Geotechniques 1300-OGTHLW
Lectures aim is to explain students the engineering geology and geotechnical issues and first of all deal with widely understood interaction of building structures with subsoil or bedrock. The following issues are discussed during lectures:
- formal and legal aspects of geotechnical design,
- general information about interaction between building structures and foundation soil,
- influence of the sub-surface and hydrological conditions on foundations of buildings,
- shallow foundations: continuous footings, spot footings, slab foundations, grid foundations etc.,
- principles of designing shallow foundation,
- verification of the ultimate limit state,
- verification of the serviceability limit state,
- deep foundations: pile foundations, drilled shafts, caissons, diaphragm walls etc.,
- principles of designing of pile foundation system,
- sheet-pile walls and their design using graphic Blum’s method,
- slopes, embankments, excavations and principles of their implementation,
- overview of special technology: drainage, mix of soils, ways of minimizing of the terrain surface degradation.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Lecture:
After a series of lectures students:
- identify basic and most commonly uset types of shallow and deep foundations,
- specify qualifying criteria of building structures for appropriate geotechnical categories,
- analyse interactions between building structures and foundation soil,
- explain the influence of founding conditions on stability of a building structure.
Assessment criteria
The final exam verifies knowledge aquired by the students in written form. Questions refer directly to subject and scope of issues discussed in subsequent lectures. Final assessment of the exam is an average from the answers.
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