TWO DAYS SHORT COURSE ON GEOTECHNICAL FEM WITH PLAXIS THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, MALAYSIA

(limited places on first come first served basis)

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I/We wish to enroll the following person(s) for the above-mentioned seminar and Date : 14 -15 November 2011( Monday &Tuesday )
workshop:
Time : 8.30 am registration
9.00 am 5. 00 pm
Name(s) M'ship No Fees (RM)
Venue : Makmal Jabatan Kejuruteraan Awam dan Struktur,
Fakulti Kejuruteraan dan Alam Bina,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor.
GPS Coordinates : 2.922498,101.773202 (WGS84 ddd.dddddd format)
Google maps : maps.google.com.my and key in 2.922498,101.773202

Speaker : Professor Harry Tan Siew Ann

Total Payable
Organised by
Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division
Enclosed herewith a crossed cheque No. ............................................. for the sum of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
RM . issued in favour of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia and
crossed A/C payee only. I/We understand that the fee is not refundable if I/we withdraw BEM Approved CPD Hours = 13 Ref. no: IEM11/HQ/320 /C
after my/our application is/are accepted by the Organizing Committee but substitution
of participant will be allowed. If I/we fail to attend the workshop, I/we will still pay the GRADE NORMAL (OFFLINE) ONLINE
registration fee in full.
IEM MEMBER 700 650

NON MEMBER 850 800

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IEM STUDENT 350 300
 COURSE OUTLINE
PROGRAMME
The emphasis of the course is on the understanding of basic soil mechanics behind the use of soil
constitutive modeling in geotechnical FEM like Plaxis. The importance of drained, undrained and DAY 1
consolidation behavior is examined. These principles are then applied to practical geotechnical
problems like deep excavations, pile-raft foundation and slope and embankment engineering 09.00 10.00 : Lecture 1 FEM and Concepts of Plasticity
problems. Some aspects of 3D-FEM analysis will be addressed to allow users to appreciate when : Lecture 2 Mohr-Coulomb and Plasticity
2D-FEM is inadequate, and proper 3D-FEM is needed to solve practical geotechnical problems. 10.00 10.30 : Tea Break
10.30 11.00 : Lecture 2b Stiffness of Soils (Mohr-Coulomb Model)
11.00 12.00 : Exercise 1 and 2 Model Oedometer and Triaxial Tests
12.00 13.00 : Lunch Break
BIODATA 13.00 13.45 : Lecture 3- Drained and Undrained Soil Behaviour
13.45 14.30 : Lecture 4 Introduction to Deep Excavation
Professor Harry Tan Siew Ann was a Colombo Plan Scholar who graduated from Auckland 14.30 15.30 : Exercise 3 Model Propped Cantilever Wall
University with First Class Honours BEng in 1977 as the best engineering graduate of the school. 15.30 16.00 : Tea Break
He joined NUS as a Senior Tutor and earned his MEng in 1982. His MEng thesis research topic is in 16.00 17.00 : Lecture 5 Ground Anchors (Stiff Soils)
the geotechnical area of excess pore pressure behavior of marine clay in reclaimed land. He was
awarded the NUS Overseas Graduate Scholarship to pursue his MSc and PhD degrees in DAY 2
geotechnical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, which he completed in 1982
and 1985, respectively. He has been a staff member of the Department of Civil Engineering at the 09.00 10.00 : Lecture 6 Advanced Soil Model (Hardening Soil)
10.00 10.30 : Tea Break
National University of Singapore (NUS) since May 1980.
10.30 11.30 : Lecture 7 Consolidation and Seepage
Professor Tan has taught courses in Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, with post-gradu- 11.30 12.30 : Lecture 8 Embankment on Soft Soils
ate courses in Earth Retaining Structures, Slope Engineering and Groundwater Seepage and 12.30 13.30 : Lunch Break
Consolidation. He has received several teaching commendation awards from the Department of 13.30 14.30 : Lecture 9 Soil Nailing and Slopes
Civil Engineering for being among the best 20% of teachers in its 40 plus faculty members. For the 14.30 15.30 : Lecture 10 3D FEM Model of Piles and Pile-Raft
year 2003/2004, he was given the Excellent Teacher for being amongst the best teachers in NUS, 15.30 16.00 : Tea Break
and also the Engineering Educator Award for being the best teacher in the Department of Civil 16.00 17.00 : Lecture 11 3D FEM Model of Deep Excavations
Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering at NUS.
He has published over 200 technical papers covering topics such as Applied Geosynthetics, Registration fee includes lecture notes, refreshments and lunch. All payment must be
Ground Improvement on Soft Clays, Land Reclamation, Deep Excavations and Piles. He serves on fully paid before commencement of the course. The Organizing Committee reserves the rights to
the editorial board of Geotextiles and Geomembranes, the International Society of Geosynthetics, cancel, alter, or change the program due to unforeseen circumstances. Every effort will be made
and the Journal of Geotechnical Engineering of the South East Asian Geotechnical Society since to inform the registered participants of any changes.
1997.
Completed registration form accompanied by cheque/PO/MO are to be made payable
He has served as a committee member of several technical committees, including the US Transpor- to The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia and should reach the IEM Secretariat
tation Research Board committee A2K06 on subsurface drainage in highway pavements, TC-09 not later than 10 November 2011. Registration is first come first served and first
Technical Committee on Earth Reinforcement for the International Society of Soil Mechanics and pay first served basis. <No letter of undertaking shall be entertained>. Registration fee
Geotechnical Engineering, SPRING Singapore technical assessor on geotechnical testing and site must be paid before the above closing date; otherwise the registration will be
investigation. He is currently serving as the chairman in the SPRING committee for the new Code cancelled and given to another participant who is able to make immediate payment.
of Practice, technical reference TR26 on Deep Excavations for Singapore practice. In view of the limited places available, intending participants are advised to send
their registrations as early as possible so as to avoid disappointment.
He is a registered professional engineer in Singapore since 1992, and has been involved in
several major consulting jobs in Singapore and Malaysia. His latest involvement is to act as leader FURTHER DETAILS
of the State Expert Witness Team comprising of four international experts in the COI (Committee Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division
of Inquiry) for the Nicoll Highway collapse incident of 20th April 2004. He also served as the State c/o The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
Expert Witness for the Church Street pile foundation failure case. He is currently involved as Bangunan Ingenieur, Lots 60/62 Jalan 52/4, P.O. Box 223 (Jalan Sultan)
specialist geotechnical consultant for the industry in several of Land Transport Authority (LTA) 46720 Petaling Jaya
projects with very large deep excavations in difficult soil/rock ground conditions for the Marina Tel : 603-79684001/02 Fax : 603-79577678
Coastal Expressway and the Downtown Line2 and Line3 railway tunnels in Singapore. Email : aziah@iem.org.my