Course Details
Experiment in Geotechnics (The Course of ESF)
Academic Year 2022/23
VFC001 course is part of 2 study plans
BPC-VP Summer Semester 1st year
BPC-VP Winter Semester 1st year
Students acquire to use contemporary methods for foundation soil study. Integral parts will be also observation method (mathematical and experimental modeling and field monitoring). Student will be lead to teamwork during the design of the geotechnical structure. The learning process will respect environmental aspects too. Supposed solutions of designs will be discussed with experinced experts during field works and excursions. Students obtain feedback for their designs.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
The aim of the subject is increasing of the level of theoretical preparation of students for solution of practical tasks, preparation for in situ operation and development of teamwork. Students obtain by the passing of the subject current overview about contemporary techniques of testing and monitoring of foundation soil. Suppose solution will be dicussed with experinced experts. Integral part of the subject is terrain work and field excursion.
Knowledge
Students acquire at course to use contemporary methods for foundation soil study. Integral parts will be also observation method (mathematical and experimental modeling and field monitoring). Student will be lead to teamwork during the design of the geotechnical structure. The learning process will respect environmental aspects too. Supposed solutions of designs will be discussed with experinced experts during field works and excursions. Students obtain feedback for their designs.
Syllabus
1. Geotechnical investigation according to DIN EN 1997-2
2. Geophysical survey methods
3. Conventional survey methods
4. Monitoring of the geological environment
5. Landslides and rock collapse I.
6. Landslides and rock collapse II.
7. Physical model
8. Numerical model
9. Numerical model
10.Case studies
11.Field excursion
Prerequisites
The students have to know basics of geology, physics, solid mechanics, elasticity and plasticity and geomechanics (soil/rock mechanics).
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
2 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Geotechnical investigation according to DIN EN 1997-2
2. Geophysical survey methods
3. Conventional survey methods
4. Monitoring of the geological environment
5. Landslides and rock collapse I.
6. Landslides and rock collapse II.
7. Physical model
8. Numerical model
9. Numerical model
10.Case studies
11.Field excursion
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Preparation for foundation soil investigation
2. Investigation of foundation soil - methods
3. Laboratory testing of soils - sample preparation, methods, evaluation
4. Monitoring of rock environment - theory
5. Monitoring of rock environment - practical application
6. Hydraulic parameters of soils and rocks
7. Physical modeling - introduction, theory
8. Physical modeling - methods, risks, practical application
9. Mathematical modeling - introduction, theory
10.Mathematical modeling selected geotechnical problems
11.Case study - field excursion