Geotechnics

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Ernesto MOTTA

Expected Learning Outcomes

Soil behaviour knowledge for  the design of geotechnical structures

Course Structure

frontal learning with lectures and exercitations

Required Prerequisites

knowledge of analysis n. 2

Attendance of Lessons

The presence at the lectures is strongly recommanded

Detailed Course Content

Soil classification

Teory of filtyration

Consolidatio theory

Shear strength teory

Laboratory tests

Plastic theory of soil

Rankine theory

Coulomb theory

Shallow foundations

Deep Foundations

Textbook Information

Lancellotta Renato, "Geotechnics", Zanichelli


Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1Programation will follow the usual steps

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral examination

project valutation


Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Speack about consolidation theory

speack about U-U test