ECTS - University of Pisa
The student who completes the course successfully will be able to design the footings of buildings and civil constructions, to perform the safety assesments and to determine the settlements , either of the superficial or deep foundations.
The student who completes the course successfully will be able to design the footings of buildings and civil constructions, to perform the safety assesments and to determine the settlements , either of the superficial or deep foundations.
The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology. In the written exam (3 hours), the student must demonstrate his/her knowledge to solve one practical problem. With the oral presentation, to be made to the teacher and the other students, the student must demonstrate the ability to approach a circumscribed research problem, and organise an effective exposition of the results.
Methods:
The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology. In the written exam (3 hours), the student must demonstrate his/her knowledge to solve one practical problem. With the oral presentation, to be made to the teacher and the other students, the student must demonstrate the ability to approach a circumscribed research problem, and organise an effective exposition of the results.
Methods:
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
Attendance: Not mandatory
Teaching methods:
Delivery: face to face
Attendance: Not mandatory
Learning activities:
Teaching methods:
Limit analysisi design, upper and lower bounds. Bearing load of foundations, both in drained and in undrained conditions. Italian standards NTC 2008. Calculus of settlements. Soil-structure interaction. Design of superficial and deep foundations.
Limit analysisi design, upper and lower bounds. Bearing load of foundations, both in drained and in undrained conditions. Italian standards NTC 2008. Calculus of settlements. Soil-structure interaction. Design of superficial and deep foundations.
C. Viggiani, Fondazioni, CUEN, 1996 R. Lancellotta, J. Calavera, Fondazioni, McGraw-Hill, 1999
C. Viggiani, Fondazioni, CUEN, 1996 R. Lancellotta, J. Calavera, Fondazioni, McGraw-Hill, 1999
