Sveučilište u Splitu - Fakultet građevinarstva, arhitekture i geodezije University of Split - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy

Academic staff:

• Goran Vlastelica Ph.D., Associate Professor - Head of Department
• Predrag Miščević Ph.D., Full Professor, tenure
• Tanja Roje-Bonacci Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
• Nataša Štambuk Cvitanović Ph.D., Full Professor

External associates:

• Dr. sc. Tatjana Vlahović, Ph.D., Full Professor
• Nataša Pavić, Lecturer

Learning Outcomes:

Undergraduate University Study of Civil Engineering
Basics of Geology and Petrography - a student will be able to:
- identify geological problems related to civil engineering;
- recognize different types of rocks and minerals;
- distinguish different types of geological structures;
- comment on certain earth surface processes and their consequences;
- assess how geological processes affect the performance of engineering facilities;
- interpret geological maps;
- select rocks which can be used as a natural building material.

Soil Mechanics and Foundations - a student will be able to:
- classify soil types and determine their strength and deformation properties;
- calculate the bearing capacity of soil under the shallow and deep foundation for vertical loads;
- calculate the forecast of total settlement for shallow foundations and embankments;
- analyse consolidation process for soils;
- verify the slope stability for simple loading situations;
- calculate the horizontal pressure of the soil on retaining walls;
- calculate the required dimensions of simple shallow foundations, retaining walls and reinforced soil;
- design a less complex construction pit.

Earthworks - a student will be able to:
- select proper excavation methods for soil and rock materials;
- choose the soil suitable for construction of embankments;
- design embankments and cuts for roads according to European standards;
- design hydrotechnical embankments and dams;
- select and design a protection system against surface erosion of embankments and natural or manmade slopes;
- analyse and select the optimal drainage system during construction and in operation;
- carry out the quality controltests during earthworks.

Graduate University Study of Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering - a student will be able to:
- interpret the results of geotechnical investigations and determine soil parameters required for geotechnical calculations;
- select soil models for geotechnical construction analysis;
- determine necessary field and laboratory tests of soil for purpose ofembankment design;
- design embankments for roads and smaller hydroelectric dams;
- design geotechnical anchors;
- design flexible shallow foundations;
- design foundations subjected to tensile loads;
- analyse built-in-ground supporting structures;
- analyse laterally loaded deep foundations;
- propose landslide remedial measures;
- analyse seismic impact of soil on foundations;
- design soil improvement with the purpose of preventing soil liquefaction.

Hydrogeology - a student will be able to:
- recognize ground water as part of the hydrological cycle, or as an important element of the natural system;
- distinguish rocks according to hydrogeological features, and interpret hydrogeological maps;
- apply the basic physical laws of groundwater movement;
- calculate hydrogeological parameters from field testing data using analytical solutions of flow equations;
- critically assess common issues related to water supply;
- predict hydrogeological problems in construction;
- assess the role of hydrogeology in environmental protection, planned and sustainable development.

Rock Mechanics - a student will be able to:
- determine the strength and deformation properties of intact rock, discontinuities and rock mass;
- classify rock mass;
- recognize common issues related to engineering design in soft rocks;
- calculate the bearing capacity of the rock mass under shallow or deep foundations;
- design stable slopes in rock mass;
- create a geotechnical project of a tunnel support system.

Laboratory and Field Tests of Geomaterials - a student will be able to:
- investigate the technical properties and behaviour of geomaterials;
- explain the terminology and standard testing methods related to the engineering properties of geomaterials;
- select and apply appropriate laboratory and field tests;
- analyse and evaluate the results of laboratory tests;
- draw up a final report on the laboratory and field tests carried out.

Numerical Modelling in Geotechnics - a student will be able to:
- analyse the engineering problem and select a suitable material model for the corresponding soil/rock type and geotechnical task;
- determine the parameters of the material model from laboratory and field tests and apply them correctly in the numerical analysis;
- critically evaluate the results of the numerical analysis and assess whether the selected material model is suitable for the analysis;
- numerically analyse soil subsidence and collapse under embankments and building foundations in drained and undrained conditions;
- analyse different types of interaction between structure and soil and select a suitable connection model;
- use numerical models for geotechnical anchors, pylons, reinforced soil, flexible retaining structures and their associated interactions with the soil.

