FGI Webinar: Failure of a Geomembrane Lined Reservoir Embankment
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Fabricated Geomembrane Institute
- Date
- Mar 3, 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Speaker
- Riya Bhowmik, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Jammu
- Registration
- https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8733768724855528460
- Contact
- Fabricated Geomembrane Institute
- fabricatedgeomembrane@gmail.com
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- 108
- Originating Calendar
- CEE Seminars and Conferences
A geomembrane-lined 8 meter high embankment surrounding a raw water reservoir for a thermal power plant in India suffered major breaches after just one year of operation. This webinar will elaborate on Dr. Bhowmik's post-failure field observations and seepage and stability analyses of the embankment. (1.0 PDH)
Presenter:
Riya Bhowmik, Ph.D.
Indian Institute of Technology, JammuModerator:
Timothy Stark, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign