ISRM Australasian Vice President Our current ISRM VP for Australasia Sevda Dehkhoda will come to the end of her term this year. The Australasian VP role is for a four-year term and is rotated between our two countries, with Australia taking two terms followed by…
Report for New Zealand – December 2022 ISRM Congress 2027 Hosting Bid Update: Paul Horrey, Stuart Read and Romy Ridl attended the 2022 ISRM International Symposium held in conjunction with the IX Latin American Congress on Rock Mechanics, Rock Testing and Site Characterization in Asuncion,…
Report for New Zealand – June 2022 You will recall from our last update that NZGS is bidding to host the 16th ISRM International Congress in 2027. This is ISRM’s flagship event and occurs every four years. A little like the Olympic Games, potential host…
Report for New Zealand – November 2021 The report addresses ISRM matters since the June 2021 edition of NZ Geomechanics News. ISRM Congress 2027 Hosting Bid: NZGS are bidding to host the 16th ISRM International Congress in 2027! This is ISRM’s flagship event and occurs…
Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation (LARAM) course – India 2020 Above: IIT Roorkee was a perfect venue for the LARAM course due to its rich history in civil engineering. It was first established in 1847 to train engineers for the construction of the Ganges Canal,…
The 1st Christchurch regional YGP one day symposium was held on 21 June 2019. It was an absolute success with overwhelmingly positive feedback. The event was made possible by the sponsorship of Geotechnics, WSP-Opus and NZGS. In total, 20 people were in attendance from…
Figure 1: a) and b) Incision of the valley induces a progressive rotation of principal stress axes (σ1, σ3); c) once accumulated stress concentrated at the base of the slope exceeds the strength of the anisotropic rock, toe buckling deformation develops in the form of…
