PřF:GT0F2 Soil Mechanics - Course Information
GT0F2 Soil Mechanics
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Weiglová (lecturer), doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr. (deputy)
Mgr. Martin Knížek, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Martin Knížek, Ph.D.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites
- G2121 Engeneering Geology || G2121k Engeneering Geology
Soil formation, types of foundation soils, engineering geological investigation, strength and elasticity of materials, basic principles of structural mechanics. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 45 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Learning objectives and competences: To provide students with basic knowledge about soil properties and soil behaviour for safe and economical design of foundations, design of earth body and for vertical structures design.
- Learning outcomes
- After successful completion of the course the student should be able to evaluate the most important properties of soils for the safe and economical design of building foundations.
- Syllabus
- 1. Soil difference of other building materials – particle nature, more-phases system. Soil formation, clay minerals. Properties of soils from the point of view of separate phases.
- 2. Water in soil. Soil state characteristics.
- 3. Classification of soils for engineering purposes. Water flowing through soil.
- 4. Shear strength of soils. Principle of effective stress. Stress paths.
- 5. Soil properties during loading. Consolidation of soils. Practical applications.
- 6. Stresses in soils. Geostatical stress. Contact pressure. Stress from external loading.
- 7. Limit states. Geotechnical categories. Bearing capacity. 1st limit state check.
- 8. Settlement of soils. 2nd limit state check. Examples of failures.
- 9. Time settlement. Time settlement monitoring below structures.
- 10. Stability of slopes. The principles of slope stability analysis. Methods of solution.
- 11. Influence of water to slope stability. Rehabilitation and protection of slopes.
- 12. Earth pressures. Active, passive and at rest pressures. Influence of water.
- 13. Soil compaction– the main aim. Influence of compaction to soil parameters. Improvement of soil properties, stabilization, freezing, grouting etc.
- Literature
- required literature
- WEIGLOVÁ, Kamila. Mechanika zemin. Vyd. 1. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2007, 186 s. ISBN 9788072045075. info
- recommended literature
- LAMBOJ, Ladislav and Zdeněk ŠTĚPÁNEK. Mechanika zemin a zakládání staveb. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2005, 218 s. ISBN 9788001030943. info
- WEIGLOVÁ, Kamila, Věra GLISNÍKOVÁ and Jan MASOPUST. Mechanika zemin a zakládání staveb pro kombinované studium. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2003, 157 s. ISBN 8021423765. info
- WEIGLOVÁ, Kamila and Věra GLISNÍKOVÁ. Příklady : mechanika zemin a zakládání staveb pro kombinované studium. Vyd. 1. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2003, 29 s. ISBN 8021425393. info
- not specified
- BLÁHA, Pavel. Geofyzika a svahové deformace. První vydání. v Bratislave: Universita Komenského, 2017, xiv, 338. ISBN 9788022344210. info
- Teaching methods
- theoretical preparation, lectures
- Assessment methods
- written exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Výuka na Stavební fakultě VUT.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nutno zapsat též na VUT (výuku zajišťuje katedra Geotechniky FAST) - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- GT0F5 Foundation engineering
(G2121 || G2121k) && GT0F2 - GT0F6 Underground structures
(G2121 || G2121k) && GT0F5 && GT0F2
- GT0F5 Foundation engineering
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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