International Cooperation in Geotechnical Experimentation Sites

进入现场的方法 表征和该 土壤行为的量化， 岩土工程师有 发生了重大变化 在过去的二十年里。 然而，一个主要障碍仍然存在， 是缺乏良好的 特征化和有据可查 岩土工程现场 工程实验 可用性、使用、升级 岩土工程管理 讨论了实验地点 在一个研讨会上， 9月26日至28日，新罕布什尔州， 1988. 人们认识到 国外的一些国家 在美国之前， 利用实验场地 岩土工程研究 在这次会议之后， 主要研究人员发起了一项 项目，以更好地记录 现有的实验场地， 美国，以使 这些信息可用于 这些网站的潜在用户。 一个 NSF/联邦公路管理局 在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行的研讨会上， 1991年12月选定地点 发展为国家 实验场地。 伯努瓦教授目前在 欧洲休假。 这 行动是支持他访问 各种各样的组织 负责现有的 国家实验场， 联合王国、法国和 意大利。 这将使教授 Benoit与这些人讨论 组织他们的网站和数据 管理结构， 美国的类似项目 各国可以从中受益 信息和经验。

The approach to site characterization and the quantification of soil behavior by geotechnical engineers has undergone significant changes during the last twenty years. However a major obstacle continues to be the lack of well- characterized and well-documented field sites for geotechnical engineering experiments. The availability, use, upgrading and management of geotechnical experimentation sites was discussed at a workshop at the University of New Hampshire, September 26-28, 1988. It was recognized that several foreign countries are well ahead of the United States in the use of experimentation sites for geotechnical engineering research. Subsequent to this meeting, the principal investigators initiated a project to better document the existing experimentation sites in the United States so as to make this information available to potential users of these sites. An NSF/Federal Highways Administration workshop in Orlando, FL during December 1991 selected sites to be developed as national experimentation sites. Professor Benoit is currently in Europe on sabbatical leave. This action is to support visits by him to the various organizations responsible for the existing national experimentation sites in the United Kingdom, France and Italy. This will permit Professor Benoit to discuss with these organizations their site and data management structures so that similar programs in the United States can benefit from this information and experience.