Question

4) By navigating the Internet, identify a major national or international conference that has taken place or will take place this year with focus on geotechnical engineering. Which organization was or is mostly responsible for organizing the conference? Provide examples of topics that were or will be discussed in the conference.

5) Why soil-particle size and shape are important?

Answer 1

Q4. 4^TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOTECHNICAL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING (ICGRE'19) will be held in Rome, Italy from April 7, 2019 to April 9,2019 .

In this conference, Scholars from all over the world have been invited to present their scholarly paper on the recharches they have done. it will aslo help these people to gain extra knowledge and learn from others works. The main focus of the conference will on techniques to do our modernisation work without hampering the environment. i.e. environment sustenable techique of doing any work.  

Q5. Soil particles size and shape are important because the influence the behaviour of the soil such as:

1. Compaction

2. Seepage

3. Shear Shrength of soil etc.

these factors helps us examine the suitability of that soil for different purposes so that we can decide whether doing our project will we fine our have difficulties etc.