{"id":20898,"date":"2025-07-28T11:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/?page_id=20898"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:32:09","slug":"ce515","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ce515\/","title":{"rendered":"CE515"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Credits : 2<\/p>\n

Prerequisites : –<\/p>\n

Compulsory\/Optional : Optional<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aim(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
To impart knowledge on hazards, hazard management and mitigation with special reference to landslides, earthquakes, ground subsidence and salt water intrusion.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Intended Learning Outcomes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Describe principles of hazard management and apply them to find ways to mitigate geohazards.<\/li>\n
  2. Identify landslide hazard and propose structural and non-structural measures to mitigate the same.<\/li>\n
  3. Describe the seismic hazard with particular reference to Sri Lanka and determine necessary parameters for earthquake resistant design.<\/li>\n
  4. Identify and propose solutions to problems of ground subsidence, salt water intrusion and man-made hazards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Course content\/Course description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. Hazard management (hazards, control\/prevention, mitigation)<\/li>\n
  2. Landslides (types, causes, remedial actions, mitigation, instrumentation)<\/li>\n
  3. Earthquakes (occurrence, impact, analysis and mitigation)<\/li>\n
  4. Ground subsidence (sinkholes, dewatering), salt water intrusion<\/li>\n
  5. Manmade hazards (vibrations, contaminants)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Recommended Texts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. Laming, DJC, Mccall, GJH & Scott, SC 1992, Geohazards: natural & man-made, Springer.<\/li>\n
  2. Mccall, GJH, Laming, DJC & Scott, SC 1990, Geohazards: natural & man-made, Journal of the geological society, 147: 879-881.<\/li>\n
  3. Abramson, LW 2002, Slope stability and stabilization methods, 2nd edn, John Wiley & Sons.<\/li>\n
  4. Seed, HB 1967, Soil stability problems caused by earthquake, Soil Mechanics and Bituminous Materials Laboratory, University of California.<\/li>\n
  5. Gupta, HK 1976, Dams and earthquakes, Elsevier.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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    Time Allocation<\/th>\nHours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Lectures<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tutorials<\/td>\n03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Practical<\/span><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Assignments<\/td>\n06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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    In-course<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Project Report\/Presentation\/Assignment\/Quizzes<\/span><\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    End-semester<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Report<\/span><\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Geohazard Management – CE515 Credits : 2 Prerequisites : – Compulsory\/Optional : Optional Aim(s) To impart knowledge on hazards, hazard management and mitigation with special reference to landslides, earthquakes, ground subsidence and salt water intrusion. Intended Learning Outcomes On successful completion … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20898","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}