CE 543 Introduction To Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Introduces basics of geotechnical earthquake engineering. Topics include earthquake characteristics, attenuation relationships, fundamentals of soil liquefaction, semi-empirical procedures for liquefaction triggering assessment for cohesionless soils, consequences of liquefaction, cyclic softening of cohesive soils, liquefaction mitigation techniques, and current research on liquefaction modeling.
Prerequisite
Graduate standing.