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Base of geotechnics
FAST-NFB021Acad. year: 2023/2024
Subject and contents of geotechnics.
Foundation soils and their classification.
Foundation soils properties and limit states of foundation soils.
Foundations of constructions - spread and deep ones.
Geophysical survey, investigative work of engineering geology and in situ tests of rock mechanics.
Stability of slopes and rock walls, landslides.
Types and specifics of underground structures, methods of building.
Instrumentation and monitoring in geotechnics. Geodesic methods used in geotechnics.
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The student in course "Base of geotechnics" will make general view about geotechnical discipline: rock and soil mechanics, engineering geology, foundation engineering and underground structures. He will be taken up with instrumentation and monitoring in geotechnics and with geodetical methods used in it.
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Basic literature
Klepsatel, F. Mařík, L. Frankovský, M. Městské podzemní stavby. Bratislava: Jaga Group, 2005, ISBN 80-8076-021-7. (CS)
Mencl, V. Mechanika zemin a skalních hornin, Praha: Academia, 1966, 978-800-7234-739-1. (CS)
Turček, P. a kol. Zakládání staveb. Bratislava: Jaga Group, 2005, ISBN 80-8076-023-3. (CS)
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- Programme NPC-GK Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
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