SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Geotechnical Engineering

Engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have experience and expertise in soil mechanics and foundation engineering and 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 the geotechnical engineering services capabilities at SwRI 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 12 technical divisions.

September 16, 2009