ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS
Academic Year 2021/2022 - 1° YearCredit Value: 9
Taught classes: 39 hours
Exercise: 52 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Learning Objectives
Evaluation on seismic geotechnical hazards
Course Structure
1 SEISMIC VULNERABILITY
2 LANDSLIDES ZONATION
3 geotechnical aspects of hydraulic flows
4 VOLCANIC FLOWS
5 GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS of LANDFILLS
6 GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF CONTAMINATED SITES
Detailed Course Content
1 SEISMIC VULNERABILITY
1.1 seismic zonation
1.2 landslides caused by earthquakes hazard zonation
1.3 liquefaction
2 LANDSLIDES ZONATION
2.1 landslides caused by rain interaction modeling
2.2 modeling for soil-structure interaction
2.3 landslides real cases
2.4 analysis of landslide hazard
2.5 lateral spreading
3 geotechnical aspects of hydraulic flows
3.1 basin plan
3.2 geotechnical aspects of hydraulic flows
3.3 debris flows
3 VOLCANIC FLOW
4.1 defense against volcanic eruption
4.2 subsidence
5 GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS of LANDFILLS
5.1 technical standards
5.2 geotechnical characterisation
5.3 pollutant transport modelling in subsurface
6 GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF CONTAMINATED SITES
6.1 site characterization
6.2 geotechnical factors in risk analysis
6.3 environmental remediation of contaminated sites
Textbook Information
- TC4: Manual for zonation on seismic geotechnical hazards. ISSMGE. The Japanese Geotechnical Society. Tokyo. 1999.
- Manual for zonation on areas susceptible to rain-induced slope failure. The Japanese Geotechnical Society. Tokyo. 1997.
- Maugeri M. Romano R. Suggestions for preventive and/or defensive works against lava flows in the Etnean area.