224-0909/02 – Improvement of Rocks and Soils (UVHZ)
Gurantor department | Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering | Credits | 10 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Karel Vojtasík, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Karel Vojtasík, CSc. |
Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Optional |
Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FAST, HGF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The course provides the fundamentals of rock and soil improvement methods in
common use of geotechnical engineering works.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
The course provides the fundamentals of rock and soil improvement methods in
common use of geotechnical engineering works. The lectures cover the techniques
of ground treatment, improvement and reinforcement listed below: compaction,
consolidation, dewatering, physiochemical stabilization, cementation, grouting,
jet grouting, freezing, replacing, mixing, reinforcement. Each technique is
dealt in a way referring principle, state of the art and history cases.
Compulsory literature:
Cambefort H.: Injection des soils. Edition Eyrolles, Paris 1968
BELL,F.G. (1993): Engineering Treatment of Soils. E&FN Spon
KUTZNER,CH. (1996): Grouting of Rock and Soil. A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam
MOSELEY,M.P., KIRSCH,K.(2004): Ground Improvement. 2nd editon, Spon Press
HARRIS, J.S. (1995) Ground Freezing in Practice. Thomas Telford
Recommended literature:
BELL,F.G. (1993): Engineering Treatment of Soils. E&FN Spon
KUTZNER,CH. (1996): Grouting of Rock and Soil. A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam
MOSELEY,M.P., KIRSCH,K.(2004): Ground Improvement. 2nd editon, Spon Press
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Development of a short study on the selected topick from the area of improvement of rock and soil
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The course provides the fundamentals of rock and soil improvement methods in
common use of geotechnical engineering works
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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