The excercise handouts and examples are available only in Czech. Students studying in English will receive lecture materials during the course.

 

1. Exercise (Physical-index properties of soils)

Example

Example 1

Handouts

Handouts for Example 1

 

2. a 3. Exercises (Laboratory I a II)

Handouts

Moisture, solids density, Atterberg limits, Proctor test

Box shear test

Test description (physical index properties of soils, Proctor test)

4. Exercise (Grain size curve and soil classification)

Example

Example 2 – text of the assignment

Example 2 – measured data

Handouts

Forms needed to solve Example 2

Model example – Example 2: Soil grain size and soil classification

Model example: Classification of a soil according to EN ISO 14688-2/2005 on the basis of its grain size curve

 

5. Exercise (Geostatic stress)

Example

Example 3 – Geostatic stress

Handouts

The principle of effective stresses, geostatic stresses

Geostatic stress – graphical handout

6. Exercise (Laboratory III)

 

7. Exercise (Coefficient of hydraulic conductivity and compressibility of soils)

Example

Example 4 – Hydraulic conductivity coefficient

Example 5 – Compressibility and consolidation

Handouts

1D compressibility and consolidation (edometric test)

 

8. Exercise (Soil consolidation and settlement calculation)

Example

Example 5 – Compressibility and consolidation

Example 6 – Settlement and time evolution of settlement

Handouts

1D compressibility and consolidation (edometric test)

Degree of consolidation U

Example of settlement calculation

 

9. Exercise (Box shear test and simple compression test)

Example

Example 7 – Box shear test

Example 8 – Uniaxial compression test, triaxial test UU

Handouts

Shear strength of soils

 

10. Exercise (Triaxial test)

Example

Example 9 – Triaxial test CIUP

Handouts

Shear strength of soils

 

11. Exercise (Earth pressure)

The example will be given by the teacher in the exercise..

 

12. Exercise (Slope stability, Credit)