845302 VO Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

winter semester 2025/2026 | Last update: 21.05.2025 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Infrastructure

Instructor:

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Barbara Schneider-Muntau, +43 512 507 62382

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:

• Formation and composition of soils, soil groups
• soil classification, grain size distribution, index tests
• groundwater, percolation, pemeability, capillarity
• stresses in soil, effective stress, pore pressure, Mohr-circles, stress fields
• settlements
• consolidation
• shear strength, direct shear test, triaxial test
• earth pressure
• bearing capacity, shallow foundations
• slopes
• 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:

written examination about 2 semesters after passing the guided works (Übung 1 and Übung 2) - recommend

3 Dates

Assessment criteria and assessment standards of the examinations:

No scripts may be used. Elaboration of about 8 to 10 theory questions and calculation examples from the content of the two semesters.

Elaboration of technical sketches for the individual questions. The theory questions will be evaluated with 5-10% per question and the calculation examples with 10-20% per question. 50% is required for a positive examination.

Literature:

recommended: D. Kolymbas "Geotechnik - Bodenmechanik, Grundbau und Tunnelbau" 3rd edition, Springer

Prerequisites:

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

Start:

see dates

Course allocation

Faculty of Engineering Sciences

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

Third Semester

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

Dates

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Wed 2025-10-01	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-10-08	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-10-15	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-10-22	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-10-29	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-11-05	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-11-12	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-11-19	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-11-26	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-12-03	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2025-12-10	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2026-01-07	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2026-01-14	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2026-01-21	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free
Wed 2026-01-28	10.15 - 11.45	Gr. HS Gr. HS	Barrier-free