| Type: | Open University
Language: English |
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Prerequisite: 56141 and 56204
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Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
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Scope and form: Lectures and exercises
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Examination: Evaluation of report(s) (13-scale)
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Remarks: The course is a geotechnical continuation of the IGG course 56204, which gives the necessary geological background for evaluation of foreign soil and rock types. Furthermore, the present course gives an international supplement to basic geotechn. courses
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| Contact person: | Niels Nielsen Foged, Building 373, Tel. +45 4525 5087, email nf@byg.dtu.dk |
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Department: Department of Geology and Geotechnical Engineering
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Aim: To enable the participants to use design and construction methods based on international practise and standards in foreign soil and rock types.- To evaluate strength and deformation properties for soil and rock types unlike typical danish types.
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Contents: International geotechnical engineering practise, regional soil and rock properties, field and laboratory procedures. Soil and rock types like laterite, black cotton soil, loess, permafrost in arctic regions and soft and weathered rock types are treated.
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