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TBA201 Geotechnics

Credits (ECTS):5

Course responsible:Murad Sani Sayd

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Course frequency:Annually

Nominal workload:The nominal work load for a 5-credit course is 125 hours in total.

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in the spring parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in the spring parallel.

About this course

Physical and mechanical properties and behaviour of soils, stress distribution, shear strength, earth pressure, stability, settlement and foundation engineering.

Learning outcome

The students shall, upon completion of the course, understand physical and mechanical characteristics of soil, stresses and strains, settlements, shear strength and flow of water through soils. The students shall also have knowledge about laboratory and field soil investigations. The students should also be able to conduct basic analysis of slope stability, earth pressure, settlement and bearing capacity.
  • Learning activities
    Lectures and exercises.
  • Teaching support
    The teacher is available during office hours.
  • Prerequisites
    Basic mechanics corresponding to FYS101.
  • Recommended prerequisites
    Mechanics of materials and basic structural engineering corresponding to TBM120.
  • Assessment method
    Paper based written exam in the exam period, 3 hours, aids code B1 (distributed calculator, no other aids)

    One written exam Grading: Letter grades Permitted aids: B1 Calculator handed out, no other aids
  • Examiner scheme
    The external and internal examiner jointly prepare the exam questions and the grading guide. The external examiner reviews the internal examiner's assessment of a random sample of candidates as a calibration at certain intervals according to the faculty's guidelines for exam grading.
  • Mandatory activity
    Written assignments.
  • Notes
    The course is primarily aimed at students in the five-year programs in construction engineering and architecture and water and environmental engineering, but may also be relevant to students from other study programs who will work with buildings and construction in a broad sense (e.g. landscape architects and engineers, environmental science).
  • Teaching hours
    Scheduled teaching is 52 hours (4 hours/week), split evenly between lectures and supervised exercises.
  • Admission requirements
    REALFAG (special requirements in science)