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B019568 - SEISMIC GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
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Academic Year 2013-14
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICEA)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
ICAR/07 - GEOTECHNICS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
03/03/2014 ⇒ 13/06/2014
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Stress-strain behaviour and strength of cyclically loaded soils and testing procedures for measurement of dynamic soil properties; Introduction to seismology; Ground motion parameters: measurement and relationships; Attenuation laws and seismic hazard; Seismic Codes and design parameters; Methods for local seismic response, liquefaction and slope stability analyses; Seismic microzoning criteria.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Crespellani T., Facciorusso J. (2010) - Dinamica dei terreni per le applicazioni sismiche - Flaccovio; Kramer S. L. (1996) - Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Prentice Hall; Lanzo G., Silvestri, F. (1999) - Risposta sismica locale - Hevelius Ed.; Mancuso C. (1996) - Misure dinamiche in sito - Hevelius Ed.
Course program
1.Introduction to Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; overview of the main practical applications of soil dynamics; 2.Modelling and analysis of stress-strain behaviour and strength of cyclically loaded soils at low, medium and high strain levels; testing procedures for measurement of dynamic soil properties; 3.Introduction to seismology: origin of earthquakes and seismic wave velocities; ground motion parameters: measurement and relationships; attenuation laws and seismic hazard analyses;
4.Basic information on Italian Seismic building codes and design spectra; 5.Ground motion amplification and local seismic response analysis
methods; 6.Seismic liquefaction in saturated sandy soils and evaluation of liquefaction hazard procedures; 7.Seismic slope stability and slope stability analyses in seismic conditions; 8.Seismic microzoning criteria for structural design and use planning.
4.Basic information on Italian Seismic building codes and design spectra; 5.Ground motion amplification and local seismic response analysis
methods; 6.Seismic liquefaction in saturated sandy soils and evaluation of liquefaction hazard procedures; 7.Seismic slope stability and slope stability analyses in seismic conditions; 8.Seismic microzoning criteria for structural design and use planning.