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MABY5410 Advanced Soil Mechanics Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Advanced Soil Mechanics
- Study programme
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Master’s Programme in Civil EngineeringMaster's Programme in Civil Engineering, Elective modules
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2024/2025
- Curriculum
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FALL 2024
- 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 the 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 stress and strain state analysis, etc. which have been briefly introduced in the bachelor level course. Besides, some new topics such as soil elasticity, general soil mechanical behaviors, soil plasticity, and the concept of constitutive modeling will also be introduced in this course.
Recommended preliminary courses
BYGG2200 Geotechnics or equivalent
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 mechanical behavior: elasticity, plasticity, and shear strength
- effective stress and pore water pressure development due to loading
- stress path
- clay sensitivity and anisotropy
- concepts of constitutive modeling and soil state parameters
- cyclic loading properties
Skills
Students can:
- understand index properties of fine-grained and coarse-grained soils and perform soil classification
- interpret soil parameters from various types of experimental tests
- have a fundamental understanding of stress and strain states and general mechanical behaviors of soils
- apply soil elastic plasticity theory and concept of constitutive modelling
General competence
Students:
- have a solid understanding of general soil mechanical behaviors under various loading conditions
- have a good understanding of typical geotechnical parameters and application to engineering design
- have some simple form practice (for example in Excel) to use elastic-plasticity theory to simulate soil behaviours
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, exercises and projects
Course requirements
Three written homework assignments
Assessment
The exam consists of two parts:
1) Written group project report, weighted 70%,
2) Oral group presentation of the project following by individual Q&A, weighted 30%.
The assessment is in the 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 minutes followed by individual Q&A sessions of 5-10 minutes 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) cannot be appealed.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
All types of materials and equipment are allowed.
Grading scale
Grade scale A-F
Examiners
1) One internal examiner
2) Two internal examiners
External examiners are used regularly
Course contact person
Chuangxin Lyu