Embedded Empiricisms in Soft Soil Technology

Soft Soil Engineering International Conference 2015

Wijeyesekera, D.C.^1,2 ; John, L.M.S. Alvin^1,2 ; Adnan, Z.^1,2

Research Centre for Soft Soil, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat Johor

86400, Malaysia^1

Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat Johor

86400, Malaysia^2

关键词: Construction projects;    Geoenvironment;    Geotechnology;    Knowledge boundaries;    Postgraduate training;    Practical experience;    Scientific reasoning;    Soft soils;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/136/1/012001/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/136/1/012001

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Civil engineers of today are continuously challenged by innovative projects that push further the knowledge boundaries with conceptual and/or ingenious solutions leading to the realization of that once was considered impossible in the realms of geotechnology. Some of the forward developments rely on empirical methods embedded within soft soil technology and the spectral realms of engineering in its entirety. Empiricisms unlike folklore are not always shrouded in mysticism but can find scientific reasoning to justify them being adopted in design and tangible construction projects. This lecture therefore is an outline exposition of how empiricism has been integrally embedded in total empirical beginnings in the evolution of soft soil technology from the Renaissance time, through the developments of soil mechanics in the 19th century which in turn has paved the way to the rise of computational soil mechanics. Developments in computational soil mechanics has always embraced and are founded on a wide backdrop of empirical geoenvironment simulations. However, it is imperative that a competent geotechnical engineer needs postgraduate training combined with empiricism that is based on years of well- winnowed practical experience to fathom the diverseness and complexity of nature. However, experience being regarded more highly than expertise can, perhaps inadvertently, inhibit development and innovation.