- Docente: Laura Govoni
- Credits: 9
- SSD: ICAR/07
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Laura Govoni (Modulo 1) Laura Govoni (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Architecture and Building Engineering (cod. 0940)
-
from Feb 23, 2023 to May 18, 2023
-
from May 24, 2023 to Jun 08, 2023
Learning outcomes
The course is an introduction to soil mechanics and applications of its principles to the engineering practice.
Course contents
Soil description and classification. State parameters and Stress history. Groundwater: permeability and seepage. One dimensional consolidation. Soil behaviour: shear strenght and critical state soil mechanics. Soil behaviour: stiffness. In situ tests. Laboratory tests. Earth pressures. Retaining walls. Shallow and deep foundations.
Worked examples on the course topics.
Readings/Bibliography
RICCARDO BERARDI, FONDAMENTI DI GEOTECNICA, SECONDA EDIZIONE, NOVARA, 2013
LAURA TONNI E GUIDO GOTTARDI, ESERCIZI DI GEOTECNICA, BOLOGNA 2010
RENATO LANCELLOTTA, GEOTECNICA, QUARTA EDIZIONE, BOLOGNA 2012
PIETRO COLOMBO E FRANCESCO COLLESELLI, ELEMENTI DI GEOTECNICA, ZANICHELLI 1996
Assessment methods
Written and oral examination.
Teaching tools
Slides.
Office hours
See the website of Laura Govoni