Objectives and competences
Understanding mechanical terms and procedures for material properties determination, understanding results of direct and indirect measurements. Capture of CSSM, elastic theory, understanding hydrodynamic influences, terms of soil consolidation, geotechnical stability, earth pressures, pore pressures, and bearing capacity of the ground, with their determination.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Introduction and significance.
Investigations and properties of soils.
Soil modeling. Critical State Soil Mechanics (CSSM).
Stresses and deformations in ground.
Pore pressures and effective stress principle.
Ground water flow and hydraulic forces.
Hydrodynamic and viscosity consolidation.
Nonlinear and time dependent settlement.
Slope stability analysis.
Lateral earth pressure.
Bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures using Power Point presentations, laboratory tests and experiments, auditorium exercises with numerical and analytical procedures in soil mechanics.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
of material properties, and tests for determination of geomechanical parameters, foundation movement, pore pressures, consolidation phenomena, verification of stability and bearing capacity of the ground
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
University student understands basic mechanical soil properties, and captures basic procedures for determination of bearing capacity, stability etc., which are basis of geotechnical design
Readings
Obvezna literatura:
Šuklje L.: MEHANIKA TAL, Univerza v Ljubljani, 1984
R. Bonacci T., Mehanika tla (II), Sveučilište u Splitu, 2003
Nonveiller E.: MEHANIKA TLA I TEMELJENJE GRAĐEVINA, Školska knjiga Zagreb, 1979
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
Priporočljiva literatura:
Head K.H.: Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume 1,2, 3 John Wiley & Sons, 1994
Šuklje L.: Rheological Aspects of Soil Mechanics, Wiley-Interscience, 1969, London
Prerequisits
Done examination of subjects: PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS A, GEOLOGY, MATERIALS, and STATICS 1.
