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Geomonitoring and reversal analysis

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 224-0943/02
Abbreviation GIA
Course title Geomonitoring and reversal analysis
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Eva Hrubešová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

. Modern methods of geotechnical monitoring – overview, basic principles
2. Geotechnical risks and monitoring of geotechnical and underground structures
3. Warning conditions, their specifications and identification
4. Continuous monitoring of liner constructions using standard and advanced monitoring methods
5. Monitoring of surface movements using modern control monitoring systems (GPS, etc.)
6. Monitoring of hydrostatic and hydrodynamic effects of groundwater
7. Stress and strain monitoring in stabilizing structures (tunnel lining, retaining structures, etc.)
8. Monitoring of dynamic effects (transport, blasting, dynamic effects of construction machines, mine-induced seismicity)
9. Specifics, principles and methods of complex monitoring of natural slopes
10. Methods and principles of monitoring of anthropogenic slopes (filling, sprinkled, etc.)
11. Fundamentals of monitoring of large dumps
12. Methods of inverse (back) analysis
13. Back analysis based on direct optimization procedures

Literature

Dunnicliff, J. Geotechnical Instrumentation for Monitoring Field Performance. John Wiley 1988. ISBN 0-471-00546-0.
Fajkus, M., Nedoma, J., Mec, P., Hrubesova, E., Martinek, R., Vasinek, V. Analysis of the highway tunnels monitoring using an optical fiber
implemented into primary lining. Journal of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, VOL 68 (2017), No 5.pp. 364–370.

Advised literature

Leung CF, Tan SA, Phoon KK,. Field Measurements in Geomechanics. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Field Measurements inGeomechanics CFMGM99 (Singapore, December 1-3, 1999). Balkema,pp. 109-162.
Hauswirth, D., Puzrin, A.M., Carrera, A., Standing, J.R., and Wan, M.S.P. Use of fibre-optic sensors for simple assessment of ground surface displacement during tunnelling. Géotechnique 64: 837-842 (2014).
Pei, H.F., Yin, J.H., Zhu, H.H., Hong, C.Y., Jin, W., Xu, D.S.. Monitoring of lateral displacements of a slope using a series of special fibre
Bragg grating-based in-place inclinometers. Measurement Science and Technology, 23(2),2012.