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TBA4100

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2022
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Home examination

About

About the course

Course content

Description of soils and rocks for engineering purposes, formation of deposits, minerals and rocks, Quaternary geology, general geology. Stresses and stress changes in soils. Soil stiffness parameters. Calculation of settlements under footings and embankments. Ground water regimes and flow of water through porous media. Brief introduction on strength of soils and stability. Digital tools are to be used in several exercises.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The candidate should have knowledge of:

  • The constitution of the earth crust with special emphasise on Norwegian conditions
  • Formation processes of soil and rock types
  • Properties of soils and rocks resulting from the formation processes
  • Classification and identification of soil
  • Stresses in soil, including effective stresses and porepressures
  • Settlements resulting from loading the soil
  • Seepage of water through soil.

Skills

The candidate is able to:

  • Understand where different soils may be located in the terrain based on knowledge of Quarternary geology
  • Identify common minerals and rock types
  • Calculate stresses and settlements below embankments and foundations
  • Estimate the time dependence of settlements
  • Calculate ground water seepage, for example the flow rate into a construction pit.

General competence

The candidate:

  • Knows what is dealt with in the subject areas of Engineering geology and Geotechnics and has acquired methodology and terminology
  • Can perform practical engineering work within geotechnical problems
  • Can perform simple laboratory tests in the laboratories at NTNU within geotechnics and geology.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, assignments. Laboratory work and demonstrations.

Compulsory assignments

  • Assignments, laboratory work

Further on evaluation

The assignments must be accepted to give admittance to exam. The exam consists of a geotechnical part and a geology part. Both parts must be passed separately to get a pass grade in the course. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination may be changed from written to oral.

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

Emdal: Introduction to Geotechnics (in Norwegian), handouts. Tarbuck and Lutgens: Earth. An Introduction to Physical Geology (textbook). Presentation slides from lectures. 

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIB2010 7.5 sp
GEOL1003 3 sp Autumn 2007
TGB4100 3.7 sp Autumn 2008
TGB4210 2 sp Autumn 2009
BA6063 7.5 sp Autumn 2020
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Structural Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2022

Home examination (1)
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2022-05-21
Submission 2022-05-21 Time Release 09:00
Submission 13:00 Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
  • Other comments
  • 1) Merk at eksamensform er endret som et smittevernstiltak i den pågående koronasituasjonen.

Re-sit examination - Summer 2022

Home examination
Weighting 100/100 Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment

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