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| GCIV2058-1 | Environmental geotechnics
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 20h Pr, 1d FW |
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| Lecturer : | Frédéric Collin |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Course contents :
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| This course will introduce concepts and notions related to the storage and confinement of municipal and nuclear wastes.
In the first part devoted to the nuclear wastes, the following aspects will be covered:
- Nuclear wastes management and fundamental principles of a geological storage
- Description of the different physical phenamena occuring in and aroung the storage galeries.
In the second part dedicated to municipal wastes, the followinf fundamental aspects will be covered:
- Regulation aspects and conception rules of a MWD
- Elementary design
In addition to the theoritical lectures, exercises sessions and laboratories will help the students to better understand the theoritical notions and associated concepts. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- To understand geomechanics and coupling with unsaturated underground water flow, thermal, chemical fields.
- Design and analysis of geotechnical structures for waste storage.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| GCIV0603-1: Géotechnique et Infrastructure
MECA0001-1: Mécanique des Matériaux |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is composed of "ex-cathedra" lectures (20 hours), exercises (10 hours) and laboratories (10 hours).
"Ex-cathedra" lectures deal with the confinement of municipal and radioactive wastes.
Exercises (with 2 or 3 students per group) are dedicated to the numerical modelling of the different physical phenomena (THM) occuring in and around nuclear waste disposal.
Laboratory sessions (with 2 or 3 students per group) allow the students validating a material for its use in a confinement engineered barrier. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Available to students, Acrobat files. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Each lesson and practises are mandatory.
Students will be evaluated based on the two project reports (weight 40%). A written exam will be organized in January (without access to any course materials) on the theoritical part of the course (weight 60%).
In case of second session (Septembre), the grade obtained for the two project reports will be kept and the theoritical part will be only evaluated. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course will be given on tuesday morning from the 20th septembre to the 15th novembre 2011.
Each lesson (4 hours) will be divided into two parts: a theoritical lesson (2 hours) and practises (2 hours).
A visit of a site related to the course will be organized. |
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Contacts :
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| F. Collin
Institut de Mécanique et Génie Civil B52
Tél. 04/366 9142
f.collin@ulg.ac.be |
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