Studyinfo subject MABY5410 2023 HØST
MABY5410 Advanced Soil Mechanics Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Advanced Soil Mechanics
- Study programme
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Master’s Programme in Civil Engineering
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2023/2024
- Curriculum
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FALL
2023
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
The course follows the undergraduate course 'Geotechnics' or 'Geotechnical Engineering' to broaden the fundamental concepts for graduate students. It provides foundation for advanced geotechnical topics such as critical state soil mechanics (one soil mechanical theory), finite element simulation of geotechnical engineering, geoenvironmental engineering, foundation engineering and others. It deepens the understanding of topics such as soil classification, shear strength of soils and seepage etc. that have been briefly introduced in the bachelor level course. Besides, some new topics such as elastic equilibrium, stress and displacement distribution in 2D and 3D problems and soil plasticity would be also introduced in this course.
Recommended preliminary courses
BYGG1001 Geoteknikk og tilsværende
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, the student will gain the following knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
Students have in-depth knowledge of:
- Soil aggregate, plasticity, and classification
- Soil mechanics: elasticity, plasticity, and shear strength
- Effective stress and pore water pressure development due to loading
- Permeability and seepage
- One-dimensional consolidation
- Concepts of critical state soil mechanics and soil state parameters
Skills
Students can:
- Understand index properties of fine-grained and coarse-grained soils and perform soil classification
- Perform simple equilibrium analysis using elastic and plastic theories
- Solve the field of stresses and displacements analytically in soil mass
- Interpretation of soil parameters from shear test
- Solve the simple flow problems theoretically and numerically
- Analyse soil mechanical behaviours based on critical state soil mechanics
General competence
Students:
- have solid understanding of general soil mechanical behaviours under various loading conditions
- have ability to use analytical and numerical tools to solve simple boundary condition problems in geotechnical field
- have good understanding of typical geotechnical parameters and application to engineering design
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, exercises and projects
Course requirements
None.
Assessment
The exam consists of two parts:
1) Written group project report, weighted 70%, and
2) Oral group presentation of the project following by individual Q&A, weighted 30%.
The assessment is form of group evaluation with 2-4 students in each group. The project report is approximately 5000 words. The oral presentation should be within 15-20 mins followed by individual Q&A session of 5-10 mins each.
All assessment parts must be awarded a pass grade (E or better) for the student to pass the course.
Assessment part 1) can be appealed. Assessment part 2) can not be appealed.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
All types of materials and equipment are allowed.
Grading scale
Grade scale A-F
Examiners
Two examiners, one internal and one external.