Unit GEOTECHNICAL WORKS IN SEISMIC AREAS
- Course
- Environmental engineering
- Study-unit Code
- GP004438
- Curriculum
- Difesa del suolo
- Teacher
- Manuela Cecconi
- Teachers
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- Manuela Cecconi
- Hours
- 40 ore - Manuela Cecconi
- CFU
- 5
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Ingegneria per l'ambiente e territorio
- Academic discipline
- ICAR/07
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Vibratory motion. Single-Degree of Freedom Systems. Response Spectra.
Dynamic soil properties. Soil damping. In situ investigations and laboratory tests.
Stress-strain behaviour and strength of cyclically loaded soils.
Ground response analysis.
Seismic design og geotechnical systems upon seismic loads. Ultimate limit state analyses. Technical Codes. - Reference texts
- 1. "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering" di Kramer, 1996, Prentice Hall.
2. "Risposta sismica locale", di Lanzo, Silvestri, 1999, Hevelius Edizioni.
3. Lectures notes. - Educational objectives
- The purpouse of this course is to introduce the Student to the concepts, theories and procedures guiding the seismic design of geotechnical systems.
- Prerequisites
- In order to fully understand the topics of this Course, Students have to know the basic concepts of Geotechnics.
- Teaching methods
- Face to face (4 hours per week) and practical training in class.
Possible field trips. - Other information
- Attending the lessons is optional but strongly advised.
- 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 relative to geotechnical works in seismic areas. - Extended program
- Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Wave propagation. Vibratory motion. Single-Degree of Freedom System. Response Spectra.
Dynamic soil properties. Soil damping.
In situ investigations and laboratory tests. Stress-strain behaviour and strength upon cyclic/dynamic loading conditions. Ground response analysis. Local Site effects.
Seismic design in geotechnical engineering. Earth retaining structures, slopes and foundations under seismic loads. Ultimate limit state design and verifications.