Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations
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Solid training in Geotechnical Engineering!
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Type
Master
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Online
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Duration
12 Months
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This Master’s degree aims at strengthening, increasing, and consolidating the knowledge and skills of construction, geology, and civil engineering professionals in the field of Geotechnics through nine modules.
In addition to the main general concepts, the program pays special attention to numerical modeling applications by means of a solid theoretical framework and practical exercises.
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Subjects
- Plasticity Theory
- Construction Training
- Engineering
- Construction
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Constitutive models for soils
- Flexible Cantilevered Walls
- Soil Slope Stability
- Shallow Foundations
- Description of the rocks
- Engineering Skills
- Engineering Management
- Engineering Science
- Engineering Mathematics
- Geotechnics
- Soils
- Groundwater
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Slope Analysis and Stability
Teachers and trainers (1)
Ángel Francisco Silvestre Orda
Academic Director
Civil Engineer (Roads, Canals and Ports) by the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Executive MBA by the ICADE Business School (Comillas Pontifical University ICAI-ICADE) and Master’s degree in Project Management of International Construction Projects by EI CESI. Ángel Francisco has developed his professional career both nationally and internationally by working in engineering (Terrasol – Grupo Setec and Intecsa-Inarsa) and construction companies (Ferrovial Agromán). His field of expertise is geotechnical engineering, especially in tunnel and underground works.
Course programme
MODULE I Introduction to Geotechnics. Soil and Rocks
- Unit 1: Description of Soils
- Unit 2: Properties and Classification of Soils
- Unit 3: Description of Rocks
- Unit 4: Properties and Classification of Rocks
MODULE II Groundwater. Effects on Soils and Rocks
- Unit 1: Fluid Flow in Porous Media
- Unit 2: Effective Stress and Pore Pressures. Water Effects on Soil and Rocks
- Unit 3: Soil Consolidation
- Unit 4: Wells and Pumping Systems
MODULE III Ground Characterization, Instrumentations and Monitoring
- Unit 1. Geotechnical and Soil Investigation Campaigns
- Unit 2. Laboratory Tests in Geotechnical Engineering – I
- Unit 3. Laboratory Tests in Geotechnical Engineering – II
- Unit 4. Geotechnical Auscultation
MODULE IV Continuum Mechanics and Constitutive Models. Applications to Soil and Rocks
- Unit 1: Elasticity and Continuum Mechanics
- Unit 2: Plasticity Theory
- Unit 3: Soil Constitutive Models
- Unit 4: Rocks Constitutive Models
MODULE V Earth Pressures and Retaining Structures
- Unit 1: Theory
- Unit 2: Rigid Walls
- Unit 3: Flexible Cantilevered Walls
- Unit 4: Design Considerations
MODULE VI Slope Stability Analysis
- Unit 1: Slope Stability Analysis
- Unit 2: Soil Slope Stability
- Unit 3: Rock Slope Kinematic Analysis
- Unit 4: Rock Slope Stability Analysis
MODULE VII Shallow Foundations
- Unit 1: Determinants and Study of Failure Models
- Unit 2: Additional Notes on Bearing Capacity
- Unit 3: Serviceability Limit State(SLS)
- Unit 4: Slabs, Wells, Dynamic Aspects and Offshore Applications
MODULE VIII Deep Foundations
- Unit 1: Basic Concepts and Soil Piling
- Unit 2: Floating Piles in Soil, Piles in Rock and Pile Groups
- Unit 3: Workloads and Pile Settlement
- Unit 4: Pile Selection and Unusual Situations
MODULE IX Numerical Modelling In Geotechnics. Plaxis 2d
- Unit 1: Numerical Modelling and its Application in Geotechnics. Introduction to Plaxis 2D
- Unit 2: Applications with Plaxis 2D – Geometry and Finite Element Mesh Construction
- Unit 3: Applications with Plaxis 2D – Calculation, Water and Result Analysis
- Unit 4: Applications with Plaxis 2D – Practical Cases
MODULE X Master's Final Project (MFP)
The program is subject to possible content updates and upgrades
Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations
*Indicative price
Original amount in EUR:
3,245 € 6,490 €