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Foundation Engineering in Difficult Conditions

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 224-0284/01
Abbreviation ZvSP
Course title Foundation Engineering in Difficult Conditions
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Ing. Hynek Lahuta

Osnova předmětu

1. Deep foundations (foundation wells, caissons, diaphragm walls).
2. Technology of bored pile construction.
3. Interaction of pile and foundation soil
4. Bearing capacity of single vertically loaded bored piles.
5. Settlement of piles, calculation of bearing capacity of vertical single piles according to the 2nd limit state group.
6. Calculation of bearing capacity of vertical single piles, bearing capacity of bored horizontally loaded piles.
7. Pile groups, pile foundations
8. Slopes of construction pit slopes, drainage of construction pits.
9. Micropiles - types, construction
10. Design and assessment of micropiles
11. Special soil treatments - jet grouting
12. Design of deep foundations according to EC7.
13. Special foundation methods. Invited lecture by a practicing expert.

E-learning

www.geotechnici.cz
LMS Moodle VŠB-TUO

Povinná literatura

Das, B.M. Principles of Foundation Engineering. Broks/Cole Thomson, 2004. 743 pp. ISBN 0-534-40752-8.
Bond A, Harris A. Decoding Eurocode 7. London: Taylor & Francis, 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-40948-3.

Doporučená literatura

Atkinson, J.: The mechanics of soils and foundations. McGraw-Hill Company, 1993