Content

• Vane shear test
• Dynamic probing
• Grain size distribution
• Pycnometer
• Proctor compaction test
• Atterberg limits
• Oedometertest
• Direct shear test
• Triaxial test
• Hydraulic permeability

Content

• States of failure in soil
• Static - kinematic methods
• Combined failure mechanisms
• Spatial earth pressure
• Retaining Walls
• Design and calculation of retaining walls
• Shallow Foundations

Content

• Definitions
• Legal framework
• Examples of emissions
• Measurement principles (continuous/manual measurement procedures)
• Measurement of particulate matter
• Measurement of organic substances
• Diffuse emission sources
• Remote sensing: FTIR and LIDAR
• Measurement of odorous substances

Content

• Ground anchors
• Coffer dams
• Caissons
• Diaphragm Walls
• Behaviour of suspension supported cavities
• Pile foundations
• Piles under horizontal loading and pile groups

Content

• Introduction to Geosynthetics
• Geosynthetics in earthworks and foundation engineering
• Supporting structures
• Geosynthetic reinforced earth retaining structures
• Design of earth retaining structures
• Foundations in traffic areas
• Sinkhole protection
• Ground improvement

Content

• Introduction to numerical simulations in geotechnics
• Fundamental constitutive models in geotechnics
• Calibration of constitutive parameters
• Introduction to the FE program Plaxis 2D & 3D
• Numerical simulation of consolidation
• Analysis of structural stability
• Hydromechanically coupled calculations
• Dynamic calculations

Content

• Soil behaviour under monotonic loading
• Soil liquefaction
• Soil behaviour under high-cyclic loading
• Behaviour of cohesive soil under high-cyclic loading
• Introduction to Soil Dynamics
• Geotechnical earthquake engineering

Content

• Introduction to GGU-Software
• Stability analysis
• Slope stabilisation
• Design of piles
• Shallow foundations
• Calculation of settlement
• Design of retaining walls
• Design of gabion walls

Content

• Complex constitutive models in geotechnics
• Calibration of complex constitutive models
• Critical State Soil Mechanics
• Investigation of the influence of different constitutive models in numerical simulations in geotechnics

Content

• Consequences of near-surface mining
• Legal framework in former mining
• Historic mining
• Exploration and indirect methods
• Mining gas and water
• Prognosis and detection methods
• Safekeeping and security techniques
• Monitoring in former mining

Content

• Material and energy recovery routes before landfilling (Circular Economy Law)
• Requirements for landfill sites - site search
• Landfills as civil engineering structures - multibarrier concept
• Components of landfills and requirements for safety, mechanic and hydraulic resistance, durability and manufacturability
• Developement of new materials and methods

Content

• Legal framework for dealing with contaminated sites
• Pollutants relevant to contaminated sites
• Identification of contaminated sites
• Exploration of contaminated sites
• Evaluation of contaminated sites
• Decontamination procedures
• Sealing of contaminated sites
• Preventive soil protection

Content

• Sensitive Soils
• Fundamentals of clay
• Partially saturated soils
• Collapse of soils
• Sagging / liquefaction of soils

Content

• Classification in earthworks
• Appropiate and economical production of earthworks
• Test procedures in earthworks
• Methods for ground improvement and stabilisation
• Concepts of soil management

Content

• Overview of underpinning
• Injection Techniques - methods, areas of application, limits of use
• Ground freezing methods
• Properties of frozen soils
• Design of frozen soils
• Monitoring of ground freezing measures
• Examples of application

Content

Alternating lectures from the construction practice

• about executed constructions
• about current construction methods
• Lectures from engineering offices, construction companies and clients

Excursions to construction sites

• in special undergrund engineering
• in environmental geotechnics

Content

• Terminology and basics of geostatistics
• Spatial interpolation methods (deterministic and geostatistical methods)
• Mathematical techniques for modelling spatial variability (random field theory)
• Stochastic and deterministic processes to optimize monitoring design
• Possible applications and limits of geostatistical software