Objectives and competences
Upon completion of the unit, the student understands the philosophy of geotechnical design, design situations, ultimate limit states and serviceability limit states, determination of project loads and project bearing capacity in all types of foundation and other geotechnical structures. Learns about object - foundation - soil interactions, understands procedures and analytical and numerical models for proving the ultimate limit states and serviceability limit states of all types of geotechnical objects from geotechnical practice
Content (Syllabus outline)
Basis of Geotechnical Design according to EN 1997 1, geotechnical categories, design situations and limit states. Statical interaction between structures and ground, interaction relations, determination of contact pressures and displacements, condensed stiffness matrix, and method of substructures.
Opening of the excavation pit.
Basis of shallow and deep foundation and foundations on improved ground.
Design of shallow and deep foundation structures, design situations according to EN 1997 1, geotechnical analyses of individual construction phases and demonstration of limit states. Basis of design and construction of retaining structures.
Basis of geotechnical anchoring.
Ground improvement.
Embankments and excavations.
Preloading and vertical drainage.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures in the lecture hall, occasionally supported by computer projection of materials. Explanation of basic concepts, derivation of equations and calculation procedures on the board. Seminars with demonstration of basic equations and procedures. Seminar work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Upon successful completion of the study unit, students should be able to:
? use standard procedures of geological and geomechanical investigations,
? use standard geotechnical measurement procedures,
? use standard monitoring procedures,
? compare several types of technologies for performing works in geotechnical practice,
? analyse geomechanical analyses with standard software tools Larix and Plaxis.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
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Readings
Smoltczyk U.: Grundbau - Taschenbuch, Teil 1, 2, 3, Ernst & Sohn, 1997
Nonveiller E.: MEHANIKA TLA I TEMELJENJE GRAĐEVINA, Školska knjiga Zagreb, 1979
SIST EN 1997 Eurocode 7 – Geotehnično projektiranje, 2005
Macuh B.: Mehanika tal, Fakulteta za gradbeništvo, Univerza v Mariboru (FGPA-UM), 2015
Macuh B.: Zemeljska dela in temeljenje, FGPA-UM, 2015
Macuh B.: Zbirka enačb, diagramov in tabel s področja geotehnike, FGPA-UM, 2015
Prerequisits
Jih ni. Priporočajo se znanja mehanike zemljin, betonskih konstrukcij in jeklenih konstrukcij.
