THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOIL MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
- PERMEABILITY OF SOILS; DARCY’S LAW; LABORATORY PERMEABILITY TESTS;
- STRESSES (TOTAL AND EFFETTIVE) IN SOILS;
- COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOIL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST; LOAD-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS;
- SHEAR STREANGTH OF SOIL; MOHR’S THEORY OF FAILURE; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST;
- STABILITY OF SLOPES; INFINITY SLOPES; METHOD OF SLICES (BISHOP’S SIMPLIFIED METHOD);
- CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX PROPERTIES OF ROCKS;
- ROCK STRENGTH AND FAILURE CRITERIA;
- APPLICATIONS OF ROCK MECHANICS TO ROCK SLOPE ENGINEERING.
LANCELLOTTA R., GEOTECNICA, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
COLOSELLI COLOMBO. ELEMENTI DI GEOTECNICA. ZANICHELLI. BOLOGNA
INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS. R.E. GOODMAN.
VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER.
Programme
- PHYSICAL AND INDEX PROPETIES OF SOILS; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; ATTERBERG LIMITS;- PERMEABILITY OF SOILS; DARCY’S LAW; LABORATORY PERMEABILITY TESTS;
- STRESSES (TOTAL AND EFFETTIVE) IN SOILS;
- COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOIL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST; LOAD-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS;
- SHEAR STREANGTH OF SOIL; MOHR’S THEORY OF FAILURE; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST;
- STABILITY OF SLOPES; INFINITY SLOPES; METHOD OF SLICES (BISHOP’S SIMPLIFIED METHOD);
- CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX PROPERTIES OF ROCKS;
- ROCK STRENGTH AND FAILURE CRITERIA;
- APPLICATIONS OF ROCK MECHANICS TO ROCK SLOPE ENGINEERING.
Core Documentation
LAMBE T.W. & WHITMANN R.W., SOIL MECHANICS, J. WILEY & SONS, LONDONLANCELLOTTA R., GEOTECNICA, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
COLOSELLI COLOMBO. ELEMENTI DI GEOTECNICA. ZANICHELLI. BOLOGNA
INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS. R.E. GOODMAN.
VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER.
Type of delivery of the course
classroo lessonsType of evaluation
oral examination teacher profile teaching materials
- PERMEABILITY OF SOILS; DARCY’S LAW; LABORATORY PERMEABILITY TESTS;
- STRESSES (TOTAL AND EFFETTIVE) IN SOILS;
- COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOIL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST; LOAD-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS;
- SHEAR STREANGTH OF SOIL; MOHR’S THEORY OF FAILURE; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST;
- STABILITY OF SLOPES; INFINITY SLOPES; METHOD OF SLICES (BISHOP’S SIMPLIFIED METHOD);
- CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX PROPERTIES OF ROCKS;
- ROCK STRENGTH AND FAILURE CRITERIA;
- APPLICATIONS OF ROCK MECHANICS TO ROCK SLOPE ENGINEERING.
LANCELLOTTA R., GEOTECNICA, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
COLOSELLI COLOMBO. ELEMENTI DI GEOTECNICA. ZANICHELLI. BOLOGNA
INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS. R.E. GOODMAN.
VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER.
Programme
- PHYSICAL AND INDEX PROPETIES OF SOILS; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; ATTERBERG LIMITS;- PERMEABILITY OF SOILS; DARCY’S LAW; LABORATORY PERMEABILITY TESTS;
- STRESSES (TOTAL AND EFFETTIVE) IN SOILS;
- COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOIL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST; LOAD-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS;
- SHEAR STREANGTH OF SOIL; MOHR’S THEORY OF FAILURE; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST;
- STABILITY OF SLOPES; INFINITY SLOPES; METHOD OF SLICES (BISHOP’S SIMPLIFIED METHOD);
- CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX PROPERTIES OF ROCKS;
- ROCK STRENGTH AND FAILURE CRITERIA;
- APPLICATIONS OF ROCK MECHANICS TO ROCK SLOPE ENGINEERING.
Core Documentation
LAMBE T.W. & WHITMANN R.W., SOIL MECHANICS, J. WILEY & SONS, LONDONLANCELLOTTA R., GEOTECNICA, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
COLOSELLI COLOMBO. ELEMENTI DI GEOTECNICA. ZANICHELLI. BOLOGNA
INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS. R.E. GOODMAN.
VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER.
