Course detail

Soil Mechanics

FAST-DF53Acad. year: 2024/2025

Soils like particullar matters. Influence of structure to mechanical behaviour of soils. Effective stress axiom. Short-term and long-term stability. Loading and unloading conditions. Pore pressure, determination. Standard and non-standard triaxial tests. Deformation charakteristics. Material behaviour of cohesive and non-cohesive soils.
Basic rheological relations. Rheological models. Conditions of limit equilibrium in space. Limit state of structures, physical fundamentals of plastic deformation, plasticity conditions, limit state of viscous failure, failure at creep. Finite affinities: isotropic and anisotropic materials. Incremental (plastical) affinities: energetical conception, application of dilatantial behaviour, theory of anisotropic hardening. Original and acquired anisotropy. Non-linear behaviour of non cohesive soils due to Konder, Duncan, Chang. Stabilization factor, dilatancy, contractancy. Stress path. Stress path metod. Metod of adjustment and change of structural character of soils and rocks. Interaction of soils and rocks with structures. Low back, plane strain of non-timberwork circular tunnel, plane strain of circle tunnel face, local damage and expression on surface. Settlement of surface due to mining.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Geotechnics (GTN)

Entry knowledge

Soil properties, formation of soils, limit states theory, knowledge of structural mechanics and strength.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The students gain complex view on the soil behaviour for whole loading interval up to the limit state of rupture for the determination of the input material parameters of soils and rocks for numerical modelling of the structure-soil interaction.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DESAI, Ch.S.: Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. Mc-Graw.Hill Book Company 1977
GUDEHUS,G.: Finite Elements in Geomechanics. John Wiley & Sons 1979
Základy mechaniky partikulárních látek: FEDA,J.. Academia Praha

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Influence of structure to mechanical behaviour of soils. Effective stress axiom. Short-term and long-term stability. Loading and unloading conditions. Pore pressure, determination. 2. Standard and non-standard triaxial tests. Deformation charakteristics. Material behaviour of cohesive and non-cohesive soils. 3. Methods of stress-strain solution of earth body. The total function of deformability. 4. The basic rheological relations. Rheological models. 5. Types of structures, loading and limit conditions. Conditions of limit equilibrium in space. 6. Limit states of structures, physical fundamentals of plastic deformation, plasticity conditions. 7. Finite affinities, isotropy and anisotropy materials. Incremental affinities, energetical conception, application of dilatantial behaviour. 8. Incremental (plastical) relations, energetical conception. 9. Non linear behaviour of non cohesive soils due to Konder, Duncan and Chang. 10. Stress path method. 11. Finite element method in geotechnics. 12. New model of subsoil. 13. Interaction of structures with foundations and subsoil. Deformation of surface due to mining.