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Geotechnics (2500020)

Responsible faculty

Responsible faculty of the group in English

Teachers

Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Dedication (hours) T: 37.0 P: 13.0 L: 10.0 AD: 6.0 AA: 84.0

Main teaching language at each group

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Departments

Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental (DECA)

Programs

GRAU EN ENGINYERIA CIVIL, pla 2020 - (codi pla 1392)
PARS: ENGINYER/A DE CAMINS, CANALS I PORTS, pla 2022 - (codi pla 1494)

Course

2023 - 2024

Course description

Nature of soils and rocks, identification, basic properties and hydraulic and mechanical parameters. Knowledge of the mechanics of the continuous medium applied to saturated porous media and definition of the concept of effective stresses. Concepts and theory of water flow in soils to reach the consolidation theory. Knowledge of the experimental study of the soils and the stress trajectories of the most used tests: identification, edometric, shear, triaxial and permeability. Constitutive equations and stress, strain and strength of saturated soils. Analysis of soil behaviour at service and failure and application to simple contour problems. Basic concepts of unsaturated soils applied to compacting soils.

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