Geotechnics: Disciplines and Syllabuses

Code: CIV2518 | credits: 2

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Types of dams. Typical sections. Factors influencing the project. Geotechnical investigations in the foundation and borrow areas. Percolation through the massif and foundation. Analysis of pore pressures and drainage devices. Stability analysis: end of construction, permanent flow and rapid drawdown. Stress – strain analysis. Tailings dams. Construction techniques and construction control. Historical cases. 

REFERENCES

Massad, F. Earthworks, second edition, Editora Oficina Textos, 216p., 2010; Cruz, PT 100 Brazilian Dams, Editora Oficina Textos, second edition, 648p., 2004; USBR. Design of Small Dams, Interior Department Bureau of Reclamation, 2015; Jansen, R.B. Advanced Dam Engineering for Design, Construction & Rehabilitation, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 2011; Fell, R.; MacGregor, P.; Stapledon, D; Bell, G. Foster, M.  Geotechnical Engineering of Dams, CRC Press, 1382p., 2018; CBDB. The History of Dams in Brazil – XNUMXth, XNUMXth and XNUMXst centuries, National Book Editors Union, 524p., 2011.

Code: CIV2579 | credits: 3

EMENTA

Study of disasters of hydrological origin from a socio-environmental and territorial perspective.
Fundamental concepts of disaster, threat, risk, exposure, vulnerability, damage and resilience. Characterization of hydrological disasters (floods, flash floods, saturation-induced landslides, droughts, among others) and their social, environmental and economic impacts. Risk analysis and mapping methods: identification and representation of exposed elements, vulnerability assessment and application of risk indicators.
Integration between warning systems, urban planning and disaster management. Strategies for risk reduction and strengthening resilience in urban and rural contexts. Case studies and practical application in vulnerable territories.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

-MIGUEZ, Marcelo G. DI GREGÓRIO, Leandro T. VERÓL, Aline P. Risk management and hydrological disasters. 1st Edition. Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier, 2018.
-Rezende, OM, de Oliveira, AKB, Jacob, ACP, & Miguez, MG (2019). A framework to introduce urban flood resilience into the design of flood control alternatives. Journal of Hydrology, 576, 478-493.
-Oliveira, AKB, Carneiro Alves, LM, Carvalho, CL, Haddad, AN, Magalhães, PC, & Miguez, MG (2023).
A framework for assessing flood risk responses of a densely urbanized watershed, to support urban planning decisions. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 8(4), 400-418.

Code: CIV2535 | credits: 3

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Vibration theory of elementary systems: free and forced vibration, viscous, Rayleigh and hysteretic damping. Resonance frequency. Theory of wave propagation in elastic media: equation of motion, types of waves, reflection and transmission of waves. Behavior of sandy and clayey soils under cyclic loading. Constitutive models (equivalent linear model, cyclic nonlinear models, elastoplastic models). Behavior of surface foundations under vertical, horizontal, torsional, rocking and coupled excitation. Behavior of piles and pile groups under vertical, horizontal, torsional, rocking and coupled excitation. Seismic threat analysis. Seismic risk analysis. Project earthquake generation. Seismic amplification concepts. Site effects. Behavior of slopes under seismic loading. Dynamic and static liquefaction. Determination of geotechnical parameters in soil behavior models.

Programme

Vibration of a system with one degree of freedom. Free vibration with and without damping. Forced vibration with and without damping. Resonance frequency. Types of damping: viscous, Rayleigh and hysteretic.

Theory of wave propagation in elastic media. Helmholtz decomposition. Equation of motion. SH, SV and P plane waves. Rayleigh waves. Reflection and transmission of waves in homogeneous and stratified media. Determination of stresses, deformations and displacements in elastic media. Lamb's problem.

Behavior of shallow foundations on the surface of elastic media under vertical, horizontal, torsion, rocking and coupled cyclic loading. Solutions using the theory of elasticity and analogies of Lysmer and Hall. Buried foundations. Strata foundations.

Behavior of piles and groups of piles in elastic media under vertical, horizontal, torsion, rocking and coupled cyclic loading. Block influence and interaction between piles.

Cyclic behavior of soils. Field and laboratory tests. Stress x strain behavior models: equivalent linear, cyclic models, elastoplastic models. Hysteretic and Rayleigh damping.

Introduction to earthquake engineering. Seismic threat analysis. Seismic risk analysis.

Seismic behavior of slopes. Pseudo-static method. Seismic coefficient. Newmark's rigid block analogy. Makdisi and Seed decoupled method. Bray and Travasarou coupled method. Post-earthquake analysis.

Seismic amplification concepts. Amplification in seismic codes. Site effects. Frequency domain and time domain approach. Methods for design earthquake selection and adjustment. Equations for predicting ground motion (GMPE – Ground Motion Prediction Equations). Amplification in soft soil deposits.

Laboratory seismic tests: piezoelectric transducers, resonance column. Field seismic tests: crosshole tests, crosshole test with seismic tomography, downhole test, seismic pizocone, tests with surface waves: test with permanent R waves, continuous test with surface waves, spectral analysis of surface waves (SASW – Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves), wave reflection and refraction tests.

Soil liquefaction. Flow by liquefaction, cyclic softening. The concept of permanent state. Susceptibility to liquefaction. Beginning of liquefaction potential. Cyclic stress ratio CSR. CRR cyclic resistance ratio. Safety factor against liquefaction flow determined in a deterministic and probabilistic formulation based on SPT, CPT and S-wave propagation tests. Post-liquefaction resistance. Mitigation of the threat of liquefaction.

