Landslides & Engineered Slopes

LEVEL : INTERMEDIATE             HRDF : CLAIMABLE 

   Trainer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hisham Mohamad       

 

WHEN

29 - 31 March 2021

 

WHERE

MS TEAMS

 

TIME

9.00AM - 1.00PM

 

FEE

RM 650 FOR PROFESSIONALS

10% Discount for Early Bird (until 23 Feb 2021) / Group / Students

COURSE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Landslides are common and widespread in many parts of the world. They can happen on hilly slopes or mountainous terrain given certain conditions in topography and material strengths in soil and bedrock for inducing the gravitational slope movement. Landslides have caused extensive infrastructure damage and threatened the human life through the centuries; densely populated modern societies are particularly vulnerable to the landside hazard. Earth retaining structures are commonly built to stabilize the slope as well as to support ground excavation from collapsing ground or landslide.

The course will provide the students/ participants with multidisciplinary knowledge and understanding of the various landslide types, an overview and an understanding of landslide processes from geologic conditioning, triggering mechanism. A firm grasp of standard-of-care analysis, design, and remediation of unstable slopes, landslides, rockfalls, earth retention, excavations, buttresses, and embankments are introduced. Topics such as slope stability analysis, rainfall-induced movements, and rock slope failure modes are included. The students will learn about landslide detection and monitoring techniques and understand the role of landslides in the earth system.

COURSE CONTENT

  • Soil slopes, excavations, and cut slopes.

    Slope failures, movements, and processes.

    Triggering mechanism.

    The 4 G’s of slope stability: geometry, geology,        hydrogeology and geotechnical.

  • Introduction of Earth Retaining structures, Shear Strength, Stress States, and Water Pressures.

    Fundamentals of shear strength.

    Measurements of strength:

    > Laboratory tests and standards.

    > In situ field tests of strength.

    Importance of Water and Pore Pressures in Slope Stability:

    > Soil permeability.

    > Seepage forces.

    > Porewater pressure.

  • Slope Stability Analysis.

    Mechanics of limit equilibrium.

    Slope stability analysis methods.

    Commonly used Methods of Slices.

    Selection of analysis method:

    > Drained versus undrained conditions.

    > Total stress versus effective stress analysis.

    Evolving Analysis methods:

    > Deformation analysis.

    > Finite element methods.

    > Probabilistic methods

OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Compare different types of landslide geohazards and factors of slope failures.

  • Appreciate application of earth retaining structures as part of engineered slope for slope stability and remediation.

  • Be exposed to fundamental principle of slope stability analysis.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Civil and geotechnical engineers.
  • Employees with geological surveys and water boards.
  • Consultants and investigation/laboratory subcontractors .
  • Geological engineers and geoscientists.
  • Facility managers and physical plant engineers.
  • Earthwork contractors and estimators.
  • Architects and landscape architects.
  • Utility engineers and managers.
  • Local, county, and state transportation commissioners and staff.
  • Engineers and contractors for military facilities.
  • Lawyers and mediation professionals.





OUR TRAINERS



1. Dr. Hisham Mohamad

Dr Hisham Mohamad is an Associate Professor at Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. He holds a PhD degree from University of Cambridge, a Masters degree from Imperial College London, Bachelor degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Hisham specializes in the area of Geotechnical Engineering and an expert in fibre-optic distributed sensing. Some of his notable involvements of construction monitoring projects using innovative fibre-optic sensing include monitoring tunnel deformation at London King’s Cross and Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) Circle Line. In 2013, Hisham joined Geotechnics Division, Ministry of Mobility and Public Works in Belgium for a year and was involved in monitoring ground excavation and construction project of the world’s largest shipping lock in Antwerp. 

Dr Hisham is a Professional Engineer registered with Board of Engineers Malaysia and had served as technical committee member in various learned societies locally and abroad. He has published and co-authored over forty technical papers in leading international journals and proceedings. His patented invention of “Smart-Geopipe” was awarded as Best Invention and Gold Awards by Malaysian Road Conference & iENA 2018 and Malaysian Technology Expo 2019.

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REGISTRATION FEES

      ProfessionalS       

myr650

*fee quoted does not include SST, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable)

Early bird/ group/ student

myr585

*fee quoted does not include SST, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable)

OUR LOCATION

Centre for Advanced & Professional Education (CAPE)

 Level 16, Menara 2, Menara Kembar Bank Rakyat, 50470, Jalan Travers, Kuala Lumpur.

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