The course provides the basic principles of soil and rock mechanics and the principle of hydrogeology.

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The course provides the basic principles of soil and rock mechanics and the principle of hydrogeology.

Meccanica dei terreni, Lambe & Whitman, 1997, Flaccovio ED.
Fondazioni, Tanzini, 2006, Flaccovio Ed.
Idrologia sotterranea, Custodio & Llamas, 2005, Flaccovio Ed.

Loose rocks and earth. Laboratory tests. Elastic and dynamic modulus, rippability. Rocks and rock masses. Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, cohesion and friction angle. Bieniawsky, Deere, Wickham and Barton classifications. Darcy's law. Water tables and artesian groundwater, piezometric surfaces, flow lines, water circulation. Sources. Wells for water. Well and pumping tests. Source analysis. Lattices for statistical-structural analyses. Geological-technical surveys and applied on the ground. Aerophotogrammetry. Mechanical soundings, Vertical electrical soundings, Electrical profiles, Induced polarization soundings, Electrical tomography; seismic reflection and refraction investigations, seismic tests; Georadar surveys; gravimetric measurements. Geophysical tests in the well. Types of landslides, detection of the characterizing geological, morphological and hydrological parameters; Dedicated geognostic investigations; measuring and monitoring instruments, inclinometers, TDR cables. Spencer, Bishop, Janbu and Morgenstein & Price methods. Safety factors, safety; Nouveiller and Taylor methods. John's method and Markland Test. Defense works, consolidations, drainage, tie rods, micropiles, walls and gabions, nets, geotextiles; drainage, stabilization and recovery interventions. External loads. Interventions for the arrangement of watercourses, bridles, groynes, bank defense works. Types of foundations, shallow and deep foundations; thrust walls. Poles. Retaining walls. Analysis of basins, flow rates, regime, solid transport; bridles, defense works. Exploitation of underground aquifers and collection of springs. Karst hydrogeology. Geology and thematic cartography. Arrangement of waterways. Coastal defense. Naturalistic engineering methods. Geology for quarries and mines, for landfills, for municipal urban planning plans, hydrogeological junctions. Seismic zoning and microzonation. Geological, hydrogeological, seismic risk.
Foundations. NTC2028 legislation and profession.-

Lecture, practice and field activity

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Written and oral test