Degrees incorporating this pedagocial element :
Description
Fundamentals: Soil behaviour under earthquake loading: Fundamentals of soil behaviour under cyclic and dynamic loading. Basic mechanical models. Non-linear stiffness, damping, cyclic strength, liquefaction.
Geotechnical characterisatio: Techniques and examples of characterization of layered soils by in situ tests: borehole and surface methods. Techniques and examples of results of laboratory tests: cyclic triaxial, simple shear, torsional shear, resonant column. Factors influencing stiffness and damping. Linear equivalent models for dynamic analyses.
Liquefaction: Case histories of liquefaction worldwide; Evaluation of liquefaction potential by empirical to analytical methods. Zonation for liquefaction.
Slope stability: Case histories of slope failures worldwide; Analysis: pseudo-static methods, displacement analysis, advanced analyses. Examples of seismic analysis of natural slopes, earth dams and embankments. Zonation of slope stability.
Tutorials (with laptop): 1D site response analysis and assessment of liquefaction potential. Slope displacements by simplified dynamic analysis
Courses offered by :
In brief
Period : Semester 9Credits : 3
Number of hours
- Lectures (CM) : 21h
Language(s) : English
