Alexandru Marin: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021 |
| Name | Dr. Alexandru Marin |
| Address | Institut für Geotechnik ETH Zürich, HIL C 13.1 Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 73 70 |
| alexandru.marin@igt.baug.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101-0314-00L | Soil Mechanics   Only for Civil Engineering BSc. | 5 credits | 4G | I. Anastasopoulos, R. Herzog, A. Marin | |
| Abstract | Fundamentals of soil mechanics including key processes: classification, site investigation, stresses and their distribution in soils, influence of groundwater in soils and on structures, piping, erosion and filters, stress-strain relationships, stress history, stiffness, strength, settlement calculations, consolidation, slope stability, mechanical compaction. | ||||
| Objective | Fundamentals in soil mechanics and geotechnics will be presented in order to: * understand soil as a multi-phase hydro-mechanical system * obtain parameters essential for classification and description of soil * recognise key aspects of soil behaviour and the implications of this for obtaining and characterising the stress-strain response and deriving associated parameters (stiffness and strength). | ||||
| Content | Introduction, basic terms, classification, site investigation Total and effective stresses, stress distribution in soils Influence of groundwater in soil, water pressure on structures, hydraulic fracture (piping), erosion and filters Stress-strain relationships, stress history, stiffness, strength, settlement calculations, time dependency, consolidation Limit equilibrium, slope stability (infinite slope, slip circles, slip surfaces) Mechanical compaction | ||||
| Lecture notes | Notes with Web support: http://geotip.igt.ethz.ch (also available in English) Examples Exercises | ||||
| Literature | http://geotip.igt.ethz.ch Lang, H.-J.; Huder, J.; Amann, P.; Puzrin, A.M.: Bodenmechanik und Grundbau, Springer-Lehrbuch 8. Auflage, 2007 | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Laboratory exercises in groups (classification, groundwater, shear strength) and offered virtually as computer aided learning (GEOTip) | ||||
| 101-0314-10L | Soil Mechanics (for Environmental Engineers) Only for Environmental Engineering MSc. | 3 credits | 2G | I. Anastasopoulos, R. Herzog, A. Marin | |
| Abstract | Fundamentals of soil mechanics including key processes: classification, stresses and their distribution in soils, influence of groundwater in soils and on structures, piping, erosion and filters, stress-strain relationships, stress history, stiffness, strength, slope stability. | ||||
| Objective | Fundamentals in soil mechanics and geotechnics will be presented in order to: * understand soil as a multi-phase hydro-mechanical system * obtain parameters essential for classification and description of soil * recognise key aspects of soil behaviour and the implications of this for obtaining and characterising the stress-strain response and deriving associated parameters (stiffness and strength). | ||||
| Content | Introduction, basic terms, classification. Total and effective stresses, stress distribution in soils. Influence of groundwater in soil, hydraulic fracture (piping), erosion and filters. Stress-strain relationships, stress history, stiffness, strength. Limit equilibrium, slope stability. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Notes with Web support: http://geotip.igt.ethz.ch (also available in English) Examples Exercises | ||||
| Literature | http://geotip.igt.ethz.ch Lang, H.-J.; Huder, J.; Amann, P.; Puzrin, A.M.: Bodenmechanik und Grundbau, Springer-Lehrbuch 8. Auflage, 2007 | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Exrercises, laboratory exercises in groups and offered virtually as computer aided learning (GEOTip) | ||||
| 101-0378-00L | Soil Dynamics | 3 credits | 2G | I. Anastasopoulos, A. Marin, T. M. Weber | |
| Abstract | Basic knowledge to explore soil dynamic problems, introduction into geotechnical earthquake engineering and solve simple problems | ||||
| Objective | Goal of the lecture is to achieve a basic knowledge of soil dynamics, to be able to solve simple problems and to specify the tasks for specialists for more complex problems in different fields involved. | ||||
| Content | Basics of dynamics: Differences between soil mechanics and soil dynamics. Repition of spring - mass - damping systems. Wave propagation in ideal and non ideal soil conditions. Dynamical Soil Properties: Constitutive Modelling of Soils, Soil parameter for different soil types. Soil liquefaction. Determination of soil parameters in field and laboratory investigation. Applications: Vibration calculation and isolation, geotechnical earthquake engineering from seismic hazard site amplification towards aspects of design on foundations and geotechnical structures. | ||||
| Lecture notes | book (in German, see there), supported with paper and notes, which will be made available online | ||||
| Literature | Towhata, I. (2008) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Springer Verlag, Berlin Kramer, S. L. (1996) Geotechnical earthquake engineering. Pearson Education India. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Basic knowledge of mechanics and soil mechanics is required | ||||