SOIL MECHANICS AND DYNAMICS

Academic Year 2016/2017 - 2° Year
Teaching Staff: Maria Rossella MASSIMINO
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: ICAR/07 - Geotechnics
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

The course aims to provide advanced knowledge on the behavior of static and dynamic soil by physical, analytical and numerical modeling. Main constitutive models implemented and / or to be implemented in FEM, FDM (etc) codes are shown. The fundamentals for the study of the seismic local site response are also provided.


Detailed Course Content

1. INTRODUCTION
2. SOIL MECHANICS
Set equations for describing soil behaviour
Laboratory tests in static conditions
The constitutive law
3. DYNAMIC EARTH
Seismic motion
Laboratory tests in dynamic conditions
The constitutive law


Textbook Information

  1. S.J. Kramer (1996). “Geotechnical Earthquake Enginnering”. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, USA.5.
  2. G. Lanzo, F. Silvestri (1999). "Risposta sismica locale". Hevelius, Italy.
  3. R. Nova (2002). “Fondamenti di meccanica delle terre”. McGraw-Hill, Milano, Italy.
  4. D. Muir Wood (2004). “Geotechnical modelling”. E & FN Spon.
  5. T. Crespellani, J. Facciorusso (2010). "Dinamica dei terreni". Dario Flaccovio Editore.
  6. Also national and international scientific papers are provided to the students.