Design & Construction in Geotechnical Engineering

Lecturers
Prof. I. Anastasopoulos, Dr. A. Marin, Dr. K. Kassas

Assistants
Dr. A. Agalianos

Objective
Building up on the fundamental knowledge gained during Bachelor’s studies, the course covers the main topics of planning and design in geotechnical engineering practice. Starting with the fundamentals of engineering codes and standards, a variety of design topics are covered, including: shallow and piled foundations, excavation and retaining systems, anchors and soil nails, geosynthetics and soil improvement, slope stability, river dykes, and monitoring. The lectures are accompanied by practical design exercises, and tutorials on the effective use of numerical analysis programs that are widely used in practice (Plaxis). The course is further complemented by one or more invited lectures, related to interesting engineering projects.