Geomechanics
CIVIL-402
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General Information
Course Summary and Goals
The course aims at providing future civil engineers with the knowledge of geomechanics for professional practice. It addresses, among others, the main stress-strain constitutive models within the context of elasticity and elasto-plasticity and the estimation methods of the lateral earth pressure.
- Announcements (Forum)
- Course program (Text and media area)
- Course Program 2024-2025 - Part 1 (File)
- Course Program 2024-2025 - Part 2 (File)
- Suggested references (Text and media area)
- List of suggested book (File)
- Q&A + Project submission platform (Text and media area)
- EdDiscussion for students (File)
- Projects at LMS 2024-2025 (Text and media area)
- Project presentation 2024-2025 (File)
- Educational Resources (Text and media area)
- EPFL Graph Search (URL)
- Graph Search Chat (URL)
- Course Project (Text and media area)
- Geomechanics Semester Project - Experimental data (File)
- Geomechanics Semester Project - Part 1 Text (File)
- Geomechanics Semester Project - Part 2 Text (File)
- Geomechanics Semester Project - Part 3 Text (File)
- Geomechanics Semester Project - Part 4 Text (File)
- Geomechanics Semester Project - Report Template (File)
- Formularies (copy) (copy) (Text and media area)
- Formulae L1-L2 (File)
- Formulae L3 (File)
- Formulae L4 (File)
- Formulae L5 (File)
- Formulae L6 (File)
- Formulae L7 (File)
- Formulae L11 (File)
- Formulae L12-L13 (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 1 - Course introduction (File)
- Lecture 2 - Basic concept stress paths stress-strain (File)
- Projects at LMS (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Exercises (Text and media area)
- Exercise 1 - Processing triaxial test data (File)
- Exercise 1 - Processing triaxial test data - Solution (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 3 - Elasticity (File)
- Exercise (copy) (Text and media area)
- Exercise 2 - Elasticity (File)
- Exercise 2 - Elasticity - Solution (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 4 - Plasticity (File)
- Exercise (copy) (copy) (Text and media area)
- Exercise 3 - Perfect plasticity (File)
- Exercise 3 - Perfect plasticity - Solution (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 5 - Hardening elasto-plasticity (File)
- Workshop (Text and media area)
- Workshop 1 - October 10th 17:15 - GC B3 30The semi... (Text and media area)
- The role of modeling in geomechanics - Dr. Aldo Madaschi (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Critical state concept (File)
- Exercise (Text and media area)
- Exercise 4 - Critical state concept (File)
- Exercise 4 - Critical state concept - Solution (File)
28 October- 3 November
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 7 - Modified cam-clay model 2024 (File)
- Exercise (Text and media area)
- Exercise 5 - Modified Cam-Clay model (File)
- Exercise 5 - Modified Cam-Clay model - Solution (File)
- Mid-term ExamMonday November 4th 11h15-14h00 - Roo... (Text and media area)
- Workshop 2 - November 7th 17:15 - GC B3 30The semi... (Text and media area)
- Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering: Bridging Research and Industry - Dr. Khoa D.V. Huynh (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 8 - HM formulation 2024 (File)
- Lecture 9 - In-situ measurements in geotechnics 2024 (File)
- Exercise (Text and media area)
- Exercise 6 - In-situ tests (File)
- Exercise 6 - In-situ tests - Data (File)
- Exercise 6 - In-situ tests - Solution (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 10 - On numerical modelling in geotechnics 2024 (File)
- Modélisation et Calculs aux Eléments Finis dans le Domaine du Génie Civil (URL)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 11- Unsaturated geomaterials mechanics (File)
- Exercise (Text and media area)
- Exercise 7 - Unsaturated soils (File)
- Exercise 7 - Unsaturated soils - Data (File)
- Exercise 7 - Unsaturated soils - Solution (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 12 - In-situ stress (File)
- Lecture 13 - Retaining structures (File)
- Workshop 3 - December 5th 17:15 - GC B3 30The semi... (Text and media area)
- Presentation slides and additional material (URL)
- Lecture slides (copy) (Text and media area)
- Lecture 14 - Time-dependent behavior of geomaterials (File)
- Exercise (copy) (Text and media area)
- Exercise 8 - Lateral earth pressure (File)
- Exercise 8 - Lateral earth pressure - Solution (File)
- Exercise 9 - Time-dependent behavior of geomaterials (File)
- Exercise 9 - Time-dependent behavior of geomaterials - Solution (File)
FINAL EXAM
Informations about the Final Exam
Date & Time: Wednesday 16.01.2025 from 9:15 to 12:15
Location: GC D0 386 (https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==GC%20D0%20386)
Format: On-site written exam
Content: Exercises and theoretical questions on
all topics covered in the course
You can bring: a non-programmable
calculator
(we insist on this point, no exception will be allowed)
Personal sheets, Notes and Books NOT ALLOWED
You must bring your CAMIPRO
cardWe provide : the formulary (all the individual formularies that we have uploaded on Moodle during the course) + the exam text + empty sheets
if necessary.
2 previous exams are available on Moodle. The solutions will be posted 1 week prior the exam.