Curricula

Objective

Purpose of the course:
The knowledge and skills in this course will enable you to design foundations and support structures for different types of ground.

Course competences:
Knowledge and understanding: Knowledge and understanding of the applicable analytical, design and research/engineering techniques and methods and their limitations in your area of specialisation. The ability to communicate effectively information, ideas, problems and solutions within the engineering community.
Communication and teamwork: ability to function effectively as an individual, team member and entrepreneur.
Interdisciplinary skills: ability to keep abreast of scientific and technological developments.
Practical application of technology: the ability to analyse complex technical products, processes and systems and to correctly interpret the results of such analyses, with the ability to select and have the practical skills to apply well-established analytical, computational and experimental techniques and methods appropriate to the situation.

Course objective:
Basic knowledge: you will be able to design and dimension rock, soil and pile foundations for key loads and to design structures subjected to earth pressure. You will be able to determine the compression of an underground foundation.

Advanced competences: In addition to the basic tasks described above, you will be able to design rock, soil and pile foundations for non-central loads and to design structures for uplift and hydraulic ground heave. You will also know how to determine the load capacity of a pile.

Content

1 cr: Structural design of column and wall anchors
1 cr: Design of supporting structures
Pile bearing capacity, Pile design, Design for heave and hydraulic ground heave.

Qualifications

Knowledge of foundation structures in terms of foundation methods and sizing of the footings.
Knowledge of structural strength: determination of stresses, determination of deflections and displacements by formulae, principles of combined stress, principles of dimensioning of structural elements.
Concrete mechanics: Concrete as a material and properties of concrete, Concrete manufacture.
Fundamentals of reinforced concrete structure design competences: You will be able to design reinforced concrete structures of conventional level of demand in fracture and service limit states.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Intermediate (1): The student knows and recognises the topics described in the objectives of the course and is able to perform the tasks according to the objectives of the course: centrally loaded soil and rock shores, supporting structures loaded by earth pressure. The student can demonstrate his/her competence by carrying out tasks in accordance with the objectives.

Satisfactory (2): The student knows, identifies and understands the basic competences described in the objectives of the course. The student can demonstrate competence by systematically describing the topics covered in the course.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): the student has achieved the basic learning objectives of the course and is able to demonstrate his/her knowledge in a clear and understandable way. In addition, they are able to articulate what they have learned in a clear and concise way and to apply it in practical tasks.

Excellent (4): The student has achieved the basic knowledge objectives of the course and at least part of the advanced knowledge objectives: non-centrally loaded soil and rock sensors, design for lifting and hydraulic ground heave. Students will be able to describe the effects of different solutions, compare them and make informed choices between alternatives.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): the student has achieved all the basic and almost all the advanced learning outcomes of the course. The student is able to evaluate the interrelationships and differences between different perspectives and solutions in a differentiated and critical manner. Competences are demonstrated in a coherent and multidimensional way.