Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering LECTURE SERIES
Description
These lectures integrates information from various engineering and scientific
disciplines to provide complete understanding of earthquakes
in order to develop a rational basis for the design of earthquake-resistant
structures. As such, the lectures touches upon pertinent information from engineering
seismology and geotechnical engineering in addition to advanced topics related to the
dynamics and the analysis and
design of earth structures. The focus is to provide sufficient background for the design of embankments, slopes, retaining walls and
fundations that may in the event of a major earthquake be allowed to
respond in the inelastic range. The lectures emphasizes understanding the fundamental
factors that influence and control the response of such structures and developing
effective but simplified design procedures capable of reliably achieving specified
performance goals.
TOPICS
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Introduction to engineering seismology
- Plate Tectonics
- Earthquake magnitude
- Ground motion
- Effect of local soil conditions on ground motion
- Dynamic behaviour of soils
- Analysis of seismic site response
- Liquefaction phenomena and analysis of pore pressure development
- Laboratory and in-situ testing for seismic loading
- Analysis and design of slopes, embankments, foundations
and earth retaining structures for seismic loading,
- Case histories
- Mitigation techniques
- Computer-aided analysis
Lecture Notes