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BA8301

Marine Geotechnical Engineering

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Credits 10.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Autumn 2020
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Report

About

About the course

Course content

Marine soil investigations, skirted foundations, anchoring, piles, slope stability, cyclic loadings.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:
The candidate should have knowledge of:
- Equipment and standard soil investigation methods in use offshore
- Geotechnical problems related to offshore oil exploration and production
- Calculation procedures relevant for foundations, piles and anchors subjected to cyclic loading

Skills:
The candidate is able to:
- Evaluate and make use of a standard report of marine site investigations
- Identify geotechnical problems in a project
- Estimate the capacities of foundations, piles and anchors for given design parameters for the soil at hand

General competence:
The candidate can:
- Communicate with designers in Marine Soil Mechanics
- Communicate with operators and designers in adjacent fields of Offshore Engineering
- Work within a group specialising in Marine Soil Mechanics

Learning methods and activities

Lectured as guided self study, student's reports and analyses. To pass the course a score of at least 70 percent is required.

Compulsory assignments

  • Assignments

Course materials

Handouts.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
DIB2083 10.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering