Mechanical Behaviour of Soils under Environmentally Induced Cyclic Loads
Invited Lecturers
- Hans J. Herrmann (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)
- 6 lectures on: Discrete Element Modelling: simulations of soils with DEM, concerning shear banding, ratcheting, fluid erosion, compaction and vibration.
- David Muir Wood (University of Bristol, UK)
- 6 lectures on: Constitutive modelling: Elastic-plastic modelling. Asymptotic states. Kinematic hardening, bounding surface strainbased models. Macroelement modelling: Macroelements for gravity wall and soil-structure interaction.
- Manuel Pastor (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)
- 6 lectures on: Mathematical modelling. Hyperbolic problems: alternative formulations. Numerical modelling: introduction to finite differences and finite elements in solid dynamics. Analysis of stability, numerical diffusion and dispersion. Alternative coupled formulations in soil dynamics. Applications to ocean and earthquake engineering.
- Mark Randolph (University of Western Australia, Perth)
- 6 lectures on: Physical modelling and design: Laboratory and field evaluaton of the remoulded shear strength of offshore clays. Assessment of cyclic pipeline-soil and riser-soil interactions. Offshore design approaches for pre-failure cyclic loading of foundations. Model tests exploring foundation response under cyclic loading. Cyclic interface tests on sand and the influence of cyclic shearing on axial pile capacity in sand. Cyclic interface response of cemented calcareous sediments and resulting axial capacity of grouted piles.
- Theodor Triantafyllidis (University of Karlsruhe, Germany)
- 6 lectures on: Experimental observations. Small strain stiffness: resonant Column and Bender Element Tests Triaxial testing with polycyclic loading in drained and undrained conditions. Liquefaction due to cyclic loading in strain and stress controlled conditions. Correlations with in situ tests.
- Claudio di Prisco (Politecnico di Milano, Italy )
- 5 lectures on: Introduction. Constitutive modelling: Multi-mechanism elasto-plastic approaches Simplified stress-path method. Macro-element modelling: the theory of macro-element for shallow footings and pipelines.