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Methods and Methodics of Engineering Geological Survey

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0957/04
Abbreviation MMIGP
Course title Methods and Methodics of Engineering Geological Survey
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Principles of laboratory methods.
2. Instrumentation requirements for laboratory methods.
3. Instrumentation for collections and processing of samples.
4. Principles of field tests,
5. Instrumentation for field tests
6. Interpretation of test results.
7. Orientational characteristics of properties of foundation soils.
8. Overview of computational bearing capacities of foundation soils.
9. Geotechnical categories.
10. Application of engineering geological purpose maps.
11. The transformation relations between the results of each method.
12. Interpretation and presentation of the results of exploration methods.
13. Project exploration work and methodologies established on the principle special purpose of efficiency, complexity and optimization.

Literature

BELL, F. Engineering geology and geotechnics. Boston: Newnes-Butterworths, 2013, 497 p. ISBN 04-080-0355-3
HANDY, R. L., SPANGLER, M. G. Geotechnical engineering: soil and foundation principles and practice. 5th ed., New York, N.Y: Mcgraw-Hill, 2007, 904 s. ISBN 978-0-07-148120-5 
BROMHEAD, E.N. Stability Of Slopes. 2nd ed., Hoboken: Taylor, 1992. ISBN 02-039-7535-9 
DEARMAN, W. Engineering geological mapping. Elsevier, 2013, 396 p. ISBN 978-0750610100 

Advised literature

DAS, B. M., SOBHAN, K. Principles of geotechnical engineering. 8th ed., Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning, 2014, 726 p. ISBN 11-331-0866-0 
AHMED, T. H. Reservoir engineering handbook. 3rd ed., Burlington, MA: Elsevier/Gulf Professional, 2006, 1360 p. ISBN 978-075-0679-725
DAY, R. W. Geotechnical earthquake engineering handbook: with the 2012 International building code. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012. ISBN 9780071792387 
HUNT, R. E. Geotechnical engineering investigation handbook. 2nd ed., Boca Raton, Fla.: Taylor, 2005, 1066 p.


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