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Geotechnical monitoring

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 224-0267/02
Abbreviation GM
Course title Geotechnical monitoring
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Martin Stolárik, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lecture topics:
Geotechnical monitoring, its main functions and components.
Basic principles of monitoring systems.
Measurement of the primary stress of the rock mass - deformation methods, compensatory methods, unloading methods, hydrofracturing.
Convergometric measurements, measurements of the origin and deformations of cracks and fissures.
Extensometric and inclinometric measurements, monitoring of rock movements using brittle wires.
Ground water monitoring - monitoring of water pressures and direction of groundwater flow.
Monitoring of stress and loading on support.
Monitoring of settlements and large deformation monitoring, temperature monitoring.
Monitoring of seismic activity and monitoring of radon.
Design of underground constructions monitoring.
Design of slopes and embankments monitoring.
Inverse analysis, principle and methods.

Practice topics:
Implementation of convergometric measurements, their evaluation.
Inclinometric measurements - implementation and their evaluation.
Monitoring of relative displacements in the direction of the borehole axis - extensometric measurements.
Water pressure monitoring using piezometers.
Practical introduction to the possibilities of stress and load monitoring - direct and indirect methods.
Design of monitoring system for underground constructions.
Design of slope and embankments monitoring systems.
Inverse calculation, INVERZET software.

E-learning

www.geotechnici.cz
LMS Moodle VŠB-TUO

Literature

Dunnicliff J.: Geotechnical Instrumentation For Monitoring Field Performance, John Wiley & Sons, 2008
Bassett R.: A Guide to Field Instrumentation in Geotechnics: Principles, Installation and Reading, CRC Press, 2011

Advised literature

web pages (www.geokon.com, www.gloetzl.com, www.sisgeo.com atd.)