Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering

3 units · Graduate

Introduction to Geomechanical Numerical modeling of soils and development of Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) solutions using the Finite Difference and Element Methods, and to the constitutive modeling of soils based on elasticity and plasticity deformation theories. Multiple numerical techniques that are widely used in Geotechnical engineering and Soil-Structure Interaction problems. Prereq: 3540; and 5561 or 5571; or permission of instructor.