Conducted in
term:
Summer Semester 2019/20
Summer Semester 2019/20
ECTS credits:
6
Organized by:
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Underground Structures IS-FCEE-00044
Description:
Nature of soils. Gravimetric and volumetric relationships. Physical parameters of soils. Soil classification. Laboratory and in-situ tests. Permeability. Effective and total stress. Strength of soils. Stress-strain behaviour. Stress distribution in the soil subbase. Limit states. Theory of consolidation. Saturated and non-saturated soils. Slope stability. Soil compacting. Pressure of soil on structure
Skills: Recognition of subsoil for design of foundation. Identification of physical and mechanical parameters of soils.
Requirements:
The students should have passed the subjects: General building, Soil mechanics, Foundation, Concrete structures, Metal structures