Soil mechanics II - MG451P60E

• Title: Soil mechanics II
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics (31-450)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2019 to 2019
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 7
• Examination process: summer s.:combined
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:3/2, C+Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 0
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Explanation: The course is not taught this year.
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Ing. Jan Boháč, CSc.
• Teacher(s): Ing. Jan Boháč, CSc.

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Jana Trnková (04.06.2020)

Soil Mechanics II;

Topic

Lectures - hours

1

CSSM

Critical state soil mechanics, State boundary surface

3

2

Natural soils

Parameters

Material parameters vs state dependent parameters. Peak strength and stiffness - difficulties with determination/reliability. Natural vs reconstituted soils. Video Rissa landslide. Parameters for practice.

3

3

Stability analysis - theory

Plastic failure theorems. Limit equilibrium methods.

Stress paths associated with slopes. Role of water; pore pressures. Drained vs undrained. Infinite slope. Slip circles. Method of slices

3

4

Slope stability

• cont.: Stability coefficients - undrained (Taylor), drained (Bishop & Morgenstern). Parameters for design. Remedy.

3

5

Earth pressures and retaining structures

Shallow foundations

Rankine - coefficients of earth pressures

Definitions. Stability.

2

6

Shallow foundations

Piles

Stress distribution under loaded area - Boussinesq.

Settlement (load, further loading, lowering GWL)

Consolidation. Parameters for design.

Definitions. Framework (Principles only): stability, deformation. Pile groups.

3

7

EN 1997-1,

...Geotechnical practice

3

8

FEM modelling

Numerical modelling (FEM) tutorial (dr. D. Mašín).

Simple examples (slope stability, foundation, excavation - retaining wall...) using the geotechnical FEM code Plaxis.

2

Exam

1.5