Course

Marine Geotechnik
Marine Geotechnics

Lecturer

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Grabe

Language

German

Participants

Students of the Master's degree programme in Civil Engineering, 2nd semester, part of the mandatory module "Marine Geotechnics"  for students with specialization in "Geotecvhnical Engioneering" and "Port Construction and Flood Protection".

Lecture

• Introduction
• Seabed/coast
• Actions
• Dikes
• Shallow foundations
• Pile foundations
• Quay walls
• Sea locks
• Flodd protection

Exercises

• Responsible person in summer semester 2025: Daniel Tetla
• Register at Stud.IP ("Hörsslübung: Marine Geotechnik")
• Content:
• Planning and design of the foundations of an offshore wind turbine
• Planning and design of a dike
• Planning and design of a quay wall

Examination

Written exam in summer and winter semester, duration: 45 min

Learning material

• Register at Stud.IP (Vorlesung: Marine Geotechnik) for lecture notes and (Übung: Marine Geotechnik) for exercise notes

Literature recommendations

• Poulos H.G. (1988): Marine Geotechnics. Unwin Hyman, London
• Wagner P. (1990): Meerestechnik: Eine Einführung für Bauingenieure. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin
• EAK (2002): Empfehlungen für Küstenschutzbauwerke
• BSH (2008): Standard Baugrunderkundung für Offshore-Windenergieparks
• Bergmeiser, Konrad (Hg.) (2019): Beton-Kalender 2019 - Schwerpunkte: Parkbauten, Geotechnik und Eurocode 7. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
• Smoltczyk, U. (2018). Grundbau- Taschenbuch Teil 3: Gründungen und geotechnische Bauwerke. John Wiley & Sons, New York.