Failure Analysis of Geotechnical Infrastructure

未来五年，澳大利亚公共和私营部门对基础设施的投资预计将达到2000亿美元左右，因此，设计和建造尽可能便宜和安全的基础设施的需求前所未有。 考虑到所涉投资的规模，即使是先进研究带来的很小比例的节省，也会带来以美元绝对值计算的巨大回报。 该项目将为工程师提供新的和更好的工具，用于预测公路，铁路，隧道，大坝和港口设施等地质结构的安全性。此外，世界范围内相应软件的商业化将提供从大学部门到工业界的知识转移，并产生技术出口。

With a forecast public and private sector investment of around 200 billion dollars in Australia's infrastructure over the next five years, there is an unprecedented need to design and build this infrastructure as cheaply and safely as possible. Given the magnitude of the investment involved, even small percentage savings resulting from advanced research will lead to large returns in absolute dollar terms. This project will provide engineers with new and better tools for predicting the safety of geostructures such as roads, railways, tunnels, dams, and port facilities. Moreover, commercialisation of the corresponding software worldwide will provide knowledge transfer from the university sector to industry and generate technology exports.