224-0233/03 – Road and Geotechnical Laboratory (SGL)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Dr. Ing. Hynek Lahuta | Subject version guarantor | doc. Dr. Ing. Hynek Lahuta |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2008/2009 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of this course is to spread information and practical skills in the areas of soil properties, methods of determining fundamental characteristics of the subsoil road. After graduation road and geotechnical laboratory students gain skills in basic types of testing, evaluation and application of results. In laboratory and field tests carried out in practice such as: soil: a modified Proctor compaction test, California Bearing Ratio, light dynamic plate, static loading plate, dynamic penetration test, asphalt: determination of needle penetration, determination of the softening point-ring and ball method, pendulum skid tester TRRL.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Terrain work
Summary
The course deals with the soil water regime in the road, the effects of freezing. Another area of interest of course is the issue of stability embankment and cuts, the possibility of mathematical modeling of the stability issues and principles and methods of geotechnical monitoring in road construction. Practical measurements complement theoretical knowledge of how other types of nondestructive testing.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
EN 1997-1 : Eurocode 7: Geotechnical Design – part 1: General Rules. Brusel: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2006.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Elaboration of reports for laboratory and field tests, including evaluation of measured data and their interpretation.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Contents of lecture. Deep foundations (well foundations, caisson, diafraghm walls).
2. Interaction between pile and foundation ground, settlement of drilled-shaft foundation, ultimate capacity of vertical piles due to second limit states.
3. Drilled-shaft foundation - technology.
4. Point bearing capacity of drilled-shaft piles.
5. Calculatoin of bearing capacity piles with vertical and horizontal direction
6. Inclination of slopes of foundation pits, dewatering of foundation pits.
7. Design of deep foundations by EC7 (eurocode).
8. Special way of foundation- collapsible soils, expansive soils, sanitary landfills
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction