Duration
20h Th, 10h Pr, 1d FW
Number of credits
| Master in geography: geomatics (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course presents an introduction to soil mechanics and design of geotechnical works, for students from scientific but non engineering masters. The dimensioning methods are especially summarised.
The course contents the following items :
- Identification and classifications of soils
- Groundwater system
- Stress state in soil
- Compression and consolidation
- Shear strength
- In-situ geotechnical investigation
- Earth pression against wall
- Design of shallow foundations
- Various geotechnical systems (deep foundations, Retaining structures, slope)
Partim B of the course includes also some laporatory sessions. These sessions allow students to compare and complete their theoretical knowledge with practical demonstrations for the main soil tests performed in the laboratory (particle size, Atterberg limits, shear box, oedometer, triaxial, proctor).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this teaching unit, the student will be able to:
- Identify and classify a soil from a geotechnical point of view and deduce its general characteristics
- Understand the physical processes related to simple geotechnical and soil mechanics problems
- Comprehend simple case study in geotechnical engineering
- Explain and analyse the behaviour of geotechnical structures
- Partim B: Catch the main protocol of laboratory tests and analyse the results of geotechnical tests in laboratory
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The theorical lecture is given ex-cathedra while during the exercise sessions, the students solves exercise by them-selves with the help of the teacher or assistant. Those exercise sessions are idal moments to interact with the teacher and ask questions.
In addition to those sessions, the students following the partim B of the course will have to participate to laboratory sessions during which they will perform classical soil mechanics tests (grain size distribution, Atterberg limit, direct shear test, oedomtric test, triaxial test, proctor test). After each session, student will have to produce a report, to be delivered for the next week, including the objective of the test, the experimental protocole, the obtained results and the interpretation of the results.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Lecture and pratical work face-to-face
In addition for partim B: Laboratory session (Laboratory of Geotechnologies)
Recommended or required readings
Lectures notes avalaible at student centrale des cours - AEES. They are also avalaible on ecampus, as well as the slide used during the courses.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
For students following only partim A:
The evaluation is based 50% on an oral (closed-book) exam based on the theory and 50% on an written (open-book) exam based on exercise.
For studentrs following partim A and B:
The evaluation is based 45% on an oral (closed-book) exam based on the theory, 40% on an written (open-book) exam based on exercise and 15% on the evaluation of the report delivered after each laboratory session.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course is organised during the 1st quadrimester, on Monday morning.
Contacts
Bertrand FRANCOIS, Bertrand.francois@uliege.be