GEOTECNICA NELLA DIFESA DEL TERRITORIO

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: SALVATORE GRASSO

Expected Learning Outcomes

Evaluation on seismic geotechnical hazards

EVALUATION OF GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS ON CLIMATE CHANGES

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

Required Prerequisites

Elements of geotechnics

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

4 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.