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| Previous course: C5661 |
| Offered by:
Department of Geology and Geotechnical Engineering
(IGG) |
| No credit points with: C5661 |
| Prerequisite: 56141/C5641 |
| Recommended semester:
7th semester |
| Examination:
Oral exam
(13 point scale
) |
| Contact person: |
Bent Hansen, IGG, Building 373, Tel. +45 4525 5083
Jens Ludvig Sørensen, IGG, Tel. +45 4525 45884444DGI |
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| Aim: To enable the participants: -to plan a geotechnical preliminary and design investigation appropriate to a given project. -to explain the most important problems in relation to design and construction of foundations and open cuts in the soil profile, and to indicate solutions to given foundation problems. -to plan and interpret possible follow up investigations and arrangements. |
| Contents: Geotechnical investigations, including application of geology and soil testing. Building foundations and open cuts, including seepage problems, frost problems, and considerations of neighbouring constructions. Earth fill. control investigations. Foundation failures. |
