651-4078-00L Clay Mineralogy
Semester | Frühjahrssemester 2014 |
Dozierende | L. P. Meier, M. Plötze |
Periodizität | jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
Lehrsprache | Englisch |
Kurzbeschreibung | This course gives a comprehensive introduction in clay mineralogy, properties, characterising and testing methods as well as applied aspects and problems of clays and clay minerals in geotechnics. |
Lernziel | Fundamental knowledge of mineralogy of clay minerals, their specific properties with a focus to their potential use, problematics and things to consider in geotechnics. |
Inhalt | -Origin of clays; -Clay mineral structure, classification and identification -Properties of clay materials, characterisation and quantification (rheology, plasticity, shearing, swelling, permeability, retardation and diffusion) -Application of clays -Clay Minerals in Geotechnics (e.g. soil mechanics, barriers, slurry walls) |
Skript | Lecture slides and further documents will be available in the lecture |
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | includes practical work and experiments |