SOIL MECHANICS AND DYNAMICS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. SOIL MECHANICS
Set equations for describing soil behaviour
Laboratory tests in static conditions
The constitutive law
3. SOIL DYNAMICS
Seismic motion

Local site response
Laboratory tests in dynamic conditions
The constitutive law for soil dynamics

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6. Also national and international scientific papers are provided to the students.