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B001542 - SOIL MECHANICS
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Course program
Academic Year 2021-22
Coorte 2019 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in CIVIL, BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Course year
Third year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICEA)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
ICAR/07 - GEOTECHNICS
Credits
9
Teaching Hours
81
Teaching Term
13/09/2021 ⇒ 17/12/2021
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Plasticity and particle size distribution of soils. Soil classification. Principle of effective stress. Hydraulic properties of soils and flow of water through soil. One-dimensional consolidation theory, oedometric test. Shear strength of soils. Laboratory and in situ soil testing. Lateral earth pressure: Rankine's and Coulomb's theory. Bearing capacity and settlements of shallow foundations.
Teaching Methods
Ex cathedra, exercises, laboratory.
To attend the course lessons registration on MOODLE is required.
To attend the course lessons registration on MOODLE is required.
Course program
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 testing. Critical state. Lateral earth pressure: active and passive earth pressures, Rankine's theory, Coulomb's equations. Bearing capacity of shallow foundations, settlements of shallow foundations, immediate, consolidation and creep settlements.