1.1. CONTENT AND FOCUS 1.2. DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 1.3. EVALUATION

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Basic knowledge of the main types of problems that are posed and solved in the subject and of the general aspects of their organization (approach, development of the classes, program, bibliography and evaluation).

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2.1 APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM. OBJECTIVES 2.1.1 Punctual information and information in extension 2.1.2 Obtaining useful parameters in the geotechnical calculation 2.2 PREVIOUS SURVEY 2.2.1 Study of the maps available in the zone 2.2.2 Studies in adjacent zones 2.2.3 Direct observation of the terrain 2.3 METHODS OF RECOGNITION 2.3.1 Manual recognition 2.3.2 Surveys. Sample extraction. Profiles 2.4 IN SITU TESTS 2.4.1 Penetrometric tests 2.4.2 Load tests 2.4.3 Geophysical tests 2.5 GEOTECHNICAL REPORT. CONTENT AND STRUCTURE Exercises of topic 2, complemented with additional concepts of theory

Specific Objectives

Knowledge, understanding and ability to reason and apply on the techniques used in the recognition of the terrain in order to identify the properties that characterize the behavior of the same (deformability, resistance) and allow to undertake the project of foundations, foundation structures and other actions geotechnical (slope stability analysis, terrain improvement, excavation drainage, etc.), including the general reconnaissance approach and design, existing methods, penetrometric, load or geophysical in situ tests, and the development of geotechnical reports. Knowledge of typical parameters of different terrain recognition procedures. Practice and deepening of the concepts, knowledge and developments of the subject 2

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3.1. FUNCTION OF THE FOUNDATIONS. LIMIT CONDITIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH 3.2. TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS AND GENERAL FIELDS OF APPLICATION 3.3. GENERAL PROCEDURE AND CONDITIONAL FACTORS OF THE FOUNDATION PROJECT

Specific Objectives

Knowledge, understanding and reasoning ability of the function, typology, basic behavior and general fields of application of the superficial, deep and semi-deep foundations, of the limit conditions that must fulfill the same, and of the general procedure and conditioning factors of the project of foundations. Knowledge of typical dimensions of different types of foundations.

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4.1. INTRODUCTION. TYPOLOGY AND GENERAL FIELD OF APPLICATION 4.2. ALLOWABLE OR WORKING PRESSURES 4.3. BEARING CAPACITY. GENERAL ASPECTS 4.3.1. Failure mechanisms 4.3.2. Brinch Hansen. Correction coefficients 4.3.3. Eccentric load. Approximate procedure 4.3.4. Drained and undrained processes in cohesive soils 4.3.5. Effect of water 4.3.6. Other specific cases 4.4. FAILURE LOAD. STRATIFIED LAND 4.4.1. Introduction. General aspects 4.4.2. Empirical approaches 4.4.3. Case of two layers with puncture of the superior 4.4.4. Other cases 4.5. ESTIMATION OF BEARING CAPACITY AND PRESSURE FROM IN SITU TESTS 4.6. SETTLEMENTS SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS 4.6.1. Introduction. Nomenclature 4.6.2. Elastic method 4.6.3. Edometric method 4.6.4. Other methods 4.7. SAFETY FACTORS 4.8. PROJECT OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS 4.8.1. Predimensioned 4.8.2. Actions to consider. Verification procedure 4.8.3. Constructive aspects Exercises and problems of unit 4, complemented with additional concepts of theory

Specific Objectives

Knowledge, comprehension and reasoning ability and resolution of exercises and problems in relation to the permissible pressures or working of the land, the load of subsidence and the settlements of surface foundations in various conditions of stratigraphy (homogeneous or stratified lands), actions (vertical or inclined load, centered or eccentric), existence of water (dry or saturated), term (drained or non-drained conditions), type of surface foundation (run or isolated), support of the same (surface or deep) , etc. , and its sizing in all these cases. Knowledge, understanding and reasoning ability of the typology, general field of application and mechanisms of breaking of the surface foundations, of the estimation of the admissible pressure and of the load of sinking from tests in situ, of the definition of security factors, and the development of specific projects. Knowledge of typical values of parameters related to the calculation of surface foundations (permissible pressures and subsidence of different types of terrain, safety factors, etc.). Practice and deepening of the concepts, knowledge and developments of the subject 4

