Unit SEISMIC AND GEOTECHNICAL RISK
- Course
- Safety engineering for the territory and the built environment
- Study-unit Code
- A002267
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Manuela Cecconi
- CFU
- 11
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
GEOTECHNICAL SAFETY
| Code | A002269 |
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| CFU | 5 |
| Teacher | Manuela Cecconi |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione civile, ambientale e del territorio |
| Academic discipline | ICAR/07 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Introduction to Soil Mechanics and basic concepts of Rock Mechanics. Principles of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Design criteria and stability verifications aimed at the safety of geotechnical works/systems in both static and seismic conditions. |
| Reference texts | 1. Lectures notes. 2. Geotecnica di R. Lancellotta, edito da Zanichelli. 3. Meccanica delle Rocce_Teoria e Applicazioni nell'Ingegneria_a cura di Rotonda T. et al (Hevelius Edizioni_Edizioni Efesto) 4. "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering" di Kramer, 1996, Prentice Hall. 5. Specialised scientific papers. 6. Technical codes (NTC2018) |
| Educational objectives | The purpouse of this course is to introduce the Student to the concepts, theories and procedures of Geotechnical Engineering (both rock masses and soil deposits) finalized to the safety and protection of geotechnical systems in static and seismic conditions. |
| Prerequisites | In order to fully understand the topics of this Course, Students have to know the basic concepts of Geotechnics, dealt with during the basic courses of a 3-years Degree in Civil Engineering. |
| Teaching methods | E-learning activities + Face to face (4 hours per week) in class. Presentation of case studies and numerical examples in class. Possible field trips. The teaching material is available on https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/ |
| Other information | Attending the lessons is optional but strongly suggested. |
| Learning verification modality | Oral exam. The exam will take not more than 45 min. The exam is aimed at verifying: a) the level of knowledge; b) the ability of the Student to discuss possible design solutions aimed at verifying the safety of geotechnical works and systems in seismic areas. |
| Extended program | References of Soil Mechanics and basic concepts of Rock Mechanics. Dynamic soil properties from in situ investigations and laboratory testing. Seismic actions. Design criteria and stability verifications for excavation cuts, natural rock/soil slopes and other geotechnical works/systems. Pseudostatic and Newmark-type pseudodynamic approaches. Numerical examples and case hystories. |
| Code | A002268 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Francesco Ponziani |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione civile, ambientale e del territorio |
| Academic discipline | GEO/11 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |