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Forensic Geotechnical Engineering HS 2015: Syllabus

This document provides the syllabus for a forensic geotechnical engineering course held on Mondays from 10-12 in building HIL E7. The course consists of 7 lectures on various geotechnical failures cases presented by guest lecturers and the instructor. It also includes 7 hands-on exercises related to the lecture topics to be submitted throughout the semester. The course concludes with a 2 hour written exam. Contact information is provided for the 2 teaching assistants and a link to the course homepage.

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Forensic Geotechnical Engineering HS 2015: Syllabus

This document provides the syllabus for a forensic geotechnical engineering course held on Mondays from 10-12 in building HIL E7. The course consists of 7 lectures on various geotechnical failures cases presented by guest lecturers and the instructor. It also includes 7 hands-on exercises related to the lecture topics to be submitted throughout the semester. The course concludes with a 2 hour written exam. Contact information is provided for the 2 teaching assistants and a link to the course homepage.

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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
Guest Lecture:
Eng. David David (Soil Foundation Consulting
Engineer, Herzliya, Israel): Lessons learnt from
some foundation failure cases in Israel

05.10.15

12.10.15

19.10.15
26.10.15

Guest Lecture:
Prof. Dr. John Burland (Imperial College London):
A Tale of Two Towers Rescuing Pisa and Big Ben
L 2: Unexpected Excessive Settlements
Kansai International Airport, Japan

Ex. 2: Land Reclamation

L3: Leaning Instability


Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy

Ex. 3: Leaning Instability

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

16.11.15

L6: Tunnel Excavation Collapse


Borras Square, Spain

Ex.6: Tunnel Collapse

23.11.15

Guest Lecture:
Prof. Dr. Mark Randolph (The University of Western
Australia):
Premature refusal of driven tubular piles
L 7a: A Constrained Creeping Landslide
Brattas St. Moritz Landslide, Switzerland Part I

16.45-18.30

30.11.15

07.12.15

L 7b: A Constrained Creeping Landslide


Brattas St. Moritz Landslide, Switzerland Part II

14.12.15

Concluding remarks

Submission Ex. 1-2

Submission Ex. 3-4

Ex. 7: Creeping Landslides

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

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