An introduction to the mechanics of soils

PhD Course: An introduction to the mechanics of soils

On November 22, 2022, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm.

November 23rd and 24th 2022, from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 14:00 to 16:00.

The COURSE – An introduction to the mechanics of soils will be held, held by Prof. Angelo Amorosi, Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome.

About this Course

This 3 days course is aimed at introducing, at the post-graduate level, the basic principles of the mechanics of soils by discussing some of their experimental features and constitutive modelling strategies, with particular emphasis to clayey materials. The fundamental field equations for a two-phase medium are first derived, followed by an overview of typical experimental results and their interpretation in the frame of Critical State Soil Mechanics. The key ingredients of plasticity theory are then introduced, first under 1D conditions and then generalised to 3D ones, aiming at providing the general theoretical setting then adopted to illustrate a wide class of plasticity-based models for soils, ranging from standard perfectly plastic ones to more advanced mixed-hardening multi-surface formulations. Finally, an alternative constitutive approach based on thermodynamics with internal variables is introduced and its merits are illustrated with reference to different forms of elasto-plastic coupling of soils.

 

The course will be held both on site and online through the zoom application

When

On November 22, 2022, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm.

November 23rd and 24th 2022, from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 14:00 to 16:00.

The course will be held in mixed mode: in presence at the Caveau classroom of the Faculty of Engineering, via Eudossiana 18, Rome, and online through the Zoom application.

Speakers

  •  Prof. Angelo Amorosi
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