Overall objectives:

1 - The student will understand the mechanics applied to soils and rocks and the concepts on which it relies.

Syllabus:

1 - The mechanics of soils and rocks in Civil Engineering. Origin and formation of soils and rocks. Rock and rock masses.
2 - Physical Properties of Soils. Main aspects of the mechanical behavior of materials. Phase relations in soil. Consistency limits. Classification of soils for engineering purposes.
3 - Fundamentals of Mechanics. Mohr circle of stresses and deformations. Dilatancy. The main models of behavior of materials and their application to soils.
4 - Tension on the soil and in the water on pores. Effective stresses. Drained and undrained behavior.
5 - Permeability. Dimensional and two-dimensional flows in porous bases.
6 - Drained and undrained behavior. Compressibility and consolidation. Settlements of direct foundations. Edometric test.
7 - Hydrodynamic consolidation of soils. Evolution of settlements in time. Fluency.
8 - Shear strength and main tests. Triaxial test. Mohr-Coulomb and Tresca shear failure envelopes.
9 - Critical state soil mechanics: peak, critical state and behavior before failure.
10 - Applying concepts of shear strength: Rankine theory, slope stability and direct foundations.
11 - Compaction.
12 - Particular features of hydro-mechanical behavior of rocks. Strength of rock and rock mass. Behavior of joints. Permeability.

Literature/Sources:

M. Matos Fernandes , 2011 , Mecânica dos Solos. Conceitos e Princípios Fundamentais. , FEUP
M. Matos Fernandes , 2011 , Mecânica dos Solos. Introdução à Engenharia Geotécnica , FEUP
L. González Vallejo, M. Ferrer, I. Ortuño, C. Oteo , 2002 , Ingeniería Geológica , Prentice Hall
T. W. Lambe, R.V. Whitman , 1979 , Soils Mechanics, SI version , New York : John Wiley & Sons
M. Rocha , 1981 , Mecânica das Rochas , LNEC

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
First Season - 2 tests (50% each) with theoretical issues and practical problems related to the subjects taught in the discipline - has objective to assess theoretical and theoretical and practical knowledge integrated in two tests that covers various topics of the course. To pass the course the student has to acquire both: Final grade = mean {1st Test, 2nd Test} >= 9,5val; 1st Test grade >= 6,0val; 2 nd Test grade >= 6,0val; Second and Third Season - 1 exam with theoretical issues and practical problems related to the subjects taught in the discipline - has objective to assess theoretical and theoretical and practical knowledge integrated in one exam that covers various topics of the course, which focuses on student's ability to relate parts of yhe syllabus. To pass the course the student has to acquire: Final grade >= 9,5val