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 questions (Forum)
- Course program (Text and media area)
- Course Program 2025-2026- Part 1 (File)
- Course Program 2025-2026- Part 2 (File)
- Masters projects at LMS (Text and media area)
- Masters projects at LMS (File)
- Educational Resources (Text and media area)
- List of suggested book (File)
- Graph Search Chat (URL)
- EPFL Graph Search (URL)
- Semester Project (Text and media area)
- List of groups (File)
- 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 (Text and media area)
- Formulae L1-L2 (File)
- Formulae L3 (File)
- Formulae L4 (File)
- Formulae L5 (File)
- Formulae L6 (File)
- Formulae L7 (File)
- Formulae L10 (File)
- Formulae L11-L12 (File)
- Formulae L13 (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 1 - Course introduction (File)
- Lecture 2 - Basic concept stress paths stress-strain (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 3 - Elasticity (File)
- Exercises (Text and media area)
- Exercise 1 - Processing triaxial test data (File)
- Exercise 1 - Processing triaxial test data - Solution (File)
- Workshop 1 - September 25th 17:15 - GC B1 10 (http... (Text and media area)
- Workshop 1 slides (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 4 - Plasticity (File)
- Exercise (copy) (copy) (Text and media area)
- Exercise 2 - Elasticity (File)
- Exercise 2 - Elasticity - Solution (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 5 - Hardening elasto-plasticity (File)
- Exercise (copy) (Text and media area)
- Exercise 3 - Perfect plasticity (File)
- Exercise 3 - Perfect plasticity - Solution (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 6 - 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 (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)
- Hands-on sessionFor the hands-on session on FEM, p... (Text and media area)
- Hands-on session - Constitutive Modelling (File)
- Hands-on session - Constitutive Modelling - Solution (File)
- Hands-on session - Introduction to FEM software (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 8 - In-situ measurements in geotechnics 2025 (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 9 - On numerical modelling in geotechnics 2025 (File)
- Modélisation et Calculs aux Eléments Finis dans le Domaine du Génie Civil (URL)
- Workshop 2 - November 20th 17:15 - GC B1 10 (https... (Text and media area)
- Workshop slides (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 10 - 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 11 - In-situ stress (File)
- Lecture 12 - Retaining structures (File)
- Workshop 3 - December 4th 17:15 - GC B3 30 (https:... (Text and media area)
- Workshop slides (File)
- Lecture slides (Text and media area)
- Lecture 13 - Time-dependent behavior of geomaterials (File)
- Exercise (Text and media area)
- Exercise 8 - Lateral earth pressure (File)
- Exercise 8 - Lateral earth pressure - Solution (File)
- Exercise (copy) (Text and media area)
- 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 20.01.2026 from 9:15 to 12:15
Location: GC A3 30 (https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==GC%20A3%2030)
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.