Ralf Herzog: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021 |
Name | Mr Ralf Herzog |
Address | Institut für Geotechnik ETH Zürich, HIL C 34.3 Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | +41 44 633 66 02 |
ralf.herzog@igt.baug.ethz.ch | |
Department | Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
Relationship | Lecturer |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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101-0314-00L | Soil Mechanics Only for Civil Engineering BSc. | 5 credits | 4G | I. Anastasopoulos, R. Herzog, A. Marin | |
Abstract | Fundamentals of soil mechanics including key processes: classification, site investigation, stresses and their distribution in soils, influence of groundwater in soils and on structures, piping, erosion and filters, stress-strain relationships, stress history, stiffness, strength, settlement calculations, consolidation, slope stability, mechanical compaction. | ||||
Objective | Fundamentals in soil mechanics and geotechnics will be presented in order to: * understand soil as a multi-phase hydro-mechanical system * obtain parameters essential for classification and description of soil * recognise key aspects of soil behaviour and the implications of this for obtaining and characterising the stress-strain response and deriving associated parameters (stiffness and strength). | ||||
Content | Introduction, basic terms, classification, site investigation Total and effective stresses, stress distribution in soils Influence of groundwater in soil, water pressure on structures, hydraulic fracture (piping), erosion and filters Stress-strain relationships, stress history, stiffness, strength, settlement calculations, time dependency, consolidation Limit equilibrium, slope stability (infinite slope, slip circles, slip surfaces) Mechanical compaction | ||||
Lecture notes | Notes with Web support: http://geotip.igt.ethz.ch (also available in English) Examples Exercises | ||||
Literature | http://geotip.igt.ethz.ch Lang, H.-J.; Huder, J.; Amann, P.; Puzrin, A.M.: Bodenmechanik und Grundbau, Springer-Lehrbuch 8. Auflage, 2007 | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | Laboratory exercises in groups (classification, groundwater, shear strength) and offered virtually as computer aided learning (GEOTip) | ||||
101-0314-10L | Soil Mechanics (for Environmental Engineers) Only for Environmental Engineering MSc. | 3 credits | 2G | I. Anastasopoulos, R. Herzog, A. Marin | |
Abstract | Fundamentals of soil mechanics including key processes: classification, stresses and their distribution in soils, influence of groundwater in soils and on structures, piping, erosion and filters, stress-strain relationships, stress history, stiffness, strength, slope stability. | ||||
Objective | Fundamentals in soil mechanics and geotechnics will be presented in order to: * understand soil as a multi-phase hydro-mechanical system * obtain parameters essential for classification and description of soil * recognise key aspects of soil behaviour and the implications of this for obtaining and characterising the stress-strain response and deriving associated parameters (stiffness and strength). | ||||
Content | Introduction, basic terms, classification. Total and effective stresses, stress distribution in soils. Influence of groundwater in soil, hydraulic fracture (piping), erosion and filters. Stress-strain relationships, stress history, stiffness, strength. Limit equilibrium, slope stability. | ||||
Lecture notes | Notes with Web support: http://geotip.igt.ethz.ch (also available in English) Examples Exercises | ||||
Literature | http://geotip.igt.ethz.ch Lang, H.-J.; Huder, J.; Amann, P.; Puzrin, A.M.: Bodenmechanik und Grundbau, Springer-Lehrbuch 8. Auflage, 2007 | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | Exrercises, laboratory exercises in groups and offered virtually as computer aided learning (GEOTip) |