Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
François Bertrand; Gérard Pierre; Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida João;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Basic notions of the mechanics of solids and fluids.
Main themes
The objective of the course is to study fundamental scientific and technical aspects linked to the understanding and analysis of structural materials and geomaterials in construction.
The course aims at providing future engineers with an essential background on mechanics, geomechanics and properties of construction materials that will be useful throughout their study curriculum and professionally when managing civil engineering projects.
The course aims at providing future engineers with an essential background on mechanics, geomechanics and properties of construction materials that will be useful throughout their study curriculum and professionally when managing civil engineering projects.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| AA1.1, AA1.2, AA3.1, AA3.3, AA4.1, AA4.2, AA4.3, AA4,4, AA5.3, AA5.5, AA6.1 | Specific learning outcomes of the course
At the end of the course, students will be capable of:
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course is organised in 3 parts:
1. Characterization of structural materials:
1. Characterization of structural materials:
- Steel: composition, production, use, properties.
- Concrete: composition, use, properties.
- Masonry and Wood.
- New smart materials.
- Mechanical properties of materials, static indeterminacy, thermal effects, imperfections, prestress, time-dependent behaviour (creep, relaxation, recovery), stress concentrations, etc.
- Shear stress and strain, plane stress, principal stress and maximum shear stress, Mohr’s circle for plane stress, triaxial stress, plane strain.
- Failure criteria for ductile and brittle materials: Tresca, Von Mises, Rankine, Mohr-Coulomb, etc. Influence of repeated loading and fatigue.
- Reinforced and prestressed concrete: quick overview on a 4-point beam bending test in the laboratory (LEMSC).
- Genesis and genetic classification of rocks: igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks. Main physical properties of rocks. Rock identification. Soil formation.
- Interpretation of geological maps.
- Physical characterization of soils: Particle size distribution of fine and coarse soils, consistency, soil classification. Volume mass relationships, soil compaction.
- Soil-water interaction, capillarity, Darcy law, 1D groundwater flow, laboratory hydraulic conductivity test, introduction to 2D groundwater flow (flownets).
- Stress in soil, total stress, pore water pressure and effective stress.
Teaching methods
The teaching is organized in lecture sessions and exercise sessions. The lectures will be given in classroom by means of slides and demonstrations. The exercise sessions will take place in classroom but also laboratory sessions are programmed (LEMSC).
Evaluation methods
Final written exam.
Online resources
Available on Moodle
Faculty or entity
GC
