Number of hours
- Lectures 10.0
- Projects -
- Tutorials -
- Internship -
- Laboratory works -
- Written tests 2.0
ECTS
ECTS 0.3
Goal(s)
Projection and construction of linear infrastructure (roads, highways, railways): earthworks, subgrade, pavements.
Half of this course is provided in learning per project
Content(s)
- Introduction to geotechnical engineering of linear infrastructure
- Laboratory tests used in earthworks
- Soil classification: introduction to the different classifications, USCS and AASHTO classifications, NFP11-300
- Compaction
- Reuse of soils in backfill and shaped layers: Guide on Road Earthworks GTR, complements to the GTR for the implementation of backfill in sensitive materials
- Improvement techniques: lime and hydraulic binder treatment, other techniques
- Mechanical characteristics, load-bearing capacity: upper part of the earthworks and subgrade, railway platforms
- Water circulation: permeability, suction and phenomena
capillaries - Sensitivity to frost
- Practical applications: project, earthworks execution, earth movement, special earthworks
- Meteorology and earthworks
- Quality assurance in the work: method, control tests
- Pavement design: flexible pavements, rigid pavements, materials
- French pavement design method: traffic, platform, freeze-thaw check
- Formulation of pavement layers, execution: hydrocarbon materials, hydraulic materials
- Cement concrete pavements
Soil mechanics, physical identification of geomaterials
Test
APP, EXAM
Calendar
The course exists in the following branches:
- Curriculum - GGC - Semester 8
Additional Information
Course ID : KAGG8M15
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