Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject GEOTECHNICS Code 00808025
Study programme
0808 - GRADO EN INGENIERIA MINERA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
4.5 Compulsory Third First
Language
Castellano
Prerequisites
Department TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC
Coordinador
ORTIZ MARQUÉS , ALMUDENA
E-mail aortm@unileon.es
lgard@unileon.es
Lecturers
ORTIZ MARQUÉS , ALMUDENA
GARCIA DIAZ , LUIS CARLOS
Web http://https://www.unileon.es/estudiantes/oferta-academica/grados/grado-en-ingenieria-minera/plan-estudios?id=0808025&cursoa=2022
General description Fundamental knowledge of soil mechanics: soil characterization, conditions of equilibrium, granular soils, dams, embankments, foundations, stability and consolidation as applied and used in activities related to construction in general, and mining in particular
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC CIFUENTES RODRIGUEZ , JAIME
Secretario TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC VALLEPUGA ESPINOSA , JOSE
Vocal INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS GUERRA ROMERO , MANUEL IGNACIO
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC SIERRA FERNANDEZ , CARLOS
Secretario BERNARDO SANCHEZ , ANTONIO
Vocal TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC VIEJO DIEZ , JULIO

Competencias
Code  
A16779
A16781
A16782
A16783
A16784
A16785
A16786
A16787
A16789
A16790
B5157
B5159
B5167
B5168
B5169
B5170
B5177
B5178
C1 CMECES1 That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study
C4 CMECES4 That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialised and non-specialised audience
C5 CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Learning aims
Competences
Students have demonstrated knowledge and understanding in an area of study that builds on the foundation of general secondary education, and is usually at a level that, while relying on advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study. Students are able to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy. Geotechnical studies applied to mining, construction and civil engineering. Awaken interest in the subject in the training for the degree itself. To value the contents of the subject as a fundamental part of the specific competences of the degree. To understand the relationship between engineering and soil. To know the characterisation of soils. Apply to the calculation of stresses in soils. Apply the concepts to the study of foundations. Apply the concepts to the study of soil consolidation. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) A16779
A16781
A16782
A16783
A16784
A16785
A16786
A16787
A16789
A16790
 B5157
B5159
B5167
B5168
B5169
B5170
B5177
B5178
 C1
C4
C5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Course organization
1.2 The object of the Geotechnics
1.3 Syllabus
1.4 Annotated bibliography
1.5 Relation with other subjects
II. SOILS: TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS 2.1 Soil formation and nature. Scales of observation
2.2 Soil phases. The relationships between weights and volumes, and experimental calculation of these.
2.3 Basic soil types. Basic soil types. Study of solid particles: mineralogy and characteristics.
III. STRESS AND STRAIN. EFFECTIVE STRESS 3.1 Stress and strain definition
3.2 Principles of effective stress
3.3 Stress and strain states
3.4 Stress and strain variables. Trajectories
3.5 The stress state under one-dimensional conditions
IV. FLOW OF WATER IN RIGID, SATURATED SOILS 4.1. Groundwater: water flow, piezometric level, groundwater table and capillary rise
4.2. Equation of water motion
4.3. Darcy's Law. Permeability
4.4. Aquifers confined and unconfined. Pumping from wells and ditches
4.5. Equivalent permeability and flow in stratified soil
4.6. Water flow equation
4.7. Siphoning
4.8. Solution of the flow equation. Graphical method
4.9. Drains and filters. Earthen dams
4.10. Drainage in excavations
V. CONSOLIDATION IN SATURATED SOILS 5.1. Components of soil deformation. Consolidation
5.2. Primary consolidation process
5.3. Primary Consolidation Equation. Soil deformation under oedometric conditions
5.4. Differential equation for one-dimensional consolidation. Dimensionless approach. Consolidation level
5.5. Solving the one-dimensional consolidation equation with the vertical flow
5.6. Simplified approach for cases with non-vertical flows
5.7. Secondary consolidation
VI. STRENGTH AND DEFORMATION OF SATURATED SOILS 6.1 Introduction
6.2 Shear strength
6.3 Constitutive equations
VII. STUDY OF SOIL PERFORMANCE IN SERVICE AND FAILURE 7.1. Study in service. Elasticity
7.2. Study in failure. Limit equilibrium, Rankine states and plastic collapse theorems
VIII. INTRODUCTION TO UNSATURATED SOILS. COMPACTED SOILS 8.1 Unsaturated soils. Suction and effective stress concept
8.2 Relationships between suction and degree of saturation

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Problem solving, classroom exercises 12 18 30
 
Tutorship of group 6 9 15
Seminars 6 9 15
 
Lecture 13 19.5 32.5
 
Mixed tests 8 12 20
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Problem solving, classroom exercises In problem classes, exercises of varying complexity are posed and solved "step by step", with the participation of the student.
Tutorship of group Exercises will be proposed to be solved jointly by the teacher and the students.
Seminars If possible, a seminar will be held with the aim of studying in depth certain concepts seen in the subject, favouring interactivity between the specialist and the students.
Lecture Theoretical presentation of the concepts included in the contents, justification, discussion and application to the resolution of specific problems.

Personalized attention
 
Tutorship of group
Description
Exercises will be proposed to be solved jointly by the teacher and the students. The solutions obtained will be interpreted and discussed.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Problem solving, classroom exercises Individual and/or group work to be carried out by students. 40%
Mixed tests Periodic written tests 60 %
 
Other comments and second call

The proposals and competences worked on individually and in groups, both with and without the teacher, will also be assessed.

In the second call, the results of the tests obtained throughout the semester are valid, although it is not compulsory to have taken them. In the case of not taking the partial tests or the individual and/or group work, the mark of the final exam will be 100% of the evaluation.

Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic Calavera Ruiz, J., Cálculo de estructuras de cimentación, INTEMAC, 2000
Jiménez Salas, Geotecnia y cimientos, Rueda, Madrid 1999

Complementary González de Vallejo, L.I., Ingeniería geológica, Prentice-Hall, 2002
Iglesias, C, Mecánica del suelo, Síntesis, 1997


Recommendations


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
Physics 1 / 00808003
Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism / 00808004
Strength of Materials / 00808013
Geology / 00808016
THEORY OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS / 00808018