M.Sc. Civil Engineering

Earth Structures

Lecture term: winter trimester

Extent: 2,0 TWH lecture, 2,0 TWH exercise

Contents:

  • Groundwork in route works and traffic route engineering
  • Trenches
  • Dams/Embankments
  • Slope stabilisation
  • Tunnel erosion
  • Assessment and recalculation of existing infrastructure
  • Restructuring/Strengthening of dams
  • Landfill construction

Soil dynamics

Lecture term: spring trimester

Extent: 2,0 TWH lecture, 2,0 TWH exercise

Contents:

  • Foundations of theory of oscillations
  • Soil behaviour under dynamic load
  • Machine foundations
  • Vibration assessment
  • Introduction to earthquake engineering
  • Dynamic piling load tests
  • Deformation accumulation
  • Plastodynamics

Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering

Lecture term: autumn trimester

Extent: 2,0 TWH lecture, 2,0 TWH exercise

Contents:

  • Numerical algorithms for the solution of geotechnical boundary value problem
  • Foundations of the finite-element-method
  • Web-finesse, boundary conditions, errors
  • Material models of soils and their calibration
  • Contact models for boundary surface soil-infrastructure
  • Modelling of typical geotechnical components/ construction in numerical model
  • Case studies
  • Further numerical methods in geotechnics (coupled methods, web-free methods)

Advanced Soil Mechanics and Environmental Geotechnics

Lecture term: winter trimester

Extent: 2,0 TWH lecture, 2,0 TWH exercise

Contents:

  • Stress- and strain-conditions in element Experiments
  • Soil behaviour in undrained conditions
  • Soil behaviour during cyclic loading
  • Partially saturated soils
  • Soil mechanics in multi-phase-mediums
  • Geotechnical modelling experimentation
  • Causes for contamination in sub soil
  • Assessment and determination of contamination
  • Measures for remediation of contamination

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Letzte Änderung: 30. August 2023