Unit
- Course
- Safety engineering for the territory and the built environment
- Study-unit Code
- A004714
- Curriculum
- Territorio
- Teachers
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- Manuela Cecconi (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 48 ore (Codocenza) - Manuela Cecconi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Ingegneria della sicurezza e protezione civile, ambientale e del territorio
- Academic discipline
- ICAR/07
- Type of study-unit
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Site investigations: aims and importance; planning and design.
Geotechnical characterisation of soils/rocks.
In situ-tests.
Geotechnical monitoring. - Reference texts
- Lecture notes.
"Introduzione alle indagini geotecniche" (A. Flora, Hevelius Edizioni)
"Fondazioni" (C. Viggiani, Hevelius Edizioni)
Specialised scientific papers.
Technical codes (NTC2018) - Educational objectives
- The purpouse of this course is to introduce the Student to the scopes, techniques, procedures of geotechnical in situ investigations and geotechnical monitoring. They are fundamental in any design process for the safety of geotecnichal systems.
- Prerequisites
- In order to fully understand the topics of this Course, Students have to know the basic concepts of Geotechnics, dealt with during the basic courses of a 3-years Degree in Civil Engineering as well as Geotechnical Safety (held at the 1st year of the Master Degree)
- Teaching methods
- Face to face (4-6 hours per week) in class. Examples from in situ tests: analysis and data interpretation. Field trips (at least one, during the 2nd semester)
- Other information
- Attending the lessons is optional but strongly suggested
- Learning verification modality
- Oral exam, in presence.
The exam will take not more than 45 min.
The exam is aimed at verifying:
a) the level of knowledge;
b) the ability of the Student to discuss in situ investigations and survey, geotechnical monitoring, adopted methods and procedures, analysis and interpretations of results. - Extended program
- Site assessment: soils/rock identification.
Geotechnical characterization (soil/rocks).
In-situ surveys and investigations: equipment and instrumentation.
Analysis and interpretation of results. Case studies. Classroom numerical calculations and examples.
Geotechnical Monitoring: piezometers, assestimeters, inclinometers, accelerometers.