Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations
English
Credits: 60 ECTS
PRESENTATION
The Master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations at Structuralia aims to strengthen, expand, and consolidate the knowledge and skills of professionals in construction, geology, and civil engineering in the field of geotechnical engineering through a total of 9 modules.
Objectives
Students who successfully complete the Master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations will have the knowledge and skills to perform specialized tasks and advance their professional careers in the field of geotechnical engineering at civil engineering and construction firms, as well as at architectural firms.
- Strengthen and expand students’ knowledge of geotechnical engineering.
- Provide a solid theoretical and practical foundation for geotechnical engineering tasks.
- Provide essential tools for further professional and/or academic development in geotechnical engineering.
- Introduce students to numerical modeling and advanced constitutive models for soils and rocks in geotechnical engineering.
Methodology
At Educa PHAROS, we use a highly practical methodology focused on the direct application of knowledge in the student’s professional environment, combining theoretical content with real-world cases, digital tools, and support from a team of specialized instructors.
Program
Soil - Concept and Formation
Soil - Types of Soil and Sedimentary Deposits
Granular Soils - Gravels and Sands
Cohesive Soils - Silts and Clays
Cohesive Soils - Structure, Types, and Properties of Clays
Basic Properties - Volume and Weight
Basic Properties - Granular Soils
Basic Properties - Cohesive Soils
Unified Soil Classification System (USCS)
AASHTO Soil Classification System
The Rock Cycle. Plate Tectonics and Deformations of the Earth’s Crust.
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock, Rock Matrix, and Rock Mass
Properties of the Rock Matrix
Properties of the Rock Mass: Discontinuities
Geomechanical Classifications - RMR (Rock Mass Rating)
Geomechanical Classifications - The Q Index
The GSI Index - Geological Strength Index
Groundwater. Aquifer Types.
Darcy's Law. Hydraulic Head and Hydraulic Gradient. Permeability.
Mechanics and Theory of Fluid Flow in Porous Media.
Flow Nets.
The Method of Fragments.
The Effective Stress Principle: Applications in Soil and Rocks.
Stress Distribution in the Ground.
Hydraulic heave, uplift, internal erosion, and piping.
Filters: Concept, Use, and Preliminary Design.
Effects of Water on the Rock Matrix and the Rock Mass.
Introduction.
The Amount of the Consolidated Settlement.
The Evolution of the Consolidation Settlement.
The Parabolic Isochrones Theory.
Preloading and Mixed and Radial Consolidation
Well Construction.
Well Design. Analytical Solutions for Individual Wells.
Design of Well Fields. Analytical Solutions for Well Fields.
Construction of Wellpoints.
Design of Wellpoints.
Preliminary Work
Design and Planning of Ground Investigation
Ground Investigation and Preliminary Research
Drilling Techniques [2] and Sampling Methods
In-Situ Testing of Soils and Rock Masses
Identification and State Tests (I)
Identification and State Tests (II)
Resistance Tests (I)
Resistance Tests (II)
Interpretation of Triaxial Shear Tests
Deformability Tests
Interpretation of Oedometer Tests
Compaction and Reuse Tests
Rocks Tests (I)
Rocks Tests (II)
Introduction to Instrumentation and Monitoring
Instrumentation Equipment I
Instrumentation Equipment II
Instrumentation Equipment III
Real-world case studies
The Stress Tensor. Total, Effective, and Pore Stresses. Mohr’s Circle for Stresses.
Strain Tensor. Mohr’s Circle for strains.
Continuum mechanics. Definition of the mathematical problem.
Elasticity Equations and Parameters.
Main Elastic Solutions in Soil and Rock Mechanics.
Introduction to Plasticity.
Yield Criterion. Types of Plastic Behavior.
Plastic Flow and Plastic Potential.
Main Theorems and Postulates of the Theory of Plasticity.
The Mohr-Coulomb Elastoplastic Model.
Rheological Models.
The Hardening Soil Model.
The Hardening Soil Small Model.
The Cam-Clay Model.
The Hoek and Brown Constitutive Model.
The Barton-Choubey Constitutive Model for Joints and Discontinuities.
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