Course Details

Selected Chapters of Geotechnics

Academic Year 2024/25

BFB004 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-SI / S Summer Semester 4th year

Types of geomaterials and their properties.
Factors affecting the properties of geomaterials.
Stiffness of soils (stiffness in range of small and very small strain, soil stiffness measurements in the laboratory).
Strength of soils (theory of critical states).
Material models for soils (elasticity, perfect plasticity and plasticity with hardening).
Laboratory test to determine the input parameters for material models.
Mathematical modeling of geotechnical structures.
Monitoring in geotechnics.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Ing. Jiří Boštík, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Geotechnics

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Soil formation, types of foundation soils, engineering geological investigation, strength and elasticity of materials, fundamentals of structural mechanics and soil mechanics.

Aims

To teach the students how to safely and economically design foundations of structures at different geotechnical conditions. To acquaint the students with specific geotechnical problems. Further with basic rocky properties, rock classification and with underground urbanization.
Student will master the course objective and will know how to safely and economically design foundations of structures at different geotechnical conditions. Student will have basic knowledge about specific geotechnical problems and with basic rocky properties, rock classification and with underground urbanization.

Basic Literature

Turček, P. a kol. Zakládání staveb. Bratislava: Jaga Group, 2005, ISBN 80-8076-023-3.  (cs)
Hulla, J. Turček, P. Baliak, F. Klepsatel, F. Predpoklady a skutočnosť v geotechnickom inžinierstve. Bratislava: Jaga Group, 2002, ISBN 80-88905-42-7.  (sk)
Klepsatel, F. Mařík, L. Frankovský, M. Městské podzemní stavby. Bratislava: Jaga Group, 2005, ISBN 80-8076-021-7.  (cs)
Klepsatel, F. Kusý, P. Mařík, L. Výstavba tunelů ve skalních horninách. Bratislava: Jaga Group, 2003, ISBN 80-88905-43-5. (cs)
Fethi, A. Applied analyses in geotechnics. Taylor & Francis, 2000, ISBN 0-419-25340-8.  (en)
Chang-Yo Ou. Deep excavation. Taylor & Francis, 2006, ISBN10 0-415-40330-8.  (en)
Powrie, W. Soil mechanics. Concept and applications (2nd edition). Taylor & Francis, 2004, ISBN 0-415-31155-I. (en)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/282498

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to the subject (terminology, case studies).
  • 2. Types of geomaterials (soils, rocks, light materials, geosynthetics) and their properties.
  • 3. Mathematical modeling in geotechnics.
  • 4. Stiffness and strength of soils.
  • 5. Constitutive models – elasticity and perfect plasticity.
  • 6. Constitutive models – plasticity with hardening.
  • 7. Shallow foundations.
  • 8. Pile and combined fundations.
  • 9. Retaining structures.
  • 10. Underground structures.
  • 11. Monitoring in geotechnics.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Basic tasks in geotechnics and their solutions.
  • 2. Determination of properties geomaterials.
  • 3. Exercise in laboratory – oedometric test.
  • 4. Exercise in laboratory – triaxial test (CD).
  • 5. Exercise in laboratory – permeability test.
  • 6. Evaluation of laboratory tests.
  • 7. Shallow foundations.
  • 8. Pile and combined fundations.
  • 9. Retaining structures.
  • 10. Underground structures.
  • 11. Credits.