Second International Conference on PBD in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering 2012

First Bulletin: Call for Papers from TC203 of ISSMGE: First Bulletin Second PBD.pdf

Dear Secretary of Swedish Geotechnical Institute,

it is my pleasure, as Chairman of the Conference, to send you the First Bulletin of the Second International Conference on Performance Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, to be held in Taormina (Italy) on May 28-30, 2012. Please download the Bulletin aun upload it in the web site of your Society. Please send it also to the members Society.

Best Regards,

Michele Maugeri

Chairman of the Conference 

Organised by: ISSMGE Technical Committee of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Associated Problems (TC203)

Co-organised by: European Technical Committee ERTC-12 on Application of Eurocode 8 - Italian Geotechnical Society

Co-organised by: Italian Geotechnical Society - Associazione Geotecnica Italiana (AGI)

Abstract and Paper Submission

Submit abstracts and papers by e-mail to: mmaugeri@dica.unict.it and to agiroma@iol.it 

Conference Topics

• Case histories on ground motion and site effects
• Soil investigation with field and laboratory testing
• Dynamic Characterisation and modeling
• Methodologies for PBD
• Numerical analyses for PBD
• Physical modeling by Shaking table test and centrifuge test
• PBD for liquefaction
• PBD for slopes

• PBD for embankments, landfills and dams
• PBD for shallow foundations
• PBD for pile foundations
• PBD for soil-structure interaction
• PBD for retaining wall
• PBD for earth reinforced retaining wall
• PBD for underground structures
• Recent developments in PBD and codes

Conference Secretary

Dr. Claudio Soccodato
AGI - Associazione Geotecnica Italiana - Viale dell'Università, 11 - 00185 ROMA (Italy)
Telephone: 39 (0) 6 446 5569      Fax: 39 (0) 6 443 61035
web: www.associazionegeotecnica.it

Email: agiroma@iol.it  

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