Course Details

Geotechnical Laboratory

Academic Year 2025/26

NFB018 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIK Winter Semester 2nd year

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Lumír Miča, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Geotechnics

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/295885

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Physical – index tests.
  • 2. Laboratory testing of soil permeability.
  • 3. Laboratory tests to determine the deformation parameters (Oedometer, Barden-Rowe cell).
  • 4. Laboratory tests to determine the shear parameters – 1st part (Triaxial test).
  • 5. Laboratory tests to determine the shear parameters – 2nd part (Triaxial test - contin.).
  • 6. Laboratory tests to determine the shear parameters – 3rd part (shear tests).
  • 7. Laboratory testing of rock (Triaxail tests etc.).
  • 8. Selected material models versus laboratory tests – 1st part.
  • 9. Selected material models versus laboratory tests – 2nd part.
  • 10. Non-standard test (dynamic, torsional, testing of unsaturated soil etc.).

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Physical index tests.
  • 2.Determination of permeability of sand (permeameter).
  • 3.–4. Compression of soil – 1D (oedometer).
  • 5.–6. Shear box test.
  • 7.–8. CID triaxial tests (sand).
  • 9. Triaxial test – rock.
  • 10. Credit.