Ground Improvement - a student will be able to:
- analyse the stresses and deformations in the soil, before and after soil improvement procedure;
- choose the optimum foundation method, i.e. soil improvement method depending on the problem considered;
- design soil improvement for foundations;
- design special types of foundations and other substructures;
- interpret soil improvement fieldtests;
- supervise the construction of complex foundations.

Retaining Structures and Construction Pits - a student will be able to:
- analyse loads affecting geotechnical construction;
- evaluate the soil-building-environment relationship;
- design gravity retaining walls;
- design built-in-ground supporting structures;
- design complex construction pit protection;
- design the structures with reinforced soil;
- lead the construction process of complex geotechnical constructions.

Earthworks - a student will be able to:
- select proper excavation methods for soil and rock materials;
- choose the soil suitable for construction of embankments;
- design embankments and cuts for roads according to European standards;
- design hydrotechnical embankments and dams;
- select and design a protection system against surface erosion of embankments and natural or manmade slopes;
- analyse and select the optimal drainage system during construction and in operation;
- carry out the quality controltests during earthworks.

Postgraduate Doctoral Study of Civil Engineering
Selected chapters from Rock Mechanics - a student will be able to:
- critically evaluate and improve the measurement methods of crack, rock and rock mass parameters needed to solve engineer tasks in rock masses;
- self-assess the rock mass classification;
- create rock mass models;
- establish rock mass improvement methods;
- recommend and plan complex foundations on different rock masses;
- create new methods of analysis of slopes in rock mass;
- develop observation method based projects in rock mass.

Soil Mechanics Models - student will be able to:
- critically evaluate the latest knowledge available in the existing literature with special attention to the area of small deformations;
- evaluate mutual relationships, virtues and weaknesses in the application of known and recognized soil models;
- determine input parameters for some of the known soil models by using laboratory methods;
- evaluatethe obtained laboratory data and apply them to idealized numerical models of soil;
- evaluate the solutions obtained by comparing multiple variants of numerical models;
- explain the possibility of adapting theoretical solutions for solving natural phenomena examples in geotechnics, which are suitable for the subject study.

Special chapters in Foundation Engineering - a student will be able to:
- critically assess the state of the art technology of unusual ways of foundation from available literature;
- critically assess the up to date methods for soil improvement;
- create different models for unusual foundation and soil improvement setup for given geotechnical conditions and soil parameters;
- compare and evaluate all aspects of the quality, results and effect of unusual foundation and soil improvement;
- re-examine the effects of changing the value of individual input data in a particular model of unusual foundation and / or soil improvement;
- determine the most convenient solutions in complex foundation conditions.

Undergraduate Professional Study of Civil Engineering
Soil Mechanics and Foundations - a student will be able to:
- classify soil types and determine their strength and deformation properties;
- calculate the bearing capacity of soil under the shallow and deep foundation for vertical loads;
- calculate the forecast of total settlement for shallow foundations and embankments;
- analyse consolidation process for soils;
- verify the slope stability for simple loading situations;
- calculate the horizontal pressure of the soil on retaining walls;
- calculate the required dimensions of simple shallow foundations and retaining walls.

Engineering Geology and Earthworks - a student will be able to:
- predict geological problems during construction;
- distinguish between different types of rock and minerals;
- comment on certain surface processes and their consequences;
 - assess how geological processes affect the performance of engineering structures;
- propose the use of rocks as natural building materials;
- classify soil/rock for construction works;
- carry out the construction of embankments;
- design a slope protection system against erosion.

Laboratory and Field Tests of Geomaterials - a student will be able to:
- investigate the technical properties and behaviour of geomaterials;
- explain the terminology and standard testing methods related to the engineering properties of geomaterials;
- select and apply appropriate laboratory and field tests;
- analyse and evaluate the results of laboratory tests;
- draw up a final report on the laboratory and field tests carried out.

Retaining Structures and Construction Pits - a student will be able to:
- analyse loads affecting geotechnical construction;
- evaluate the soil-building-environment relationship;
- design gravity retaining walls;
- design built-in-ground supporting structures;
- design complex construction pit protection;
- design the structures with reinforced soil;
- lead the construction process of complex geotechnical constructions.