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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021
Slope and Rock Wall Stability
| Type of study | BachelorFollow-up Master |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | English |
| Code | 542-0710/06 |
| Abbreviation | SSSS |
| Course title | Slope and Rock Wall Stability |
| Credits | 5 |
| Coordinating department | Department of Mining Engineering and Safety |
| Course coordinator | doc. Ing. Jindřich Šancer, Ph.D. |
Subject syllabus
Syllabus of lectures:
1. Introduction to the subject
2. methods of in situ measurement of geotechnical properties of rocks and soils
3. clasification of landslides
4. IG surveys of landslides
5. Stability factor of slopes.
6. Methods of assesment of stability factor - soils - analytical methods
7. Methods of assesment of stability factor - soils - grafoanalytic methods
8. Methods of assesment of stability factor - rock slopes
9. Geotechnical monitoring
10. Stabilization of slopes.
11. Methods of mathematical modeling - softwares
12. Czech legislation
13 GEOFOND CR
14. practical excursion
1. Introduction to the subject
2. methods of in situ measurement of geotechnical properties of rocks and soils
3. clasification of landslides
4. IG surveys of landslides
5. Stability factor of slopes.
6. Methods of assesment of stability factor - soils - analytical methods
7. Methods of assesment of stability factor - soils - grafoanalytic methods
8. Methods of assesment of stability factor - rock slopes
9. Geotechnical monitoring
10. Stabilization of slopes.
11. Methods of mathematical modeling - softwares
12. Czech legislation
13 GEOFOND CR
14. practical excursion
Literature
Advised literature
N. Lu, J.W. Godt: Hillslope Hydrology and Stability. Cambridge, February 2013. ISBN 9781107021068
Walton, G. ae al. (2004): Secure and Sustainable Final Slopes for SME Aggregate Quarries. Evenlode Books, Oxford, March 2004, ISBN 0897766882 .
Walton, G. ae al. (2004): Secure and Sustainable Final Slopes for SME Aggregate Quarries. Evenlode Books, Oxford, March 2004, ISBN 0897766882 .