845302 VO Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

summer semester 2023 | Last update: 30.11.2023 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Infrastructure

Instructor:

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Robert Hofmann, +43 512 507 62300

Course number:

845302

Title:

VO Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Type/hours:

VO 2

ECTS credits:

Period:

weekly

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

German

Learning Outcome:

Students are acquainted with the principles of Soil Mechanic, Foundation and Tunnel Engineering. The lectures address the basics required to unterstand the applications (e.g. the guided works, part 1 and part2).

Contents:

• Formations and composition of soils, soil groups
• soil classification, grain size distribution, index tests
• groundwater, percolation, pemeability, capillarity
• percolation, potential theory, frost heave
• stresses in soil, effective stress, pore pressure, Mohr-circles, stress fields
• settlements
• consolidation
• shear strengt, dict shear test, triaxial test
• earth pressure
• bearing capacity, hydraulic failure
• slopes • shallow foundations
• pile foundations
• underground amelioration (replacement, compaction, pre-loading, grouting, freezing)
• groundwater containment
• retaining structures

Methods:

Presentation of theory in a concise and clear way. The transparencies used are available to the students via VIS-Online

Assessment:

writing examination(over 2 semester)

Recommended: to be positive in both exercises (par 1 and part 2)

Literature:

recommended: https://www.igb.tuwien.ac.at/lehre/unterlagen/ wtih password

Pech, R. Hofmann, E. Würger (2019): Gründungen, Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Basel (2. Auflage), 192 S., Hardcover, ISBN: 978-3-0356-1976-8.

D. Kolymbas (2016): "Geotechnik. Bodenmechanik, Grundbau und Tunnelbau" 4., Berlin: Springer Vieweg. ISBN 978-3-662-53592-9.

Prerequisites:

You have attend part 1 (in winter) and part 2 (in summer).

OLAT:

https://lms.uibk.ac.at/url/RepositoryEntry/5406785619

Start:

09.03.2023

allocated to study field

Faculty of Engineering Sciences

Bachelor's Programme Civil and Environmental Engineering according to the Curriculum 2007 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)

Fourth Semester

Compulsory Module 5: Module Geotechnical Engineering (12.5 ECTS-Credits, 9 h)

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Thu 2023-03-09	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-03-16	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2023-03-22	08.00 - 09.30	HSB 3 HSB 3	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-03-23	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-04-20	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-04-27	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-05-04	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-05-11	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2023-05-24	08.15 - 09.45	HSB 3 HSB 3	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-05-25	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-06-01	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-06-15	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2023-06-21	08.15 - 09.45	HSB 3 HSB 3	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-06-22	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-10-12	08.15 - 09.45	HSB 3 HSB 3	Barrier-free
Thu 2023-11-30	08.15 - 09.45	HSB 3 HSB 3	Barrier-free
Thu 2024-01-18	08.15 - 09.45	HSB 3 HSB 3	Barrier-free

Booking

Group	Booking period	Date of exam
845302-0	2023-06-13 23:59 - 2023-11-23 23:59	2023-11-30 08:00 - 09:45 HSB 3
	Hofmann R.
845302-0	2023-06-13 23:59 - 2024-01-11 23:59	2024-01-18 08:00 - 09:45 HSB 3	Register exam
	Hofmann R.