Geotechnics

Lecturer:

Jan Pruška, Matouš Hilar, Jan Kos, Jan Salák, Jan Valenta

Tutor:

Jan Pruška, Alexandr Butovič, Matouš Hilar, Daniel Jirásko, Jan Kos, Petr Makásek, Jan Salák, Jan Valenta, Jan Vrbata, Linda Vydrová

Supervisor:

Department of Geotechnics

Synopsis:

Advanced design approaches for selected types of footings, design based on soil - structure interaction. Monitoring in foundation engineering. Eurocode 7. Faults and case histories in foundation engineering.

Requirements:

135SOME Soil Mechanics, 135FOU1 Foundations

Syllabus of lectures:

Introduction, design considerations of selected structures, computer codes

Design of earth cut for road / railway, construction and loading stages

Monitoring of selected structures, preconditions, design of instrumentation

Piles I. - action of combined loads (rigid / flexible pile)

Piles II. - pile group

Footing slab I. - design with respect to soil - structure interaction

Footing slab II. - piled raft, example and discussion

Bracing I. - design approaches related to soil - structure interaction

Bracing II. - FEM application, excavation, loading stages, deformation development

Bracing III. - composite and diaphragm walls

Eurocode 7 - 1, principles, design approaches

Faults in foundation engineering design and remedial actions, case histories

Site investigation, soil/rock data and geotechnical site model

Examples of geotechnical constructions and potential risk identification

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Ability in design of geotechnical structures in difficult geological conditions.

Study materials:

HULLA, J. a kol.: Zakladanie stavieb, ALFA-SNTL Brat.-Praha,1987

Lamboj, L., Štěpánek, Z.: Zakládání staveb 10 - Výpočty 2, doplňk. skriptum, ČVUT Praha, 1997

ČSN P ENV 1997-1 Navrhování geotechnických konstrukcí. Část 1: Obecná pravidla, ČNI Praha 1996

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomTH:C-202 Kos J. Pruška J. 16:00–17:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) C202
Tue
Fri	roomTH:A-333 Jirásko D. Vydrová L. 08:00–09:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.183) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) A333roomTH:A-337 Jirásko D. Vydrová L. 10:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.182) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) A337
Thu	roomTH:A-434 Jirásko D. Vrbata J. 10:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.184) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) A434roomTH:A-835 Jirásko D. Vrbata J. 12:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.185) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) A835
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: