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Special Engineering Geology

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Course Unit Code541-0498/06
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
MAR31prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.
Summary
Methodology and legislature of EG design. Complexes of methods and methodical processing. Asessment of EG conditions for urban planning, ground and subsurface constructions, reconstruction and remediation works. Prognosis of interaction between rock enviroment and infrastructure. Reasons of constructions cracs. Tasks of EG in environmental engineering – waste deposits, protection embankments, undermine areas.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the subject a special engineering geology in particular, understanding the main principles, and methodologies engineering geological investigation for different types of engineering objects, such as transport, water, underground construction, etc.
Course Contents
1. Urban planning, project documentation, legislation to implement exploration.
2. Principles of projecting exploration.
3. Legislation.
4. EG documents for calculating the carrying capacity, compressibility.
5. Stability of foundation soils.
6. Conditions for digging pits, making embankments, trenches - dissolubility , workability, consolidating, etc.
7. Methods of investigation and assessment of foundation conditions.
8. civil construction - residential units, buildings, utilities.
9. industrial construction - heavy facilities, heating plant, cold storage, etc.
10. communication construction - highways, roads, railways, bridges.
11. underground structures - tunnels, underground caverns.
12. hydrotechnical structures - dams, water pumping power plants, canals, waste dump.
13. Exploration and evaluation of the geological environment for remediation of slope deformation, reclamation of undermined areas.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KNIGHT, M. J. et al. (1983): Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology, Enviromental Geology. Geol. Soc. of Australia, Sydney.
WYLLIE, D. C. (1992): Foundations on rock. Spon, London.
BELL, F. G. et al.(1992): Engineering in Rock Masses. Butterworth, Oxford.
BLYTH. F. G. H. (1984): A Geology for Engineers. Arnold, London.
PAŠEK, J., MATULA, M. et al. (1995): Inženýrská geologie. díl II., Česká matice technická, Praha
WYLLIE, D. C. (1992): Foundations on rock. Spon, London.
BELL, F. G. et al.(1992): Engineering in Rock Masses. Butterworth, Oxford.
MARSCHALKO, M., MÜLLEROVÁ, J., IDES, D. (2003): Svahové deformace - výukové multimediální texty, Fond rozvoje vysokých škol, Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, http://geologie.vsb.cz/svadef/.
Recommended Reading:
BLYTH. F. G. H. (1984): A Geology for Engineers. Arnold, London.
GIANI, P. G.(1992): Rock Slope Stability Analyssis. Balkema, Rotterdam.
WYLLIE, D. C. (1992): Foundations on rock. Spon, London.
BELL, F. G. et al.(1992): Engineering in Rock Masses. Butterworth, Oxford.
BLYTH. F. G. H. (1984): A Geology for Engineers. Arnold, London.
HULLA, J., TURČEK, P.(1998): Zakladanie stavieb. Jaga group, Bratislava.
GIANI, P. G.(1992): Rock Slope Stability Analyssis. Balkema, Rotterdam.
MATULA, M. (1995): Geológia v územnom plánovaní a výstavbe. Príroda, Bratislava.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined