224-0927/01 – Soil Mechanics (MZ)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Dr. Ing. Hynek Lahuta | Subject version guarantor | doc. Dr. Ing. Hynek Lahuta |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2011/2012 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The student is able to understand the environment in which they interact upper structure, foundation and subsoil Combines theoretical and practical knowledge of general mechanics of rigid bodies and deformable materials and environments with hydraulics, engineering geology and numerical methods in geomechanics.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
Compulsory literature:
Atkinson, J.: The mechanics of soils and foundations. McGraw-Hill Company, 1993
Recommended literature:
Das, B.M.: Principles of Foundation Engineering. Broks/Cole Thomson, 2004,
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
For the final exam student solves problems of soil mechanics associated with the topic of his dissertation.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Multiphase earth environment. Descriptive characteristics (moisture content, density and unit weight) and physical properties. Grain size distribution. Plasticity and consistency of soils, Atteberg´s limits. Classification of rocks and soils. Water flow soils, Darcy's law, the general flow equations, current network consolidation and its progress, hydrodynamic effects on structures. Natural body mechanics, linear elastic half-space, finite element method. Soil properties under load, triaxial deformation, rheological models in the theory of consolidation. Strength properties of soils. Laboratory and field testing, evaluation. Compressibility of soils, compressibility modulus. Deformation characteristics. Methods of calculation of slope stability and ensuring methods. Practical aspects of soil mechanics, soil as a building material, improving properties, temperature effects, the deconsolidation of soils.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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