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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Skills acquired from regular modules: Physics, Mathematics, Solid Earth and Geotechnics.
Knowledge from seismology and applied geophysics are useful.
Objectives
Contents This module provides the students with operational methods and approaches for the surficial deposit characterization of their dynamic behaviors. They will enable the future geologists to measure and calculate the parameters needed to make quantitative estimations of co-seismic effects within the urban centers.
The multidisciplinary approach presented during the course enables the student to get independent in choosing and using the most effective testing methods according to the geological and lithological conditions of a site.
Extended Syllabus Seismo-tectonics and seismology elements. Introduction to Strong Motion parameters and methods to calculate them. Seismic hazard analyses by deterministic and probabilistic methods. Experimental evidence and theoretical constitutive law describe the seismic soil and rock behavior. In field and laboratory devices to perform seismic characterization of superficial deposits. Introduction to the Italian Technical building code (NTC18). Procedures for quantitative seismic microzoning in urban areas (with respect to local amplification, slope instability, and liquefaction phenomena). Numerical training on seismic amplification effects, safety factor against liquefaction, safety factor, and liquefaction potential calculation of seismically excited slopes.
Recommended Bibliography Kramer, S.L. (1996). Geotechnical earthquake engineering, Prentice-Hall, New York.
G. Lanzo e F. Silvestri (1999). Risposta sismica locale. Teoria ed esperienze. Collana Hevelius.
NTC08/18. Norme Tecniche per le Costruzioni (DM 14 gennaio 2008).
DPC (2008). Indirizzi e criteri per la microzonazione sismica.
Appunti di lezione e articoli internazionali, costituiranno parte integrante del materiale didattico.
Teaching Methods Teaching lessons (supported by slides, digital material and explanations on the blackboard) and exercise activities (written exercises and in lab or in field testings).
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Partialised exams during the semester and a final oral exam
Contacts/More Information The attendance is not mandatory but warmly recommended.