Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AND HOLE BORING

General Data

Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 6.00
Status: Mandatory
Type: Course
Academic Year: 2º
Term: 2º
Languages: Portuguese
Available for Mobility Students: No
Restricted to alliance: No
Code: Sin codigo

Coordination

Description

Theory/Practice
4

Instructors

João Paulo Meixedo


 

Contents

1. Geotechnical investigations - introduction
2. Mechanical methods
Types, equipment and applicability.
Trial pits and trenches
Percussion drilling. Equipment and techniques. Applications.
Penectrometers.
Rotary drilling; diamond core drilling; auger drilling
Rotopercussive drilling.
In situ tests.
Sampling
2. Geophysical methods
-Principles of applied geophysics survey methods
-Seismic methods.
-Electrical and electromagnetic methods.
-Gravity methods.
- Magnetic methods.
- Applications


 

Learning Outcomes

In the fields of geotechnics, georesources and geoenvironment, the student should be able to:
- Know and understand the current methods and techniques of geophysical and mechanical prospecting, in situ tests and land sampling.
- Analyze and solve simple application problems of prospecting techniques and tests studied.
- Through a proposed practical case, choose the most appropriate prospecting methods to solve the problems.
- Through a proposed practical case, analyze the data collected with a view to solving problems.