Soil Mechanics and Engineering Geology
Syllabus, Bachelor's level, 1GV205
- Code
- 1GV205
- Education cycle
- First cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Earth Science G2F
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 4 March 2021
- Responsible department
- Department of Earth Sciences
Entry requirements
60 credits Earth Science. Participation in Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology, 10 credits. 10 credits in mathematics and 10 credits in GIS are recommended.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- describe the use of unconsolidated soils in building and construction technology, and describe basic concepts in soil science
- describe and classify the bedrock and its structure in terms of its technical characteristics for construction on and in bedrock. Describe the prevalence and use of rock and aggregate material, including processes
- describe the stress field in bedrock and tunnelling and reinforcement methods
- describe soil behaviour during compression and shear
- describe the main features of geotechnical design.
Content
Engineering geology: The Quaternary stratas occurrence and use as construction and aggregate material, the Swedish bedrock structure,
Rock types and technical properties of rock when building in bedrock and using aggregates, rock reinforcement methods.
Soil science: soil composition and classification, structural composition of soilds.
Basic mechanics.
Rock Mechanics: Rock stress state, dimensioning of reinforcement, rock mechanical calculations.
Soil behaviour: Stress conditions in soil, compression and shear of soil, movements in soil.
Soil mechanics: Consolidation subsidence, bearing capacity, pressure, slope stability, soil stabilisation methods
Geotechnical investigation and design.
Field and laboratory methods in soil mechanics.
Instruction
Lectures, exercises, laboratory work and excursions.
Assessment
Laboratory reports and excursion report (3 credits), exercises (4 credits), written exam (3 credits).
If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.