Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Short Course Series: Module 3
SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF SLOPES AND EARTH STRUCTURES
VIRTUAL SHORT COURSE SCHEDULE
All Dates & Times are Pacific Standard Time (California Time Zone)
DAY 1 (17 MAR 2025): SEISMIC SLOPE STABILITY & FAULT RUPTURE
12:30 - 13:15 1. Surface Fault Rupture Hazard (J. Bray)
13:30 - 14:30 2. Observations of Seismic Slope Stability of Slopes and Cliffs (N. Sitar)
- Observations of the performance of rock slopes; cliffs; soil slopes
14:45 - 16:00 3. Seismic Slope Stability (J. Bray)
- pseudostatic stability analyses, seismic coefficient
- calculated seismic slope displacement
- simplified seismic slope stability analyses
DAY 2 (18 MAR 2025): SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF DAMS
12:30 - 13:30 4. Observations and Dynamic Analyses of Dams (A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos)
- Observations of performance; preliminary assessment
- Dynamic analyses of earth dams
13:45 - 14:45 5. Seismic Performance of Tailings Dams (J. Bray)
- Observations of Tailings Storage Facilities in Earthquakes
- Tailings Material Characterization
- Evaluation of Tailings Dams
15:00 - 16:00 6. Panel Discussion on Seismic Performance of Slopes and Dams (A. Athanasopoulos-
Zekkos with J. Bray & N. Sitar)
DAY 3 (19 MAR 2025): SYSTEM RESPONSE, LEVEES, & WASTE LANDFILLS
12:30 - 13:30 7. System-Level Frameworks for Seismic Stability Assessments (D. Zekkos)
- Importance of system-level analysis of hillslopes & methodology
- Model integration & back-analyses of failed slopes
- Landslide runout and impact on infrastructure
13:45 - 14:45 8. Observations and Dynamic Analyses of Levees (A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos)
- Observations of performance; preliminary assessment
- Dynamic analyses and seismic performance of levee systems
15:00 - 16:00 9. Seismic Performance of Waste Landfills (D. Zekkos)
- Observations of seismic performance of landfills
- Waste characterization; seismic evaluation of landfills
DAY 4 (20 MAR 2025): RETAINING SYSTEMS
12:30 - 13:45 10. Seismic Performance of Retaining Structures & Basement Walls (N. Sitar)
- Observations of seismic performance
- retaining & basement walls, & mechanically stabilized walls
- Experimental studies
- Limit equilibrium design methods and their limitations
- Dynamic analysis methods
13:45 – 15:00 11. Seismic Performance of Port Structures (A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos)
- Observations of seismic performance of port piers and waterfronts
- Deformation-based seismic design of retaining structures
- Case study: Performance, characterization and modeling of port piers and waterfronts in
the 2014 Mw 6.1 Cephalonia earthquake
- Seismic isolation strategies
15:15 – 16:00 12. Panel Discussion on Retaining Systems (D. Zekkos with A. Athanasopoulos-
Zekkos & N. Sitar)