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5.1. INTRODUCTION, 5.2. TYPES OF PILES, 5.3. INDIVIDUAL PILE. BEARING CAPACITY, 5.3.1. Introduction, 5.3.2. Tip resistance. Static and semi-empirical expressions, 5.3.3. Shaft resistance, 5.3.4. Piling formulas and load tests, 5.4. PILE GROUPS. BEARING CAPACITY, 5.5. DISTRIBUTION OF LOADS ON PILE GROUPS, 5.6. FAILURE AND SERVICE DESIGN, 5.7. NEGATIVE SKIN FRICTION AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIONS, 5.8. CALCULATION PROCEDURE AND TECHNOLOGICAL CODES, 5.9. PROJECT OF DEEP FOUNDATIONS, 5.9.1. Preliminary dimensioning, 5.9.2. Actions to consider. Verification procedure, 5.9.4. Constructive aspects Exercises of topic 5, complemented with additional concepts of theory

Specific Objectives

Knowledge and understanding of the different types of piles in relation to the load transmission to the soil, construction procedure, pile manufacture and material, and general fields of application. Knowledge, understanding and reasoning ability and solving exercises and problems of individual piles in relation to both the tip and the shaft bearing components (theoretical formulas based on static failure mechanisms and actual calculation based on in situ penetrometric results or piling formulas), pile groups (bearing capacity and load distribution as a result of vertical and horizontal loads), structural strength and settlements. Knowledge, understanding and reasoning ability in relation to special loads (negative skin friction, bearing capacity with lateral horizontal forces, pulling, bending and lateral pressures from other structures) and in some cases calculation methods for solving exercises and problems, and development of specific projects. Knowledge of typical values and orders of magnitude of resistance to penetration (static and dynamic), bearing capacity of individual piles, structural strength, pile diameters, separation, length and number of piles in a group. Practice and deepening of the concepts, knowledge and developments of the subject 5

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6.1 FUNCTION OF CONTAINMENT STRUCTURES. BASIC NOMENCLATURE 6.2 TYPOLOGY OF CONTAINMENT STRUCTURES 6.3 LATERAL PRESSURE

Specific Objectives

Knowledge and understanding of the function, nomenclature, typology and general behavior of containment structures

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7.1. INTRODUCTION 7.2. ACTIVE EARTH PRESSURE. COULOMB THEORY 7.2.1. Approach to the basic case. Effect of cohesion 7.2.2. Effect of surface loads on the ground 7.2.3. Water action 7.2.4. Other cases 7.3. ACTIVE EARTH PRESSURE. RANKINE THEORY 7.4. ACTIVE LOAD ON SPECIFIC TYPES OF WALLS 7.4.1. Walls in L 7.4.2. Other types of specific walls 7.5. OTHER METHODS FOR ESTIMATING ACTIVE EARTH PRESSURE 7.5.1. Elastic method 7.5.2. Semi-empirical distributions 7.6. PASSIVE EARTH PRESSURE 7.6.1. Introduction. Coulomb and Rankine theories and methods based on static solutions 7.6.2. Modification of Kp. Parabolic reduction 7.7. WALL PROJECT 7.7.1. Predimensioned. Actions to consider 7.7.2. Verification procedure 7.7.3. Drainage systems 7.7.4. Other types of walls. Reinforced earth 7.7.5. Constructive aspects Exercises and problems of unit 7, complemented with additional concepts of theory

Specific Objectives

Knowledge, comprehension and ability to reason and solve exercises and problems related to the estimation of active (and passive in certain cases) earth pressure using Coulomb and / or Rankine theories or other approximate procedures (elastic method, distributions semi-empirical) in various situations of type of transdoses (flat, vertical or non-vertical, in L), external loads (evenly distributed or arbitrary), terrain (cohesive or non-cohesive), stratigraphy (homogeneous or stratified terrain), existence of water (dry or with groundwater level), term (short or long term), and with the design of walls including the pre-dimensioning process, the estimation of the actions to consider and the specific phases of the verification procedure (safety to overturn, safety to sliding, and eccentricity of the reaction at the base). Practice and deepening of the concepts, knowledge and developments of the subject 7

