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Asadul Chowdhury, Ph.D.
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Geotechnical Engineering
SwRI conducts seismic fragility assessments of structural and mechanical systems for nuclear facilities to assess seismic risk. This figure shows fragility of a reinforced concrete shear wall.
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
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- 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 EarthVision®
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