LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course aims to increase students knowledge and understanding of past and ongoing geological processes that can affect to engineered infrastructures and to the environment and provide them skills and knowledge how to apply this knowledge to engineering projects. They should have a knowledge of the physical, chemical, hydrological and mechanical properties of rocks and should have knowledge of investigation methods for determining rock mass properties and the strengths and weaknesses of such methods. Students should be able to propose site investigation programs and analyze directional data. They should be able to analyse GIS-data and spatial modelling results and be able to interpret data represented on stereonets.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 25.02.2025 - 10.04.2025
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Jussi Leveinen
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
Mineral composition textures and their relation to engineering geological properties of rocks. Deformation structures and mechanisms, weathering and hydrothermal alteration processes and their impacts of engineering geological properties. Laboratory and field investigation methods for characterization of engineering geological properties of soils and rocks. Statistical analysis of directional data. Geospatial analysis and interpolation methods and site geological models
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures, exercises, exam
Excercises 40 %, exam 60 % of the final grade
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
5 cr
Lectures, exercises, exam
24 h of lectures
44 h weekly exercises and their preparation
67 h individual studies
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Engineering geology, Principles and Practice, by Price D.G, Springer
Engineering Geology, rock in engineering,
construction, Richard E. Goodman, John Wiley & Sons incStructural Geology, Haakon Fossen, Cambridge Press
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language: English
Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring IV
2025-2026 Spring IVRegistration:
Registration for the course will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi).