This course aims to achieve a basic understanding of conventional continuum mechanics approaches to constitutive and numerical modeling of soils in getechnical problems. We focus on applications of the constitutive models within the available numerical codes. Important issue of derivation of model parameters from the lab tests has also received considerable attention.

The course explores the fundamental principles of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, with the following objectives:- Recognition of the basic consequences of the ground construction;- Understanding of the important fundamental concepts of Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering;- Independent analysis of the basic geotechnical problems.

This lecture deals with the geotechnical aspects in transportation, introduces pavement design and familiarises students with the behaviour of the various materials used in traffic route engineering. The lecture focuses on roads, however, many of the basic geotechnical principles are also transferable to other modes of transport.