Numerical Methods of Geotechnics

The aim of the course is that the students get to know the use of numerical methods that aid the geotechnical and engineering geological design. The students get familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of analytical methods and applications of finite element methods to geotechnical and engineering geological problems by using different commercially available software. The students get to know the special elements and material models that are typically used in case of FE modelling of geotechnical problems. The students get to know the most frequently used rock mechanical methods for modelling fractured rocks.

one-semester

student is able to use analytical geotechnical software, is able to use proper material model and parameters based on geotechnical test results, is able to model soil/rock behaviour using finite element method

none

28 h / 14 weeks

3

Personal project

20

Yes

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Department of Engineering Geology and Geotechnics