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CIVIL-530: Slope stability

Summary

The course aims at providing future civil engineers with a comprehensive view on soil slope stability. It addresses landslide types and mass movement classification; slope failure mechanisms and methods for slope stability analysis are discussed; remedial measures and risk analysis are presented.

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Instructor

Alessio Ferrari

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/slope-stability-CIVIL-530

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/CIVIL-530

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Alessio Ferrari

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/slope-stability-CIVIL-530

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/CIVIL-530

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Civil engineering

Geotechnical engineering: Geotechnical investigation, Topics in geotechnical engineering

Hydrology: Hydrogeology

Agricultural and food sciences

Agriculture: Topics in agriculture

Earth science

Physical geography: Geomorphology

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