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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Geotechnical Constructions

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 224-0226/04
Abbreviation GS
Course title Geotechnical Constructions
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Karel Vojtasík, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Introduction, definition of terms geotechnical engineering and geotechnical construction, geotechnical construction division.
2. IG survey for geotechnical engineering.
3. Excavating geotechnical works - pits, trenches and cuts, dewatering wells.
4. Stability of the pit walls and pit floor of geotechnical structures, principles of design calculations.
5. Filled geotechnical structures - road embankments and water dikes, waste dumps, waste dumps, dumps, etc.
6. Compaction, consolidation and reinforcement - reinforcement earth retaining structures.
7. Principles of embankment design - subsoil bearing capacity, embankment body , retaining structure design.
8. Ground treatment technologies and ground feature amendment technologies.
9. Redevelopment of land slide areas, embankment slide splope and foundation subground, etc.
10. Earthworks and earthandling machinery.
11. Modeling the behavior of geotechnical structures in the time of design, implementation and maintenance.
12. Monitoring of geotechnical engineering.
13. Environmental impacts of geotechnical constructions.
Training
1. Design of embedment depth of a not braced sheet wall and checking its load capacity.
2. Design of embedment depth of a not braced sheet wall and checking its load capacity on conditions:with ground water a) wall toe is embeded in water impervious ground b) the groundwater can flow under the wall toe.
3. Design of embedment depth of a sheet wall anchored in one horizon without any groundwater
4. Design of an embankment.
5. Design of a slope embankment armoured with geonets.
6. Reinstatement design of of a landslide failure.

Literature

SMOLCZYK,U.(2003). Geotechnical Engineering Handbook, Vol.2,3 Elements and
Structures, Ernst&Sohn

Advised literature

Ivan Vanicek, I., Ivan Vanicek, M.: Earth Structures In Transport, Water and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Berlin 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4020-3963-8