Geotechnical Engineering III

Topic 6: Soil Constitutive Modeling

Description: geomechanics, review of the elastic, viscoelastic and plastic
theory, common soil constitutive models, modeling aspects, numerical
implementation, application of soil modeling to solve geotechnical problems.

Topic 7: Geo-environmental Engineering

Description: soil and rock mechanics and groundwater hydrology, types of
waste and contaminants, hazardous materials, environmental monitoring,
regulations, geochemistry, contaminated site assessments and remediation n,
landfills, soil and ground water remediation.

Topic 8: Ground Improvements and Ground Control

Description: soft soils, ground water lowering and drainage techniques,
ground control measures for design,
intelligent compaction, soil
reinforcement, jet grouting, chemical stabilization, deep mixing. ground
control for natural hazard mitigation.