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Current challenges of Geotechnical Mechanics

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The milestones in geotechnical mechanics research conducted at the N. S. Polyakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine are listed. Solutions to the deep-mining challenges faced by the institute as a leading research institution in the industry are outlined. The basic results on the subject achieved by the institute over the years of its existence are summarized

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To the Beginning of the Third Millennium

To the 40th Anniversary of the N. S. Polyakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics

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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 3–15, September 2006.

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Bulat, F.F. Current challenges of Geotechnical Mechanics. Int Appl Mech 42, 967–975 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-006-0167-z

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