The course is organized into two parts which aim at providing the general concepts of geology, for the characterization of lithological bodies and geomechanical and geotechnical characterization of soils and rocks on the basis of the information contained in geological mapping, in technical-lithological mapping and geological reports, and the general concepts of geotechnical related to the mechanical behaviour of soils and the fundamental knowledge for the mechanical characterization of the same by laboratory testing and site.
In the part of Geotechnics, the most interesting experimental results are used to introduce simplified rules of behaviour necessary to solve problems of Geotechnical Engineering, such as the bearing capacity of shallow foundations, the weaknesses of the shallow foundations, the pressures on the works of support and the bearing capacity of pile foundation.