Geotechnics (5 cr)

Code: RA00CQ13-3015

General information

Enrollment: 21.08.2023 - 01.09.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 04.09.2023 - 15.12.2023
Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: Department of Construction and Energy Engineering

Campus: Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages: Finnish

Degree programmes: Degree Programme in Industrial Wood Construction

Teachers: Petteri Härkönen

Teacher in charge: Petteri Härkönen

Groups: PRSA23SP
Industrial wood construction, full-time studies

Course: RA00CQ13

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Objective

You know the principles on Finnish geology.
You know how to determine the properties of soil layers both by touch and in the laboratory.
You know how to identify soil types.
You know how to calculate parameters of soil structure.
You know how to estimate ground frost and hydraulic properties.
You know the principles of calculations in geodetic surveying.

Content

Core content

What is geology?
How have Finnish bedrock and soil geology developed?
What is Soil Classification?
What is subsoil ground water?
What is ground frost and frost heave?
What is surveying and layout marking?
What are the basic geodetic calculations?

Complementary knowledge
What is the earth pressure and what is the strength of soil?

Specialist knowledge
What is soil mechanics?

Further information

Opintojakso on tarjolla myös:
Avoimen AMKin opiskeljoille 5 paikkaa

Evaluation scale

1-5