Rainfall causes shrinking and swelling as it infiltrates expansive soil. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, April 29, 2021 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern to clarify this behavior and the related failure of shallow slopes. Presenters will begin with the problems from a state department of transportation perspective, move into the maintenance issues, development of the field instrumentation plan, and continue through the numerical coupled flow deformation analysis. Presenters will also discuss possible solutions.

This webinar was organized by TRBs Standing Technical Committee on Moisture and Temperature Effects on Geomaterials.

Some registrants will need to pay $95 to attend this webinar. Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. Lessons learned from analyses of slopes: Mohammad Sadik Khan, Jackson State University
2. Possible repair method to shallow landslides made in expansive soil: Mike Stroud, Mississippi Department of Transportation
3. Question and answer session: Moderated by Cindy Smith, Mississippi Department of Transportation

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

LearningObjectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss shallow slope failure due to moisturebuild up
2. Determine effective methods to repair shallow slope failure

Professional Development Hour Information

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs).TRBs webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together.To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent toRCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

Registration questions? ContactReggie Gillum.