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Ausgewählte Themen der Bodenmechanik
Selected Topics in Soil Mechanics

Status: 02.12.2024

Lecturer

Dr.-Ing. Hans Stanford

Language

German

Participants

  • Students of masters progtramme Bauingenieurwesen, 2. term (summer term), mandatory module „Bodenmechanik und Bodendynamik“ for students with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering; compulsory elective course for for students with specialization in Structural Engineering, Modelling and Simulation, Port Construction and Coastal Protection
  • Requirements: Successful participation in the course “Soil Mechanics” in the Bachelor's degree program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, successful participation in the course “Soil Mechanics Internship” in the Master's degree program in Civil Engineering
  • Attention change: Until SoSe 2025 two semester hours pert week (SWS), from summer term one SWS as part of the restructuring of the module “Soil Mechanics and Soil Dynamics”

Learning objectives

  • In-depth study of selected topics in soil mechanics in preparation for project work and Master's theses
  • Learning various modeling concepts of soil mechanics and evaluating their significance for construction practice

Contents

Der Vorlesungsinhalt umfasst wechselnde Themen aus folgenden Gebieten:

  • Stress-strain behvaiour of soils: experiments, stress-strain constitutive models, calculating with constitutive equations
  • Pore fluid flow: experiment, hydraulic models for saturated, dryL, and unsaturated soils

  • Limit and safety analyses: Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM), collapse theors of plasticity theory including lower bound analysis (characteristics method) and upper bound analysis (Kinematic Element Method, Discontinuous Layout Optimization, and nd numerical methods like Finite Element Method (FEA), Shear Reduction Finite Element Analysis (SRFEA) und Finite Element Limit Analysis (FELA)

  • Continuum mechanics: Konzept der Volumenanteile, principle of effective stress, material independent equations (kinematicalequations and blanace equations), constitutive equations, boundary value problems

  • Heat transfer in soils: heat conduction, convect ive heat transport, phase changes, thermal properties of soil constituents and the soil mixture

Digital offers

  • Teaching material via Stud.IP (lecture notes for lecture and exercises as well as addons)

Examination

  • Written exam as part of the module exam „Bodenmechanik und Bodendynamik“ (Duration: 45 Min, weighting according to the ECTS point in the module, Aids: Skript lecture notes and pocket calculator)