- Docente: Laura Govoni
- Credits: 9
- SSD: ICAR/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Architecture and Building Engineering (cod. 0940)
Learning outcomes
The course is an introduction to soil mechanics and applications of its principles to the engineering practice.
Course contents
Overview. 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.
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
Teaching methods
Blackboard and slides.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.
Teaching tools
Slides @ https://campus.cib.unibo.it/
Office hours
See the website of Laura Govoni