CIE744 Geotechnical Aspects of Earthquake Engineering

[3–0, 3 cr.]

Causative mechanisms of earthquakes and ground motion attenuation relationships; Dynamic properties of soils; geotechnical seismic hazards and their mitigation; response of soils to seismic loading; liquefaction of soil deposits; analysis and design of slopes and embankments for seismic loading.

Pre-requisite: Graduate Standing