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| GERE0008-1 | Soil mechanics
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| Duration : | 24h Th, 12h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Jean‑Claude Verbrugge |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Stresses in soils, constitutive laws for satured, unsatured and dry soils.
Experimental determination of soil geomechanical parameters using in situ and laboratory test.
Design, calculation and technology of: foundations, settlement, retaining structures, compaction, slopes, earth dams and conduits.
Design a foundations for bearing capacity and settlement
Design soil retaining structures (walls, sheet piles, bracing)
Verify stability and safety of natural and manmade slopes
Design shallow earth dams |
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| Course objective : | Understanding of the main principles and fundamental laws of soil mechanics. Capacity for the choice and the interpretation of the physical and mechanical testing. Design of foundations, retaining structures, slopes and embankments.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- Chose a geotechnical testing campaign
- Interpret the main field and laboratory tests
- Understand the principles of the main constitutive laws for soils
- Calculate stress distribution under applied loads
- Design a foundations for bearing capacity and settlement
- Design soil retaining structures (walls, sheet piles, bracing)
- Verify stability and safety of natural and manmade slopes
- Design shallow earth dams |
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| Prerequisites : | -- ME101 - Engineering mechanics
-- LT201 - Strength of materials and elasticity
-- HA221 - Applied hydrology
-- GP205 - Earth sciences |
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| Organization : | Lectures : 24h
Practical Works : 12h |
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| Written notes : | Verbrugge Jean-Claude Géotechnique appliquée au génie rural ¿Première partie ¿ Presses universitaires de Bruxelles (PUB) (2 volume 317p ¿ référence CNST 280) |
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| Assessment : | Oral examination (100%) |
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| Contacts : | Verbrugge, Jean-Claude (Professeur extraordinaire)
Géotechnique environnementale
081 62 21 92
verbrugge.jc@fsagx.ac.be |
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