SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Geotechnical Engineering

Soil mechanics and foundation engineering experience and expertise acquired by engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) allows us to offer assistance in the following areas:

• Geotechnical investigation

• Foundation investigation

• Seismic site response

• Liquefaction assessment

• Slope stability

  • Long-term stability (static conditions)

  • Dynamic stability during seismic event

  • Numerical stress-deformation analysis

  • Slope stability monitoring

• Geophysical investigation

• 3-D subsurface strata model using Earth Vision

SwRI conducts site response analysis to evaluate free-field ground motion and response spectra for design of surface structures. Institute engineers perform complex two-dimensional site response analysis considering geological features.

For more information about our geotechnical engineering services, or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Dr. Asadul H. Chowdhury at achowdhury@swri.org or (210) 522-5151.
 

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Southwest Research Institute^® (SwRI^®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

August 18, 2011