014401 - PROJECT IN GEOTECHNOLOGY

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 0 2 0 0
Credit points
2.5

Prerequisites: ( 014409 - GEOMECHANICS and
014411 - SOIL ENGINEERING )or
( 014407 - SOIL & FOUNDATION ENGINEERING and
014408 - STABILITY OF RETAINING STRUCT.& SLOPES )

014405 - ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 2 1 0 0
Credit points
2.0

Prerequisites: ( 014104 - STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 1 )
Linked courses: 014211 - FLUID MECHANICS

Rock forming minerals. Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks. Stratigraphy, structural geology and geological mapping. Abstract of the geology of Israel. Ground water and reservoirs. Engineering characteristics of rocks. Underground openings and supports. Subsurface exploration: exploratory boring, geophysical methods.
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014409 - GEOMECHANICS

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 3 1 1 0
Credit points
4.0

Prerequisites: ( 014006 - INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL METHODS and
014104 - STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 1 and
014211 - FLUID MECHANICS and
014405 - ENGINEERING GEOLOGY )
Overlapping courses: 014403 - GEOMECHANICS
015013 - SOIL MECHANICS IN AGRICULTURAL ENG.

Volume weight relations, soil classification, flow of water in soil, effective stress, critical gradient and liquefaction, stress distribution, consolidation, compressibility of saturated clay, preconsolidation stress, final settlements time rate of consolidation, shear strenght of solid, lateral earth pressure, slope stability.
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014410 - APPLIED ENG. AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 2 1 0 0
Credit points
2.5

Prerequisites: ( 014407 - SOIL & FOUNDATION ENGINEERING and
014408 - STABILITY OF RETAINING STRUCT.& SLOPES )
Overlapping courses: 018415 - APPLIED ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL GE

the factors affecting physical properties of rocks. significance of hydrology and ground water flow in rock strata. geophysical methods in subsurface investigation. geological and geoenvironmental factors in engineering projects. evaluation of seismic hazards in israel. environmental impact studies.
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014411 - SOIL ENGINEERING

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 3 1 0 0
Credit points
3.5

Prerequisites: ( 014409 - GEOMECHANICS )
Overlapping courses: 014407 - SOIL & FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
014408 - STABILITY OF RETAINING STRUCT.& SLOPES

foundation: site investigation, bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, types of piles, pile capacity and settlement under vertical loads, piles under horizontal loads, foundations in swelling clays. slope stability: infinite slope, cullman and taylor methods, slice methods. retaining walls: rankine and coulomb methods for estimating lateral stresses, rigid walls, flexible walls, braced excavations, reinforced earth.
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