TC209. TC209 will
support the publication of key papers from ISFOG in a
referenced journal.
TC209 will sponsor the 2012 Offshore Site
Investigation and Geotechnics (OSIG) conference
organized by the Society for Underwater Technology
(SUT) in the UK. TC209 will strive to have key papers
published in referenced journal.
TC209 will organize a session or a satellite workshop
at the 18
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ICSMGE, Paris (2013)
One quarterly issue of the Australian Geomechanical
Society journal will be devoted to offshore geotechnics.
Other journals such as Géotechnique and the
International Journal of Geomechanics will be
approached to increase the impact of offshore
geotechnics.
Interaction and combined activities with TC102- In-
situ testing will be explored.
1.B: Encourage preparation of keynote lectures, state-of-the-
art lectures including new technology, general reports for
conferences organized by the International Society,
regional conferences and conferences organized by
Member societies:
Proposed Activity:
A list of key, easily accessible, references on offshore
geotechnics will be prepared for inclusion to the
ISSMGE website.
1.C: Develop ideas for broad participation of ISSMGE
individual members through, for example, prediction
events, surveys, or other means:
Proposed Activity:
A prediction event will be organized on the topic of
jackup drilling rigs spudcan penetration. An interesting
case history will be selected and participants will be
asked to predict the penetration of the spudcan. Results
and conclusions will be disseminated appropriately.
ISSMGE Objective 2:
To establish guidelines and technical recommendations within
the TC’s subject area:
2.A: Collect available standards, codes, and guidelines, and
translate non-English ones into English if necessary.
No Proposed Activities:
2.B: Prepare overview of the standards, codes, and guidelines.
Evaluate the similarities and the differences.
Proposed Activity:
TC209 will disseminate the findings of on-going
efforts within the American Petroleum Institute (API)
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