MSc courses

MSc in Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures

The MSc course in ‘Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures’ meets the need for an insight into the key area of Earthquake Engineering. It provides the students with the theoretical background in the topics of structural dynamics, structural analysis and design, computational mechanics, geomechanics, reliability and risk analysis, integrated with recent research findings to form a solid technical basis for practical applications.

The Department of Structural Engineering of the NTUA School of Civil Engineering in synergy with the Department of Geotechnical Engineering, provides the Postgraduate Course of Studies.

MSc inDesign and Construction of Underground works’ 

The MSc course in ‘Design and Construction of Underground works’ explores various design and construction techniques applied in tunnelling and underground construction works. It offers the students a deep understanding of the theory of geomechanics and its application to technically complex underground works that include significant geotechnical uncertainty.

The Geotechnical Engineering Department is participating in this interdisciplinary course, which is provided with the cooperation of the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, the School of Civil Engineering and the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering.

The Soil Mechanics Laboratory offers the following course on electronics and in situ instrumentation among seven (7) taught courses by the academic staff of the Soil Mechanics Section in the abovementioned MSc courses.

YE3. ‘Geotechnical instumentation and immediate support measures in underground works’

This  course sets out the basic principles of geotechnical field monitoring and instrumentation. Monitoring methods are described and the technical literature is given for instruments recommended for monitoring groundwater pressure, deformations, total stress and load and strain in structural members. Instrument calibration, installation, and ways of data collection, processing and interpretation are examined in detail. By using case studies the role of geotechnical instrumentation on various types of construction projects is investigated. Tunnel supporting measures against vertical and horizontal loading are investigated. A major part of the course takes place in the laboratorιes of Soil Mechanics and Steel Structures at the School of Civil Engineering and the Laboratory for tunneling at the School of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering.

Instructors: V.N. Georgiannou, P. Νomikos
Assistants: X. Lignos,G. Papadonopoulos, P. Yiouta-Mitra,  Ε.-Μ. Pavlopoulou

Course material: V.N. Georgiannou (2000). “Geotechnical Instrumentation”. Scientific Editions ‘Gr. Parisianos, ISBN:960-340-170-6, pp. 220.