Curs de formare continua SOIL DYNAMICS AND GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING: Prof. em. George Gazetas (NTUA) Fundamentals and applications SRGF

Universitatea Tehnică de Construcţii Bucureşti (UTCB) organizează,

cu sprijinul Societăţii Române de Geotehnică şi Fundaţii (SRGF)

CURSUL DE FORMARE PROFESIONALA CONTINUĂ IN DOMENIUL INGINERIEI GEOTEHNICE

Cu titlul:

SOIL DYNAMICS AND GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING:

FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS

Prof. em. George Gazetas (NTUA)

Număr ore: 6 ore curs + 6 ore workshop = 12 ore

Organizare: Cursul va avea loc cu prezenţă fizică la București, sediul UTCB (Bd. Lacul Tei 122-124), în zilele de Joi şi Vineri 23 şi 24.04.2026 (10:00 – 17:00), Sala II-7 Hidrotehnica.

Cursul se va desfăşura exclusiv în limba engleză.

Obiectiv: Cursurile de formare profesională organizate de SRGF împreună cu UTCB au ca obiectiv actualizarea cunoştinţelor sau dobândirea de cunoştinţe noi în domeniul Ingineriei Geotehnice.

Cui se adresează:

-         -  membrilor SRGF

-          - cadrelor didactice ale UTCB

-        -  specialiştilor atestaţi în domeniile Af şi Ag (verificatori şi experţi tehnici), inclusiv celor care doresc prelungirea dreptului de practică,

-         -  specialiştilor din domeniul de Inginerie Geotehnică

-       -     oricăror alţi ingineri constructori sau ingineri geologi, cu experienţă sau nu în Ingineria Geotehnică,

-         -  altor specialişti interesaţi.

Organizare:

Număr ore curs şi workshop = 12 ore

Prezenţa la totalitatea orelor programate este obligatorie pentru a obţine certificatul de absolvire.

Se asigură suport de curs în format digital și pauze de cafea și prânz

Fiecare curs se încheie cu un test de verificare.

Fiecare cursant va încheia un contract de formare cu SRGF.

Certificare: UTCB este o instituţie de învăţământ superior acreditată ARACIS (în conformitate cu prevederile HG 742/2018 doar acestea pot organiza cursurile de formare continuă a specialiştilor atestaţi).

UTCB va emite certificate de participare, menţionând titlul cursului şi numărul de ore de formare profesională.

Pentru validarea unui curs (eliberarea certificatului de participare) este necesară prezenţă 100% la cursuri şi workshop-uri şi promovarea testelor de la finalul fiecărui curs.

Preţ : Preţul acestui curs este de 1800 lei, iar membrii SRGF beneficiază de 15% reducere (prin aplicarea voucherului de discount SRGF15 la finalizarea comenzii pe site-ul https://srgf.allbim.net/).

Cadrele didactice ale UTCB au gratuitate în limita a 15 locuri. Inscrierile se fac la adresa loretta.batali@gmail.com şi vor fi tratate pe principiul primul venit, primul servit.

Responsabil cursuri din partea SRGF : Prof. Dr. Ing. Loretta Batali

Responsabil cursuri din partea UTCB : Prof. Dr. ing. Horaţiu Popa

Inscriere: Inscrierile sunt deschise până la data de 10.04.2026. Inscrierile pentru locurile cu plată, precum şi plata se fac prin https://srgf.allbim.net/. Data limită de plată este 10.04.2026.

Conţinut (curs + workshop)

Ziua 1:

Introduction, elements of seismology

Fundamentals of wave propagation in soils

Soil properties under cyclic and dynamic loading

Soil Amplification theory

Soil Amplification applications:  Case Histories

 Mexico City (1985, 2017), Armenia (1988)

Soil–Foundation–Structure Interaction

Questions

Ziua 2:

Liquefaction

Seismic design of foundations and geotechnical systems (Earth dams;  Retaining  and quay walls; Foundations; Soil reinforcement)

Case histories of geotechnically-significant earthquakes:

•            Kobe, Japan, 1995  (foundation rigidity contributes to bridge piers collapse)

•            Kocaeli, Turkey, 1999 (bearing capacity failures cause tilting and toppling of buildings)

•            Pazarcik, Turkey, 2023 (observations of building titling, and liquefaction-induced lateral spreading)

•            Christchurch, N. Zealand, 2011 (soil amplification and liquefaction)

•            Cephalonia, Greece, 2014 (forward-directivity effects, overturning of monuments, tilting of quaywalls)

Conclusion

Questions

George Gazetas (Emeritus Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens)

George Gazetas is Emeritus Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the National Technical , University of Athens (NTUA, “Metsovion”), in which he served as Professor  for 30 years, following an academic career in the US, where he taught at SUNY-Buffalo, Rensselaer (RPI), and Case Western Reserve University. He had studied as undergraduate at NTUA (Diploma in Civil Engineering) and as graduate at MIT (MS and PhD in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering). His main research interests have focused on the dynamic response of footings, piles and caissons; the seismic response of earth dams and quay-walls; soil amplification of seismic waves; and soil–structure interaction under static and seismic excitation.  Much of his research has been inspired by observations after destructive earthquakes. An active lecturer, he was the keynote speaker in many international conferences. He is the author of significant journal publications (achieving an h-index of 84, the highest among all Greek civil engineers, and the highest worldwide in Soil Dynamics). He is a member of the Technical Committee for the revision of Eurocode 8, and has served as President of both, the Greek Committee of Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering and the Hellenic Association of Earthquake Engineering.  He has also been a consultant or referee in some major dynamic geotechnical projects in several countries, including the: Rion-Antirrion Bridge (Greece), Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (USA), Brunsbüttel Reactor Building (Germany), Olympic Stadium Opening Ceremony Shaft (Greece), Queensboro and Williamsburg  NY Bridges (USA), Tagus River Bridge (Portugal),  Messochora CFR Dam (Greece), Ohba-Ohashi Bridge (Japan). Recipient of several awards for his research, he has delivered some prestigious lectures including the “Coulomb”, “Ishihara”, “Keneth Lee”, and “Michele Maugeri” Lectures. In 2015 he was awarded the Excellence in University Teaching Prize, the ultimate teaching award in Greece. Recipient of the prestigious European Research Council’s [ERC] Ideas Advanced Grant award, he was honored as the 59th Rankine Lecturer, 2019, in London, and as a GeoLegend by ASCE’s Geotechnical Institute in the GeoStrata magazine, 2022.