Workshop on Application of Geophysical Techniques to Site and Material Characterization

本次研讨会的目的是评估 民用地球物理技术 工程应用，并确定需要 额外的发展。 地球物理方法提供了一个理论上合理的 测量土壤机械性能的方法， 其他土木工程材料。 的一个吸引人的特点 这些方法是非破坏性的，并且通常 非侵入性。 出现了若干重要 地球物理方法在过去十年中的发展。 最近的许多发展是由于 计算机的能力和可用性的提高。 三个重点领域是：（1）现有的分析和 近地表波传播的数值方法 土壤和其他工程材料;（2）新的 地球物理方法在土木工程中的应用; （3）总结了可获得性、分布和 软件文档，以便工程师能够受益 最近的软件开发。

The objective of this workshop is to evaluate the state of the art of geophysical techniques for use in civil engineering applications, and to identify areas that need additional development. Geophysical methods provide a theoretically sound means of measuring the mechanical properties of soil and other civil engineering materials. An attractive feature of these methods is that they are nondestructive, and often non invasive. There have been several important developments in geophysical methods in the past decade. Many recent developments have been made possible by the increased power and availability of computers. Three areas of focus are: (1) Existing analytical and numerical methods for wave propagation in near-surface soils and other engineering materials; (2) new applications of geophysical methods in civil engineering; and (3) to summarize the availability, distribution and documentation of software, so that engineers can benefit from recent software developments.