Duration
21h Th, 21h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Stresses in soils, constitutive laws for satured, unsatured and dry soils.
Experimental determination of soil geomechanical parameters using in situ and laboratory test.
Design, calculation and technology of: foundations, settlement, retaining structures, compaction, slopes, earth dams and conduits.
Design a foundations for bearing capacity and settlement
Design soil retaining structures (walls, sheet piles, bracing)
Verify stability and safety of natural and manmade slopes
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Understanding of the main principles and fundamental laws of soil mechanics. Capacity for the choice and the interpretation of the physical and mechanical testing. Design of foundations, retaining structures, slopes.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- Chose a geotechnical testing campaign
- Interpret the main field and laboratory tests
- Understand the principles of the main constitutive laws for soils
- Calculate stress distribution under applied loads
- Design a foundations for bearing capacity and settlement
- Design soil retaining structures
- Verify stability and safety of natural and manmade slopes
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
-- ME101 - Engineering mechanics
-- LT201 - Strength of materials and elasticity
-- HA221 - Applied hydrology
-- GP205 - Earth sciences
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theory will be teatched face to face. Exercices will be done to apply therory. Additional exercices will be available on eCampus.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Lectures and practical work
Recommended or required readings
Géotechnique, 3 volumes of lecture notes including exercices, edited by Centrale des Cours de l'AEES, FSA, Sart Tilman.
The pdf files are available on eCampus portal.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Additional information:
Oral examination for theory and written exam for exercices. Each part account 50% in the final note. No dispense possible for reported session in September.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Each lesson will be either a theoretical lesson (3 hours) and practises (3 hours).
Contacts
Bertrand François
Frédéric Collin
BAT. B52/3 - ArGenCo Géomécanique et Géologie de l'ingénieur
tel. +32 (0)4/366.91.42 direct(FC)
tel. +32 (0)4/366.92.32 direct(BF)
tel. +32 (0)4/366.93.45 secrétariat
fax. +32 (0)4/366.95.20
F.Collin@uliege.be
Bertrand.francois@uliege.be