Advanced Soil Mechanics D
Aalto University
<p>The course introduces students to advanced geotechnical engineering. Initially, the course will link soil microstructure to the soil behaviour. Furthermore, the course will also show limitations of constitutive models in approximating some aspects of real soil behaviour. The course introduces the concept of critical state and discusses critical state soil mechanics theory.</p><p>The course compares classical constitutive models for soil: Mohr-Coulomb and Modified Cam Clay. The course will compare those constitutive model predictions of laboratory tests and discuss how they should be parametrised for different use cases.</p><p>The course will also present laboratory experiments, as well as gradually introduce more advanced calculation methods.</p><p>The course participants should gain a deeper understanding of the soil behaviour as well as recognise the approximations (and associated limitations) of typical engineering calculations.</p><p>The course is a pre-requisite for the Numerical Methods in Geotechnics course where critical soil mechanics as well as more advanced soil models will be used for more accurate solution of engineering problems.</p><p>Sustainability goals: course is essential for lean and efficient design that involves soil. It also gives background for accurate design involving new materials.The course also gives the understanding of soil behaviour necessary for accurate design of geotechnical structures.</p>
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