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Geotechnics [ LAUCE2171 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  45.0 h + 15.0 h   1q 

Teacher(s) Holeyman Alain ; Thimus Jean-Francois ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Main themes Provide engineering students advanced design methods to solve geotechnical problems connected with civil engineering projects. Knowledge: - Soil-structure interaction under static conditions - Advanced analysis of slope stability, design of foundations and soil retaining structures - Foundation and soil improvement technologies Know-how: - Integrate basic engineering disciplines (soil mechanics, constitutive modeling, statics of structures) to analyze interactive stability of soil and structures - Assess feasibility and select best available design method to study foundation problems, select appropriate design parameters and most appropriate technology to solve a foundation problem
Aims Give to the students the expertise of knowledge seen in cursus AUCE 1171, 1172 and 1173
Content - Soil-structure interaction as an advanced method to design spread footings, piled rafts, piles under horizontal loading, diaphragm walls; interest and limitation of finite elements software - Groundwater flow analysis under complex conditions: anisotropy, heterogeneity, free surface groundwater flow, seepage forces, piping, transient conditions, interpretation of pumping tests results - Ultimate states design and soil plasticity - Foundation technology, temporary and permanent soil improvement techniques - Advanced analysis of slope stability: discussion of drained vs. undrained conditions and parameters, connection with laboratory triaxial and other shear testing, advanced slice methods (complete Bishop, Janbu, Morgenstern & Price), use specific software Lectures are delivered in auditoria. Exercises are administered under a seminar format to solve case studies. Use of the Plaxis® Finite Element and Geo-Slope ® softwares is introduced.
Other information Prequesit : AUCE 2173, Statics
Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in Civil Engineering
Faculty or entity
in charge
> GC


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