International Urban Earthquake Engineering Center for Mitigating Seismic Mega Risk : Education : Syllabus : Stability Problems in Geotechnical Engineering

Name of Lecture

Stability Problems in Geotechnical Engineering

Semester

Autumn Semester

Credits

2-0-0

Opening year

Every Year

Lecturer

Assoc. Prof. Akihiro TAKAHASHI, Assoc. Prof. Jiro TAKEMURA and Prof. Osamu KUSAKABE

Syllabus

[Aims and Scope]

The lecture focuses on various approaches to stability problems in geotechnical engineering, including limit equilibrium method, limit analysis and slip line method. The lecture also covers soil-structure interaction problems, seismic stability problems and recent ground improvement methods for increasing the stability of the structures.

[Outline]

Introduction

Stability analysis
1)    limit equilibrium
2)    limit analysis
3)    slip line method

Soil-Structure Interaction problems
1)    pile-soil interaction
2)    braced wall excavation

Underground construction

Soil improvements & reinforcement

Design philosophy and design code

[Evaluation]

Attendance, Assignments and Examination

[Texts]

Handouts will be provided by the lectures.

[Prerequisites]

None