OVERVIEW

Geotechnics is an engineering discipline wich deals with soil-structure interaction (foundations, retaining walls etc.), Nonetheless, Engineers must interact with Geologists because the latter  often perform professionally soil characterizations, samplings, technical testings, other than various soil behaviur monitoring activities on-site and in real time. This raises the necessity that they need to have a cammon base of knowledge on this specific issue.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The main objective of this course is teaching the characterization of terrains, rocks and rock ensambles intended as construction materials, with a particular insight on their effects on the human environment.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons and solved examples released in aula by the teacher

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

John Atkinsons - GROUND ENGINEERING - CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group - London) - 2014 - ISBN 13: 978-1-4822-0617-3

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ROBERTO PASSALACQUA (President)

RICCARDO BERARDI

ROSSELLA BOVOLENTA

GIOVANNI DALERCI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October the 4th 2017, aula A6 (Palazzo delle Scienze), starting at 9 o'clock.

Class schedule

GEOTECHNICS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

oaral exam

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam aims to verify if the Student has acquired the base of knowledge, further than the interconnections of the different arguments oriented to theri pratctial application.

Exam schedule