| 1 |
Stress and immediate settlement - stress distribution beneath applied loads - bulbs of pressure - principle of superposition - flexible and rigid foundations - elastic settlement of shallow foundations - principle of layering - in-situ tests; SPT and plate bearing |
| 2 |
Soil strength - concept of shear strength; shear plane - stress strain relationships; peak, ultimate and residual - stress analysis: Mohr’s circle - failure criteria; Mohr-Coulomb - direct shear tests; vane, shear box - indirect shear tests; unconfined, triaxial - undrained, consolidated undrained, drained - in-situ assessment |
| 3 |
Seepage and Flow Nets - concept of hydraulic gradient and Darcy’s Law - permeability range of soils; grading, Hazen’s approximation - constant head and falling head laboratory tests - flow net principles; construction - seepage quantity from flow nets - estimating water pressure |
| 4 |
Seepage and Flow Nets - concept of hydraulic gradient and Darcy’s Law - permeability range of soils; grading, Hazen’s approximation - constant head and falling head laboratory tests - flow net principles; construction - seepage quantity from flow nets - estimating water pressure |
| 5 |
Control Surveying – Manual calculations & Digital Processes (using Leica Infinity software) |
| 6 |
Automated Data Capture & geomapping – Liscad Engineering & Surveying Software |
| 7 |
Digital workflows in Terrestrial Laser Scanning |
| 8 |
Digital workflows in Drone Photogrammetry |