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| Beschreibung |
This module aims to enhance students' skills in managing geotechnical risks posed by natural hazards such as earthquakes and heavy rainfall. Students will learn advanced techniques for investigating and monitoring potentially unstable soil and rock masses. They will deepen their understanding of slope stability analysis under both static and seismic conditions and become proficient in methods of geotechnical earthquake engineering to assess the risk of geotechnical failure due to seismic events. Students will also gain the ability to study slope stability using the finite element method. Additionally, they will learn various slope stabilization methods and soil improvement techniques to mitigate risks from natural hazards. An engineering-geological aim is to identify various natural discontinuity planes in a rock mass and their properties to independently assess their impact on the stability of slopes and embankments. The theoretical knowledge gained will be applied in a project work. |
| Literatur |
Lecture Notes in Moodle
Kramer, S.L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 1996 |
| Bemerkung |
Different methods of slope stability analysis in cases of static and seismic loading (pseudo-static method, Newmark sliding block analysis); Slope investigation and monitoring; Slope stabilization methods; Analysis of slope stability by means of the finite element method; Seismic design of retaining structures; Soil improvement techniques; Seismic ground response analysis; Stability of rock masses |
| Voraussetzungen |
Geo- and hydrotechnical Engineering (Soil Mechanics) |
| Leistungsnachweis |
1 Project report
“Advanced geotechnical engineering” (33%) / WiSe
1 written exam
“Advanced geotechnical engineering“/ 90 min (67%) / WiSe + SuSe |
