B001542 - SOIL MECHANICS

Italian

Plasticity and particle size distribution of soils. Soil classification. Principle of effective stress. Hydrau-lic properties of soils and flow of water through soil. One-dimensional consolidation theory, oe-dometric test. Shear strength of soils. Laboratory and in situ soil testing. Lateral earth pressure: Ran-kine’s Coulomb’s theory. Main types and design of earth retaining structures. Bearing capacity and settlements of shallow foundations. Bearing capacity of deep foundations.

Smith J. N. and Smith I. J. N. (1998) “Elements of Soil Mechanics”, Blackwell Science Ltd., Osney Mead, Oxford (7th edition)
Budhu M. (2011) “Soil Mechanics and Foundations”, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey (3rd edition)

The main goals of the course are:
- to provide basic knowledge of soil mechanics, soil hydraulics, stress-strain laws, in situ and laboratory tests;
- to apply the acquired knowledge for designing and verifying the most common earth works (shallow and deep foundations, embankments and excavations, retaining walls, etc.);
- to learn how to use of the most correct and appropriate terminology of the discipline.

Scienza delle Costruzioni, Analisi Matematica II/Probabilità e Statistica e di Meccanica dei Fluidi

Ex cathedra, exercises, laboratory
To attend the course lessons registration on MOODLE is required.
To access on-line lessons use the following link: https://meet.google.com/cet-xrvb-rxs and find recordings at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ACe-qHLhIo5ZUk9PVA

Office hours: Monday (11-13), room 231, 1st floor, Santa Marta. To access on-line please use the following link: https://meet.google.com/nwk-pbdo-xum
To attend the course lessons registration on MOODLE is required.
To access on-line lessons use the following link: https://meet.google.com/cet-xrvb-rxs and find recordings at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ACe-qHLhIo5ZUk9PVA
To access on-line exam sessions please use the following link: https://meet.google.com/zzw-arhe-vto
Exam sessions:
9th January 2020 h. 9:00 Santa Marta room 111
30th January 2020 h. 9:00 Santa Marta room 111
13th February 2020 h. 9:00 Santa Marta room 111
16th April 2020 h. 9:00 Santa Marta
18th June 2020 h. 9:00 Santa Marta room 111
2nd July 2020 h. 9:00 Santa Marta room 111
16th July 2020 h. 9:00 Santa Marta room 111
10th September 2020 h. 9:00 Santa Marta room 111.

Written (exercises) and oral tests are requested to verify if the students
- have acquired the basic knowledge of soil mechanics, soil hydraulics, stress-strain laws, in situ and laboratory tests;
- are able to apply the acquired knowledge for designing and verifying the most common earth works (shallow and deep foundations, embankments and excavations, retaining walls, etc.);
- have learnt to use of the most correct and appropriate terminology of the discipline.
To access on-line exam sessions please use the following link: https://meet.google.com/zzw-arhe-vto

Description of soils, clay mineralogy, plasticity and particle size distribution. Basic relationships of phases. Soil classification. Principle of effective stress. Mohr’s circles. Stresses on soil mass. Hydraulic properties of soils and flow of water through soil. One-dimensional consolidation theory, oedometric test. Shear strength of soils, Mohr-Coulomb-Terzaghi failure criterion. Laboratory and in situ soil test-ing. Lateral earth pressure: active and passive earth pressures, Rankine’s theory, Coulomb’s equa-tions. Main types and design of earth retaining structures (gravity wall, embedded wall, reinforced soil, anchored earth). Bearing capacity of shallow foundations, settlements of shallow foundations, immediate, consolidation and creep settlements. Methods of installation and bearing capacity of deep foundations.