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Welcome to vulcanhammer.net! This site is a comprehensive resource for geotechnical and marine engineers, contractors, owners and equipment specialists. At this page you can:

1. Learn more about this site
2. Learn more about the webmaster, and contact him
3. Learn more about related sites.

vulcanhammer.net: The Site

• Geotechnical and Marine Downloads, the most popular feature of the site, where you can obtain information and software on a wide variety of topics relating to geotechnial and marine engineering and construction.
• Geotechnical Courses: The presentation slides and other material from two university level courses on soil mechanics and foundations.

We also have our "general resources" including the following:

• A search engine at the bottom of each page to find information;
• Both a Facebook Group and an Orkut Community where you can interact with us and others;
• Archived news postings 2001-2008;
• A brief history and an overview of the philosophy behind this site; and
• An email newsletter where you can receive updates on this site and of some of the book offerings we make from time to time.

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Our Companion Sites

• vulcanhammer.info, our newest site, about Vulcan Iron Works Inc. and the pile hammers it built
• chet-aero.com, our tribute to the "Golden Age of Aviation," with downloads about airport and airfield design and general engineering interest
• Positive Infinity, where we have material of a non-technical nature
• paludavia.com, the website for the webmaster's fiction

Vulcan Iron Works Site

The establishment of a website for the longest running manufacturer of pile driving equipment was discussed as early as 1995. The following year Vulcan was merged into a subsidiary of Cari Capital Company and discussions re-emerged. By 1998 it was clear that the company itself would not be putting forth such a site. In May 1998 the Wave Equation Page for Piling began a section on Vulcan Iron Works Inc. In April 1999 this section was moved from the Wave Equation Page to paid hosting. The domain name vulcanhammer.com was added in January 2000, and changed to vulcanhammer.net in May 2001. In October 2007 the information on vulcanhammer.net was moved to vulcanhammer.info.

Geotechnical Courses

The geotechnical courses were first added when the webaster taught Soil Mechanics and Foundations at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. All of the courses the webmaster has taught there are available, including the presentation slides and other information.