Unit GEOTECHNICS
- Course
- Geosciences for risk and environment management
- Study-unit Code
- A002127
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- Geologia applicata alla salvaguardia e alla pianificazione del territorio
- Teacher
- Manuela Cecconi
- Teachers
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- Manuela Cecconi
- Hours
- 52 ore - Manuela Cecconi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- ICAR/07
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Shear strength properties of soils.
Experimental evidence from lab. tests.
Retaining structures, shallow and deep foundations
Design criteria and analyses.
Soil improvement.
General concepts of geotechnical systems under seismic loads. - Reference texts
- "Geotecnica", Lancellotta R., Zanichelli.
"Fondazioni", Viggiani G., Hevelius Edizioni.
Lectures notes
Technical Codes. - Educational objectives
- The purpouse of this Course is to introduce the Student to the concepts, theories and procedures of Geotechnical Engineering and its main practical applications, i.e. geotechnical systems such as retaining structures, shallow foundations and piles.
- Prerequisites
- In order to fully understand the topics of this Course, Students have to know the basic concepts of Soil/Rock Mechanics.
- Teaching methods
- Face to face lectures and numerical examples of application.
Practice exercises and field trips. - Other information
- Attending the lessons is optional but strongly advised.
- Learning verification modality
- Oral exam. The exam will take not more than 45 min. The exam is aimed at verifying the level of knowledge and the capacity of the Student to discuss critically the fundamental concepts of geotechnical engineering.
- Extended program
- Shear strength properties of soils. Experimental evidence by means of triaxial compression tests.
Analysis of geotechnical systems.
Earth retaining structures: gravity and cantilever rigid walls, cantilevered and anchored embedded retaining walls.
Shallow and deep foundations: bearing capacity. stability analyses. Foundation settlements.
Design criteria of geotechnical systems under seismic loads.
Soil improvement.
Numerical examples.