Course Details

Base of geotechnics

Academic Year 2024/25

NFB021 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-GK Winter Semester 2nd year

Subject and contents of geotechnics.
Foundation soils and their classification.
Foundation soils properties and limit states of foundation soils.
Foundations of constructions - spread and deep ones.
Geophysical survey, investigative work of engineering geology and in situ tests of rock mechanics.
Stability of slopes and rock walls, landslides.
Types and specifics of underground structures, methods of building.
Instrumentation and monitoring in geotechnics. Geodesic methods used in geotechnics.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

General knowledge of civil engineering, techniques and natural sciences.

Aims

The student will make general view about geotechnical discipline: rock and soil mechanics, engineering geology, foundation engineering and underground structures. He will be taken up with instrumentation and monitoring in geotechnics and with geodetical methods used in it.
The student in course "Base of geotechnics" will make general view about geotechnical discipline: rock and soil mechanics, engineering geology, foundation engineering and underground structures. He will be taken up with instrumentation and monitoring in geotechnics and with geodetical methods used in it.

Basic Literature

Mencl, V. Mechanika zemin a skalních hornin, Praha: Academia, 1966, 978-800-7234-739-1. (cs)
Turček, P. a kol. Zakládání staveb. Bratislava: Jaga Group, 2005, ISBN 80-8076-023-3.  (cs)
Klepsatel, F. Mařík, L. Frankovský, M. Městské podzemní stavby. Bratislava: Jaga Group, 2005, ISBN 80-8076-021-7.  (cs)
Budhu, M. Soil Mechanics and foundations (3rd edition). John Wiley & sons, inc, 2010, ISBN 978-0-470-55684-9. (en)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. The subject and content of geotechnics. Classification of foundation soils, rocks and week rocks.
  • 2. Foundation soils properties and their determination.
  • 3. Footings of buildings (shallow and deep). Limit states of foundation soil.
  • 4. Technologies of footings.
  • 5. Survey works of engineering geology.
  • 6. In situ tests of rock mechanics.
  • 7. Stability analysis of slopes and cliffs. Landslides.
  • 8. The types and specifics of underground structures. Construction methods.
  • 9. Deformation of surroundings at underground structures.
  • 10. Instrumentation and monitoring in geotechnics.
  • 11. Geodetical methods used in geotechnics.
  • 12. Excursion.
  • 13. Conclusion and summary.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Classification of soil and rock.
  • 2. Engineering geology profile.
  • 3. Shallow foundation.
  • 4. Deep foundation - pile.
  • 5. Settlement trough over the mined tunnel.
  • 6. Task check and credit.