Winter Semester 2008/09
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Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics Ś13308
Course content:Physical, chemical, mechanical properties of mineral and made ground. Macroscopic evaluation of soil type and properties of soils. Stresses in soil. Influence of water on stress state-effective stresses. Stress distribution in subsoil. Compressibility and deformation of soils. Strength of soil, strength parameters. Basis of soil rheology theory. Slope stability.
Stability of supported slope. Rules of retaining wall design. Rules of sheet pile wall and cavity wall. Prevention of landslide process-dewatering, building of retaining wall, anchorage, building of buttress load, piling of landslide area.
Geotechnical tests for location selection and evaluation of reaction of engineering object on adjacent area and environment state.
Learning outcomes:understanding of soil strength properties and behaviour under different factors.
(in Polish) Rodzaj przedmiotu
Course coordinators
Bibliography
a) basic references:
Wiłun Z.: Zarys geotechniki. Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności, Warszawa, 2000
Pisarczyk S.: Mechanika gruntów. Oficyna Wyd. Politechniki Warszawskiej, 2005
Pisarczyk s.: Gruntoznawstwo inżynierskie. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2001
b) supplementary references:
Myślińska E.: Laboratoryjne badania gruntów. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 1992.
Pisarczyk S., Rymsza B.: Badania laboratoryjne i polowe gruntów. Wyd. Politechniki Warszawskiej, 1988.