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8.1. INTRODUCTION. TYPOLOGY AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR 8.2. ESTIMATION OF EARTH PRESSURES 8.3. METHODS OF CALCULATING SHEET WALLS 8.3.1. Classical methods 8.3.2. Other methods 8.4. METHODS OF CALCULATING ANCHORED SHEET WALLS 8.4.1. Sheets anchored in a level 8.4.2. Sheets anchored in more than one level 8.4.3. Anchors 8.5. SUPPORTS 8.6. TECHNOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS 8.7. SHEET WALL PROJECT 8.7.1. Predimensioned. Actions to consider 8.7.2. Verification procedure 8.7.3. Other types of sheets. 8.7.4. Constructive aspects Exercises and problems of unit 7, complemented with additional concepts of theory

Specific Objectives

Knowledge, understanding and reasoning ability in relation to the typology, behavior, estimation and distribution of earth pressure and mechanisms of possible failure in sheets, anchored at one level or anchored to more than one level, and with the behavior of anchors and props. Knowledge, understanding and reasoning ability and resolution of exercises and problems related to the calculation of the stability of sheet walls using classical methods, in drained or non-drained conditions, and semi-empirical, of sheet walls anchored under the assumption of free support or fixed and sheet walls anchored to more than one level using specific calculation assumptions. Knowledge of typical values of parameters in sheet walls, anchored at one level or anchored at several levels, of anchors and props. Practice and deepening of the concepts, knowledge and developments of the subject 7

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9.1. INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS 9.1.1. Basic definitions, 9.1.2. General concepts of rock mechanics, 9.1.3. Applications of rock mechanics 9.2. BEHAVIOR AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS AND DISCONTINUITIES 9.2.1 Basic characteristics of rocks. 9.2.2 Mechanical behavior of rocks., 9.2.3 Criteria of rupture, 9.2.4 Post-rupture behavior of rocks, 9.2.5 Anisotropy of rocks, 9.2.6 Influence of time on rock rupture, 9.2 .7 Mechanical properties of discontinuities 9.3. BEHAVIOR AND GEOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ROCK MASSES 9.3.1 Geomechanical classifications of rock massifs, 9.3.2 Characterization of peak peak properties of rock massifs, 9.3.3 Characterization of rock mass deformability properties, 9.3.4 Post-rupture behavior of rock massifs 9.4. DESIGN OF UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS AND SUPPORT 9.4.1 Approach to the design of galleries and tunnels, 9.4.2 Design of underground excavations, 9.4.3 Methodology of convergence-confinement curves, 9.4.4 Mechanical approach to the convergence-confinement curve method EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS

Specific Objectives

Knowledge of theoretical and applied rock mechanics

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11.1. INTRODUCTION, 11.2. FINITE DIFFERENCES METHOD FOR STATIONARY FLOW EQUATION 11.2.1 Introduction 11.2.2 Flow Equation in Finite Differences 11.2.3 Boundary Conditions 11.2.4 Solving Transient Problems 11.3 BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD APPLIED TO THE EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION IN A CONTINUOUS Media 11.3.1 Introduction 11.3.2 Deformations 11.2.3 Shape or Interpolation Functions 11.3.4 Deformations Using Form Functions 11.3.5 Green's Theorem 11.3.6 Equilibrium Equations tensions 11.4 THE MODELING PROCESS 11.5 REFERENCES, APPENDIX. Description of CODE_BRIGHT and GID: definition, geometry, data to be entered for CODE_BRIGHT Computer practice of numerical calculation with geotechnical engineering problems, complemented with additional concepts of theory

Specific Objectives

Knowledge, understanding and ability to reason and apply in relation to existing numerical methods for the calculation of common geotechnical problems (contour problems related to flow, consolidation, deformation and resistance of foundations, containment structures or excavations in dry or saturated soil) , of its characteristics, of the available contour conditions, of typical and special elements for the discretization of the environment, of existing programs and of the procedure of operation that must be followed (approach of the problem, discretization, conditions of contour, processing, etc.). Knowledge of typical values of parameters of commercial programs of application. Practice and deepening of the concepts, knowledge and developments of the subject 11

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