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Geotechnical constructions

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 224-0283/02
Abbreviation GS
Course title Geotechnical constructions
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Marek Mohyla, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

Topics of lectures
1. Introduction, definition of terms geotechnics, geotechnical construction (GC), geotechnical building (GB), division of geotechnical structures,
GS life cycle
2. Excavated – pits, cuts; excavations, channels
3. Methods of securing vertical walls and bottom of excavated GS; systems
4. Construction site drainage
5. dumps, landfills, sludge ponds, bulk dams and dams
6. embankments of transport communications; embankment construction; embankment materials, methods of their treatment (compaction, consolidation,
stabilization binder); securing embankment slopes;
7. Methods of treating the subsoil of embankments; object in the embankment (culvert); transition area; embankment failures, embankment failure repair, embankment reconstruction
8. Rehabilitation GK – rehabilitation of landslides, rock walls, rehabilitation of the subsoil of foundation structures, resolution of emergency situations on GB
9. Technological operations of GC construction - preparatory operations - preparation of the construction site infrastructure, marking out, relocation of networks, removal of vegetation, removal of topsoil, drainage of the construction site
10. Technological operations of GC construction - Executive operations (earthworks) – mining, transportation, placement; technological means for their implementation (earthmoving machines), assemblies of earthmoving machines during earthworks, interaction of earthmoving machines when excavating construction pits and pouring of embankments of transport communications
11. Technological operations of GC construction - finishing operations
12. Construction of product pipelines, subsurface engineering networks by excavation
13. Safety, regulations, standards for the implementation of GC

E-learning

www.geotechnici.cz

Povinná literatura

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

Doporučená literatura

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