Type of delivery of the course
classroo lessonsType of evaluation
oral examination teacher profile teaching materials
- PERMEABILITY OF SOILS; DARCY’S LAW; LABORATORY PERMEABILITY TESTS;
- STRESSES (TOTAL AND EFFETTIVE) IN SOILS;
- COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOIL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST; LOAD-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS;
- SHEAR STREANGTH OF SOIL; MOHR’S THEORY OF FAILURE; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST;
- STABILITY OF SLOPES; INFINITY SLOPES; METHOD OF SLICES (BISHOP’S SIMPLIFIED METHOD);
- CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX PROPERTIES OF ROCKS;
- ROCK STRENGTH AND FAILURE CRITERIA;
- APPLICATIONS OF ROCK MECHANICS TO ROCK SLOPE ENGINEERING.
LANCELLOTTA R., GEOTECNICA, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
COLOSELLI COLOMBO. ELEMENTI DI GEOTECNICA. ZANICHELLI. BOLOGNA
INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS. R.E. GOODMAN.
VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER.
Programme
- PHYSICAL AND INDEX PROPETIES OF SOILS; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; ATTERBERG LIMITS;- PERMEABILITY OF SOILS; DARCY’S LAW; LABORATORY PERMEABILITY TESTS;
- STRESSES (TOTAL AND EFFETTIVE) IN SOILS;
- COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOIL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST; LOAD-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS;
- SHEAR STREANGTH OF SOIL; MOHR’S THEORY OF FAILURE; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST;
- STABILITY OF SLOPES; INFINITY SLOPES; METHOD OF SLICES (BISHOP’S SIMPLIFIED METHOD);
- CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX PROPERTIES OF ROCKS;
- ROCK STRENGTH AND FAILURE CRITERIA;
- APPLICATIONS OF ROCK MECHANICS TO ROCK SLOPE ENGINEERING.
Core Documentation
LAMBE T.W. & WHITMANN R.W., SOIL MECHANICS, J. WILEY & SONS, LONDONLANCELLOTTA R., GEOTECNICA, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
COLOSELLI COLOMBO. ELEMENTI DI GEOTECNICA. ZANICHELLI. BOLOGNA
INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS. R.E. GOODMAN.
VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER.
Type of delivery of the course
classroo lessonsType of evaluation
oral examination teacher profile teaching materials
- PERMEABILITY OF SOILS; DARCY’S LAW; LABORATORY PERMEABILITY TESTS;
- STRESSES (TOTAL AND EFFETTIVE) IN SOILS;
- COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOIL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST; LOAD-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS;
- SHEAR STREANGTH OF SOIL; MOHR’S THEORY OF FAILURE; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST;
- STABILITY OF SLOPES; INFINITY SLOPES; METHOD OF SLICES (BISHOP’S SIMPLIFIED METHOD);
- CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX PROPERTIES OF ROCKS;
- ROCK STRENGTH AND FAILURE CRITERIA;
- APPLICATIONS OF ROCK MECHANICS TO ROCK SLOPE ENGINEERING.
LANCELLOTTA R., GEOTECNICA, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
COLOSELLI COLOMBO. ELEMENTI DI GEOTECNICA. ZANICHELLI. BOLOGNA
INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS. R.E. GOODMAN.
VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER.
Programme
- PHYSICAL AND INDEX PROPETIES OF SOILS; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; ATTERBERG LIMITS;- PERMEABILITY OF SOILS; DARCY’S LAW; LABORATORY PERMEABILITY TESTS;
- STRESSES (TOTAL AND EFFETTIVE) IN SOILS;
- COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOIL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST; LOAD-DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS;
- SHEAR STREANGTH OF SOIL; MOHR’S THEORY OF FAILURE; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST;
- STABILITY OF SLOPES; INFINITY SLOPES; METHOD OF SLICES (BISHOP’S SIMPLIFIED METHOD);
- CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX PROPERTIES OF ROCKS;
- ROCK STRENGTH AND FAILURE CRITERIA;
- APPLICATIONS OF ROCK MECHANICS TO ROCK SLOPE ENGINEERING.
Core Documentation
LAMBE T.W. & WHITMANN R.W., SOIL MECHANICS, J. WILEY & SONS, LONDONLANCELLOTTA R., GEOTECNICA, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
COLOSELLI COLOMBO. ELEMENTI DI GEOTECNICA. ZANICHELLI. BOLOGNA
INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS. R.E. GOODMAN.
VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER.
Type of delivery of the course
classroo lessonsType of evaluation
oral examination