Number of hours
- Lectures 8.0
- Projects -
- Tutorials 10.0
- Internship -
- Laboratory works -
- Written tests 2.0
ECTS
ECTS 0.3
Goal(s)
basic knowledge for the physical description of soils.
laboratory tests of soil identification (implementet durong the practicals). Systels of soil classification
Content(s)
1.The natural medium
1.1. Soil/rock distinction
1.2. Description of geomaterials : nature parameters (grain size distribution, etc.) and state parameters (three-phase model)
2.Coarse soils
2.1. Definition
2.2 Volume characteristics
2.3 Grain size distribution
2.4 In situ soil characteristics (relative density)
2.5. Geotechnical problems related to coarse soils
3.Fine soils
3.1. Definition
3.2. Mineralogical composition, cristallography and type of clays
3.3 Clay identification
3.4. Factors of clay activity
3.5. Clay-water system
3.6 laboratory testing of fine soils
3.7. Geotechnical problems related to clayey soils
4.The soils in the civil engineering field
4.1. Compaction characteristics
4.2. Soil classifications (French systems: GTR, LCPC)
physical quantities and uncertainty
Test
EXAM, CC
Calendar
The course exists in the following branches:
- Curriculum - GGC - Semester 5
Additional Information
Course ID : KAGG5M07
Course language(s): 
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Bibliography
Magnan. Description, identification et classification des sols. Techniques de l'ingénieur (en ligne sur www.techniques-ingenieur.fr)
Philipponnat et Hubert. Fondations et ouvrages en Terre. Editions Eyrolles, 2000
Holz et Kovacs. Introduction à la géotechnique. Editions de l'École Polytechnique de Montréal, 1996
Dupain et Saint-Arroman. Granulats, sols, ciments et bétons. Editions Casteilla, 2009
Lambe et Whitman. Soil Mechanics, EditionsJohn Wiley & Sons, 1979
Cordary. Mécanique des sols, Editions Lavoisier, 1994.