Know of any cool soils engineering failures?

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by thisisbossi

Question by a_guy_from_wa_state: Know of any cool soils engineering failures?

I have to do a report on a geotechnical case study like a foundation failure (Tower of Pisa), landslide, dam, etc,

Do you know of any of these type of failures where there were lessons learned that could be useful for engineers on future designs?

Best answer:

Answer by itsbob1
Earthen dam failures, levies etc… Try a Google search.

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2 Responses to “Know of any cool soils engineering failures?”
  1. structuralrock says:

    Try the Narita International Airport – The failure is almost as interesting as the solution.

  2. Adam the Engineer says:

    Try the Vajont Dam landslide.

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