LAND MECHANICS

Course objectives

The Course of Soil Mechanics provides the civil engineering student with a complete and rational description of the mechanical behaviour of soil, with particular attention to soil testing in the laboratory. The experimental results are presented and evaluated in the framework of the Critical State Soil Mechanics. Finally, soil models, of growing complexity, from the simple linear elastic model to the Cam-Clay elastic plastic model with hardening, are presented together with their main applications.

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
A - General aspects Soil classification, seepage, stress and stain analysis. B. Constitutive relations for soils Elasticity, strenght, perfect plasticity, hardening plasticity C. Mechanical behaviour of soils Compressibility and strength of soils. Behaviour of coarse-grained and fine-grained soils. Undrained strength. D. Design-oriented issues Perfect plasticity: use of limit analysis and limit equilibrium to solve stability problems. Elasticity: load-induced stress increments, strains and settlements. Soil-structure interaction. Hardening plasticiy: computation of foundation settlements.
Prerequisites
Idraulica Meccanica del continuo Fisica
Books
Dispense delle lezioni A. Burghignoli - Lezioni di meccanica delle terre - ESA editrice, Roma R. Lancellotta - Geotecnica - Zanichelli, Bologna, 2012
Teaching mode
Direct lectures with a blackboard, and illustration of applicative problems
Frequency
In the classroom
Exam mode
Written and oral exam, discussion of practical problems
Lesson mode
Direct lectures with a blackboard, and illustration of applicative problems
  • Lesson code1001898
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • Coursecorso|33471
  • CurriculumIngegneria Civile (percorso formativo valido anche ai fini del conseguimento del doppio titolo italo-venezuelano)
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDICAR/07
  • CFU9
  • Subject areaIngegneria civile