Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (1 cr)
Code: TE00BG10-3002
General information
- Enrollment
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24.08.2019 - 22.09.2019
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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23.09.2019 - 30.09.2019
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 1 cr
- Local portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 0 - 100
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Construction and Municipal Engineering
- Teacher in charge
- Liisa Larkela
- Course
- TE00BG10
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
– Nature of earthquakes - are earthquakes significant? why earthquakes happen? predictions
– Liquefaction
– Wave amplification
– Soil-structure interaction
– Aseismic building design - common mistakes and basic rules
– Discussion, evaluation
Objective
The student understands the principles of earthquake geotechnical engineering: Predictions, soil-structure interaction and seismic building design.
Content
The course lasts for two to three days. Attendance for all lectures is obligatory. The lectures will contain case studies from earthquake areas. Various soil structure and building structure challenges and solutions are presented.
The course contains different amount of exercises.
Professor PhD Sonja Zlatovic is the lecturer of the course
Qualifications
Geotekniikka, pohjarakennus
Further information
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