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>Dear Colleagues,
>
>You are warmly invited to attend a seminar to be given by Dr. Peter
>Rankilor, Visiting Professor at the Bolton Institute. The seminar will be
>held at 3-4pm on MON (18/10) in seminar room F32, 1st Floor, Mechanical
>Engineering Building (North end of Building 8 at
>http://www.location.bham.ac.uk/edgbaston.htm). Tea/Coffee will be provided
>at 2:30pm and after the seminar. ALL are welcome. The University is served
>by the University railway station with a frequent train service from
>Birmingham New Street station. Car parking facilities can be found in
>the South Car Park (just below building 39 on the map). The abstract of
>the seminar can be found below. The lecture is free, but those intending
>to come should contact me by Wednesday (13/10) noon to enable suitable
>arrangements to be made. We look forward to seeing you at the University
>of Birmingham.
>
>Thank you for your attention.
>
>regards,
>
>Andrew
>
>ABSTRACT FOR SEMINAR
>
>Geotechnical aspect of global climate change on the British Isles
>
>The existence of global warming is not realistically disputed these
>days. However, the causes and the implications need much discussion by
>engineers if they are to be prepared for the coming changes in climate
>over the next fifty to one hundred years.
>
>Dr. Rankilor will describe the development of the world's climate from the
>formation of the planet until the onset of recent global warming and then
>on up to the present day. He will describe the evidence and the possible
>causes. These are relevant to the important discussion as to whether
>action now is too late or not. Is global warming over the next one
>hundred years now inevitable?
>
>He will describe another natural phenomenon which is probably related to
>global warming, but the consequences of which - when it next occurs - will
>be far greater and more serious than global warming. These two phenomena
>are probably inter-related and the onset of the one may well be a
>precursor of the other.
>
>Having set the scene, Dr. Rankilor will examine the government forecasts
>for the British Isles and will explain how to interpret them. Also, he
>will describe the change in the statistical occurrence of 'extreme events'
>as used by forecasters and engineers in their plans for structures with
>long working lives.
>
>Dr. Rankilor will describe the implications for civil and geotechnical
>engineers in terms of what will happen, what types of structures will be
>affected as generic groups and how those structures will be affected. He
>will describe which problems will be relatively easy to address and which
>will need more planning and advance action.
>
>Finally, he will explain what can be done and what has to be done if
>serious problems are to be averted in good time.
>
>
>CIRRICULUM VITAE
>
>Dr. Rankilor is a consulting geotechnical engineer with more than thirty
>years experience in the design and construction of major civil and
>geotechnical engineering structures in many countries of the world. He
>has a first degree in geology, a Masters in Mining tunnelling and
>subsidence and a Doctorate in Civil Engineering. He was an associate
>partner with Wardell Armstrong when he was 28, Managing Director of
>Manstock Geotechnical Consultancy Services at 32, and has been a fellow of
>the Institution of Civil Engineers for 23 years. Dr. Rankilor was a
>Visiting Professor at the Bolton Institute for 10 years.
>
>Dr. Rankilor has been a pioneer in the development of geosynthetics in
>civil and geotechnical engineering. He was a founder member of the
>International Geosynthetic Society and the first Chairman of the U.K.
>Chapter. He is the author of more than 150 technical papers on this and
>other subjects and the author of a number of textbooks - including the
>first textbook in the world on the subject of geosynthetics.
>
>Apart from a busy international design program, Dr. Rankilor operates a
>private research laboratory where he is specialising in the construction
>and testing of micro-models of reinforced soil. Results from this work
>are likely to revolutionise the design of reinforced soil structures.
>
>Dr. Rankilor has designed some of the world's largest structures including
>marine causeways, urban motorways, harbours, reinforced soil walls and
>embankments, noise barriers and airport structures. In travelling and
>working in many countries, he has observed the changes in the weather over
>the last forty years and has learned to adjust his engineering design work
>accordingly. He has made a study of the changing weather patterns, which
>he considers most important - particularly for the British Isles.
>
>
>
>
>--
>It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred for a person.
>--
>Eur. Ing. Dr. Andrew H.C. Chan (???):
>BSc(Eng), MPhil, PhD, MBCS, CEng, FEANI, ILTM, CITP
>Reader in Computational Engineering Head of Engineering Computation Network,
>Room F39, First Floor, South West Engineering Building,
>Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham B15 2TT UK
>Tel: +44(0)121 41 45100 Fax: +44(0)121 41 43675 Mobile: +44(0)7773 243 055
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