CE5602 NUMERICAL MODELING IN GEOMECHANICS
| Course Code: | 5625602 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Civil Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. KEMAL ÖNDER ÇETİN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to familiarize the followers to the geotechnical constitutive laws and the applications of numerical methods to the analysis of boundary value problems in geomechanics. In particular, the course provides discussions of actual material response vs. predictions based on the results of implemented numerical model. It also illustrates the concepts with practical applications in geotechnical engineering. The student will develop their plasticity theory based finite element code, written in Mathcad.
Course Content
A brief review of some fundamental methods in numerical modeling with emphasis on finite element formulation. Development of constitutive laws for geotechnical materials including linear or nonlinear elastic (hyperbolic), linear elastic perfectly plastic, and non-linear elastic-plastic models based on the Critical State Soil Mechanics theory. Employment of a finite element computer program for the analyses of a geotechnical engineering problem. Discussion of the new developments in numerical modeling of geotechnical problems including modeling of dynamic problems and new constitutive models.