Recently, the closing ceremony of the 11th Asian Rock Mechanics Society (ARMS11) and the award ceremony of the 12th Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering Science and Technology Award in 2021 were held in Beijing. The "Research on Red Stratum Landslide in Sichuan Basin" project participated by Chengdu University won the First Prize of the China Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering Scientific and Technological Advancements Award in 2021. Tang Ran, Lecturer of School of Architectural and Civil Engineering, received the award on behalf of the School, as the second finisher of the project.
The subject group of "Research on Red Stratum Landslide in Sichuan Basin" consists of experts and scholars from four groups including Chengdu University of Technology and Chengdu University. Those experts and scholars specialize in geology, civil engineering and environmental engineering. With Sichuan Basin as the main research base, the research team has achieved a number of original academic achievements through years of continuous research, detected the complex cause of formation for Sichuan Basin, and the mystery of the potentially hazardous red stratum landslide, as well as constructed a comprehensive technology and method system including early identification, early warning, emergency disposal, comprehensive prevention and land reclamation.
The project research results were applied to the geological hazard investigation and assessment in the red stratum area of Sichuan Province, which made thousands of potential landslide hazards successfully identified. The "Geological Disaster Implementation Monitoring and Early Warning System" developed on the basis of the early warning model method has been applied to Guizhou Province and Sichuan Province. During the flood season of 2020, more than 30 early warnings were successfully given in Guizhou and Sichuan respectively, ensuring the life safety of tens of thousands of people and avoiding hundreds of millions of yuan of property loss. The research results have not only successfully managed and coped with numerous large-scale and ultra-large red stratum landslide disasters, but also guided multiple urban construction and development plans and comprehensive utilization of land after the landslide, resulting in great socio-economic benefits. All of the above have greatly promoted the scientific and technological advancements of disaster prevention and mitigation in red stratum areas of China.
That award has significantly improved the reputation of Chengdu University in the field of rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering and laid a sound foundation for future scientific research cooperation and exchange, along with its further construction and development of civil engineering disciplines.
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The "Science and Technology Award for the China Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering" was established by the China Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering in 2005 and has the direct nomination qualification of the National Science and Technology Award. It is intended to reward individuals or organizations that make creative contributions to the progress of rock mechanics and engineering science and technology, along with improving economic and social benefits and guaranteeing environmental safety. The China Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering is a national society led by the Chinese Association of Science and Technology to undertake the tasks of building world-class society, which cover multiple industries such as water conservancy and hydropower, coal and oil, geological mine, transportation, municipal construction, geological disaster prevention and control, environmental protection, defense engineering, etc. It is an important academic organization in the fields of rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering at home and abroad with profound influence.
