Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (17.A309)

Native organizations units: Department of Civil Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Architecture (Year: 3, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Geotechnics Architectural-Urbanistic Planning, Design and Theory
ECTS	4

Enabling students to acquire professional knowledge and apply it in practice.

Acquired knowledge is used in the engineering practice.

Classification and identification of soil materials. Shear strength. Compressibility of the soil. Soil compaction. Laboratory and field experiments. Lateral earth pressures and the massive support structures. Limitation and allowed bearing capacity of shallow foundations. Limitations and allowed bearing capacity of individual piles. Calculation of subsidence of shallow foundations. Basis for designing foundations. Selection of deep foundations. The main types of foundations and their characteristics. Shallow foundations. Foundation of the piles. Foundation on the wells. Foundation pit. Stops. The stability of slopes.

Lectures and Auditory Practice.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Graphic paper	Yes	Yes	20.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	40.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Theoretical part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00