Databases for Data-Centric Geotechnics: Site Characterization

This is the first of two volumes forming a definitive guide to databases in geotechnical and rock engineering to enhance decision-making in geotechnical practice using data-driven methods. This volume offers a deep analysis of site data attributes before presenting databases of soil and rock properties and their applications.

Kok-Kwang Phoon is Cheng Tsang Man Chair Professor and Provost at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He was awarded the ASCE Norman Medal twice in 2005 and in 2020, and the Humboldt Research Award in 2017. He is the Founding Editor of Georisk and a Board Member of ISSMGE, and Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore.

Chong Tang is a Professor at Dalian University of Technology in China and former senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore. He was awarded the ASCE Norman Medal in 2020.