Earthworks of Infrastructures
Master student
Course, workshop, MOOC, seasonal school
In person
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4
04/09/2023 to 22/01/2024
Course Description
The aim of the course is that the students understand the geotechnical aspects of infrastructures’ earthworks. In this course the student gets to know the effect of earthquakes on subsoil and earthworks (damages, stability calculation, liquefaction, case studies, failures), the concepts of embankment construction on soft soils (primary consolidation, secondary compression, wick drains, vibroflotation, dynamic compaction, dynamic replacement, staged construction), design, construction and control of soil and rock dams and flood protection dikes, and calculation of quick condition and sandpiping
Time format
weekly
Educational-info
Competences
student is able to recognize the geotechnical problems related to an infrastructure project, is able to design earthworks considering seismic actions,is able to design soil improvement,is able to design earthworks related to water infrastructures.
Prerequisites
none
Duration
42 h / 14 weeks
ECTS
4
Validation mode
Continuous control
Maximum number of students
30
Access to disable
Yes
Organizer
Partner
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Department
Department of Engineering Geology and Geotechnics