Architecture, built environment, construction engineering and environmental geotechnics

Environmental Geotechnics include a wide range of applicative problems, characterized by geo-hydro-chemico-mechanical aspects. For effectively utilizing the principles of soil and rock mechanics accounting for environmental aspects, the engineering analysis of a large spectrum of problems relays on numerical, computer-oriented methods and on non-linear constitutive models. The mini-symposium MS09 will provide a forum for discussing the use of computational methods in conventional and nonconventional area of the Environmental Geotechnics, including for instance architecture and built environment rehabilitation. Here some applications are presented, concerning the use of the experimental investigation and of the finite element modelling for the analysis of some problems relevant to the "Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering (ABC)" area