Enabling students to acquire professional knowledge and application in practice.

Acquired knowledge is used in the courses Foundation and Geotechnics.

Classification and identification of earthy materials. Ground water. Shear strength theory. Compressibility of soil. Compaction of soil. Laboratory and field tests. Lateral earth pressure and massive supporting structures. Limit and allowed bearing capacity of shallow foundations. Limit and allowed bearing capacity of piles. Stress-strain analysis in soil mechanics. Settlement of shallow foundations. Theory of consolidation. Stability of slopes and calculation methods.

Lectures and auditory practice.