INS 438E - Earthquake Geotechnical Eng

Course Objectives

Course Objectives :
1 - Earthquake hazard
2 - Shear Modulus in soil
3 - Liquefaction potential of soils
4 - Importance of soil amplification
5 - Dynamic strength of soils

Course Description

Course Content :
Occurance of earthquakes, seismicity, earthquake hazard, the behavior of soils under cyclic loadings, liquefaction, lateral spreading under earthquake loading, determination of dynamic soil properties by in-situ and laboratory tests, Local sight effects during eartquakes, soil amplification, microzonation.