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Syllabus for Forensic Geotechnical EngineeringTRANSCRIPT
Institute for Geotechnical Engineering Prof. Dr. A. M. Puzrin
Forensic Geotechnical Engineering HS 2015 Monday 10-12 HIL E 7
Syllabus
Date Lectures Exercises
21.09.15
Introduction and L 1: Interaction between Neighbouring Structures
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico
Ex. 1: Silo Tower Foundation
28.09.15
Guest Lecture:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Vitone (Politecnico di Bari): “Geotechnical studies in one of the most polluted submarine-sites in Europe”
Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Palmisano (Politecnico di Bari):”Landslide structural vulnerability assessment at the territorial scale”
05.10.15
Guest Lecture:
Eng. David David (Soil Foundation Consulting Engineer, Herzliya, Israel): “Lessons learnt from some foundation failure cases in Israel”
12.10.15
Guest Lecture:
Prof. Dr. John Burland (Imperial College London):
“A Tale of Two Towers – Rescuing Pisa and Big Ben”
19.10.15
L 2: Unexpected Excessive Settlements
Kansai International Airport, Japan
Ex. 2: Land Reclamation
26.10.15
L3: Leaning Instability
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Ex. 3: Leaning Instability
Submission Ex. 1-2
02.11.15
L 4: Bearing Capacity Failure
Transcona Grain Elevator, Canada
Ex 4: Shallow Raft Foundation
9.11.15
L 5: Braced Excavation Collapse
Nicoll Highway, Singapore
Ex. 5: Braced Excavation
Submission Ex. 3-4
16.11.15
L6: Tunnel Excavation Collapse
Borras Square, Spain
Ex.6: Tunnel Collapse
23.11.15
16.45-18.30
Guest Lecture:
Prof. Dr. Mark Randolph (The University of Western Australia):
“Premature refusal of driven tubular piles”
30.11.15
L 7a: A Constrained Creeping Landslide
Brattas – St. Moritz Landslide, Switzerland Part I
Ex. 7: Creeping Landslides
07.12.15
L 7b: A Constrained Creeping Landslide
Brattas – St. Moritz Landslide, Switzerland Part II
14.12.15
Concluding remarks Submission Ex. 5-7
Institute for Geotechnical Engineering Prof. Dr. A. M. Puzrin
Examination: Written exam (2h)
Assistants
Pascal Minder HIL C21.2; [email protected]
Philipp Oberender HIL C 14.2; [email protected]
Homepage
www.geomechanics.ethz.ch Education Forensic Geotechnical Engineering