Standard Courses

This standard course on Computational Geotechnics has a long tradition in advanced geotechnical engineering.Each year it is organised at different locations all over the world and is well attended by participants from consulting and contracting companies, public work bodies and universities. This year the course will be organised in Churchill, Victoria, Australia. As usual, the forthcoming course consists of a balanced mixture of lectures and hands-on computer analyses. The first 3 days of the course together follow the well-known Standard Course in Computational Geotechnics (CG1 level) while the optional 4th day is dedicated to introducing PLAXIS 3D. All topics are illustrated by practical case studies, for instance of embankments and deep excavations. This way, the course offers an introduction to the modelling of geotechnical problems that are encountered in day-to-day engineering practice. The computer exercises are performed with the latest version of PLAXIS 2D and PLAXIS 3D. As a consequence of the easy program operation, teaching and tutoring will focus on geotechnical aspects.