The course will be taught online by Zoom on 28-29 August 2024
SOIL MECHANICS, ROCK MECHANICS AND UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES ANALYSIS ON MICROCOMPUTERS USING PLASTICITY THEORY: A SHORT TRAINING COURSE ON ZSOIL
Who should attend : If you have a degree in engineering and less than 200 hours of practice with ZSOIL you can gain significant profit from attending course 1. If you have an engineer degree and less than 2000 hours of practice with ZSOIL you can gain significant profit from attending course 2.
DATES
The course will take place online by Zoom on 28-29 August 2024.
Lectures last 1h30, broken into 20min. periods followed by a 10min. breaks .
Deadline for registration : until August 14th 2024
Cancellation policy : may be decided by organizer not later than 7 days before course start.
Day 1 - 28.8.2024, 9.00 to 17.30
Introductory course
| L1: Initial state, stability & load carrying capacity, incl.reliability aspects (S.Commend) |
| L2: 2-phases saturated & partially saturated media & structures (M.Preisig) |
| Lunch break |
| L3: Constitutive aspects I (S.Kivell) |
| L4: Case study: deep excavation, incl.reliability aspects (S.Commend) |
Day 2 - 29.8.2024, 9.00 to 17.30
Advanced course
| L1: Constitutive aspects II (R.Obrzud) |
| L2: Dynamics & soil-structure interaction (A. Truty) |
| Lunch break |
| L3: 3D Pre-& Postprocessing (K.Podles) |
| L4: Python tools (A. Truty) |
PAYMENT
Fee :
Course Day 1 (Introductory) – CHF 250.– ; includes: admission to lectures, course notes pdf.
Course Day 2 (Advanced) – CHF 300.– ; includes: admission to lectures, course notes pdf.
Discount : 50% for ZSOIL full version owners, 80% for students.
Please prepay to GeoDev Sarl, Epinettes 32, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
Payment in CHF to : CREDIT SUISSE (Suisse) SA, CH-1001 Lausanne,
account n° 1294343-91, IBAN CH51 0483 5129 4343 9100 0, BIC/SWIFT CRESCHZZ80A
with mention “ZSOIL course on the dd.mm.yy”, date and your name.
Remarks:
- Participants need to have a computer for optional hands on parts: min 8GB RAM , ZSOIL will be provided
