Unit SLOPE STABILITY
- Course
- Environmental engineering
- Study-unit Code
- A002613
- Curriculum
- Difesa del suolo
- Teacher
- Manuela Cecconi
- Teachers
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- Manuela Cecconi
- Hours
- 48 ore - Manuela Cecconi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- 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
- Some basic concepts of geotechnics, soil stiffness and shear strength. Landslides and mass movements: types, kinematisms, causes and methods of analysis. Rock slopes. Stability analyses with numerical codes. Stability analyses of rock slopes. Safety verifications. Stabilisation counter-measures.
- Reference texts
- Lectures notes; Italian Technical Codes 2018; Rischio frane in Italia: linee guida di AGI-ISPRA; Published papers from the literature
- Educational objectives
- The purpouse of the course is to introduce the Student to the basic concepts underlying the assessment of slope stability conditions in soils and rocks, and the criteria, methodologies and techniques of possible stabilisation and reinforcement countermeasures.
- Prerequisites
- Students must have an in-depth knowledge of the basic principles of soil and rock mechanics, which are covered in the basic courses of the Bachelor of Civil Engineering and the specialised courses in geotechnics, taught in the 1st year of the Master's degree course.
- Teaching methods
- Face to face lectures and numerical examples of application. Adoption of numerical codes. Practice exercises and field trips.
- Other information
- Attending the lessons is optional but strongly advised. For additional information, please check the website of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at the following link: http://www.ing1.unipg.it/didattica/studiare
- Learning verification modality
- Oral exam. The exam will take not more than 45 min. The exam is aimed at verifying the level of knowledge and the capacity of the Student to discuss critically the issues/topic delt with in the course.
- Extended program
- Introduction to the topic: some basic geotechnical concepts, shear stiffness and strength of soils. Failure conditions, peak-post-peak, residual. Choice of shear strength parameters. Drained and undrained conditions. Landslides/mass movements in soil slopes: types, kinematics, main causes and methods of analysis. Infinite slope methods and other equilibrium methods of analysis. Rock slopes. Observations and comparisons. Numerical slope stability analyses with geotechnical software. Construction of calculation model; input of geotechnical parameters; numerical examples in class with reference to different geometries and scenarios; interpretation of results; comparison of results obtained from different calculation methods. Stability analysis of rock slopes; Safety verifications. Stabilisation counter-measures.
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- This course contributes to the fulfillment of the objectives of the UN Agenda 2030 for sustainable development.