Geoenvironmental Engineering

Numbering Code U-ENG23 33151 LJ73 Year/Term 2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Tue.2
Instructor name KATSUMI TAKESHI (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor)
KIMURA MAKOTO (Graduate School of Engineering Professor)
UZUOKA RYOSUKE (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course This course provides the knowledge on geotechnical engineering related to soft ground improvement, natural disaster mitigation, and geo-environmental issues.
Course Goals The goal of this course is to understand the geotechnical engineering contributing to disaster prevention and environmental issues.
Schedule and Contents Soft ground improvement,4times,(1) Foundations of structures, (2) countermeasures against soft ground, (3) principle of ground improvement, (4) innovative materials including geosynthetics, and (5) road and pavement engineering, are introduced.
Environmental Geotechnics,5times,(1) Remediation of contaminated soils and groundwaters, (2) waste containment, and (3) reuse of waste materials in geotechnical applications, are introduced.
Geo-disaster,5times,(1) Rainfall-induced geo-disaster, (2) earthquake-induced geo-disaster, (3) mechanism of liquefaction, and (4) prediction and countermeasure of liquefaction, are introduced.
Achievement confirmation,1time,Achievement of learning is confirmed.
Evaluation Methods and Policy Grading will be made based on the final exam and attendances.
Course Requirements "Soil mechanics I and Exercises (31620)" would be helpful as a prerequisite.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Handouts will be provided.
Courses delivered by Instructors with Practical Work Experience 分類:

A course with practical content delivered by instructors with practical work experience
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