REFERENCES

JEFFERIES, M. and BEEN, K. Soil Liquefaction: A Critical State Approach, CRC Press, 712p., 2016; KRAMER, S.L. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pearson, 672p. 2007; VERRUIJT, A. An Introduction to Soil Dynamics, Springer, 448p., 2012; ACHENBACH, J.D. Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids, North-Holland, 1984; DAS, BM and RAMANA, GV Principles of Soil Dynamics, Second Edition, Cengage Learning, 673p., 2011; WOLF, J.P. Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction, Prentice-Hall, 466p., 1985; WOLF, J.P. Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis in Time Domain, Prentice-Hall, 446p., 1988.

Code: CIV2578 | credits: 3

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Basic notions of metrology. Permeability tests in a rigid wall permeameter under constant load and under variable load and in a flexible wall permeameter. Incremental loading and controlled deformation loading (CRS) oedometric densification tests. Direct shear test. Simple shear test (DSS). UU, CU and CD triaxial tests, isotropic (hydrostatic), anisotropic and K0 densification, controlled deformation and controlled tension, compression and extension loads. 

REFERENCES

Germaine, JT & Germaine, AV Geotechnical Laboratory Measurements for Engineers, Wiley, 2009; Head, KH & Epps, RJ Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume 2: Permeability, Shear Strength and Compressibility Tests, third edition, Whittles Publishing, 2011; Head, KH & Epps, RJ Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume 3: Effective Stress Tests, third edition, Whittles Publishing, 2014; Albertazzi, A. & Souza, AR Fundamentals of Scientific and Industrial Metrology, second edition, Editora Manole Ltda, 2018; Head, K.H. Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume 1: Soil Classification and Compaction Tests, third edition, Whittles Publishing, 2006; Vickers, B. Laboratory Work in Soil Mechanics, second edition, Granada Publishing, 1983.

Code: CIV2519 | credits: 3

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Earth mass movements. Slope stability analysis methods. Limit equilibrium: circular and non-circular sliding surfaces. Slope stability. Non-conventional aspects of stability analysis. Active, passive and rest thrusts. Rankine and Coulomb theories. Retaining walls and curtains. Cable-stayed and rammed structures. Design aspects of slope and excavation retaining structures.

REFERENCES

DUNCAN, JM and WRIGHT, SG Soil Strength and Slope Stability, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 293p., 2005;
CHENG, YM and LAU, CK Slope Stability Analysis and Stabilization: New Methods and Insight, Routledge – Taylor & Francis, 241p., 2017; CLAYTON CRJ, WOODS, RI, BOND, AJ and MILITITSKY, J. Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures, 3rd Edition, CRC Press, 2014, 574p.

Code: CIV2580 | credits: 3

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Study of the fundamentals and mathematical formulation of constitutive models applicable to geotechnical materials (soils and rocks). Incremental and total approaches, linear and nonlinear elasticity, classical plasticity, elastoplastic models with hardening, hypoplastic models, viscoplasticity and advanced models. Flow criteria, plasticization surfaces, hardening laws and flow rules. Computational implementation of the models in own code and/or finite element software. Applications in geotechnical analyses such as consolidation, rupture, cycling and long-term response.

REFERENCES

Wood, DM Soil Behavior and Critical State Soil Mechanics, 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2022
Yu, H.-S. Plasticity and Geotechnics, Springer, 2006
Kolymbas, D. Constitutive Modeling of Granular Materials, Springer, 2012

Code: CIV2517 | credits: 3

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Introduction: geotechnical behavior of foundations. Methods for evaluating total, initial settlement and consolidation of superficial and deep foundations (isolated and in groups). Methods based on the theory of linear elasticity. Approximate numerical methods. Empirical methods. Methods for assessing the bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations. Limit balance; drain lines; limit analysis; cavity expansion. Dynamic formulation and applications of the wave equation. Assessment of the behavior of laterally loaded piles. Analysis of experimental results. Plate load test. Static and dynamic load tests on piles.

REFERENCES

Das, B.M., Sivakugan, N. “Principles of Foundation Engineering” Cengage Learning, 9th Edition, 2022
Coduto, DP, Kitch, WA, Yeung, MC “Foundation Design: Principles and Practices” Pearson, 3rd Edition, 2016
Bowles, J.E. “Foundation Analysis and Design” McGraw-Hill, 7th Edition, 2017

Code: CIV2801 | credits: 3

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Architectures of two-dimensional graphics systems. Programming in the MATLAB environment. Introduction to object-oriented programming and event-oriented programming. Development of interactive graphics programs. Handling of mouse events on canvas. Graphical and interactive analysis of lattice structures and
continuous in the MATLAB environment.

REFERENCES

Matrix Analysis of Object-Oriented Structures – 1st edition. GEN LTC Publisher (originally Elsevier Publisher) and PUC-Rio Publisher, 2018;
Stephen J. Chapman, MATLAB Programming for Engineers, 2002: PDF version;
Eduardo Azevedo and Aura Conci, Computer Graphics. Image Generation – Volume 1, Editora Campus, 2003;
Aura Conci and Eduardo Azevedo, Computer Graphics. Theory and Practice – Volume 2, Editora Campus, 2007;
Jonas de Miranda Gomes and Luiz Velho, Computer Graphics, Volume 1, Computer Science and Mathematics Series, IMPA, 1998.

Code: CIV2531 | credits: 2

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Structure and dynamics of the Earth; mineralogy and its relationship with Geotechnics; igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and their relationship with Geotechnics; geological structures – tectonic faults and folds, tectonic and relief fractures, and the relationship with Geotechnics; Weathering and sedimentation profiles – alteration and alterability, residual soils and transported soils; surface and groundwater; disastrous geodynamic processes; geotechnical investigation.

REFERENCES

Brazilian Association of Engineering Geology. Engineering and Environmental Geology, ABGE, 912p., 2018; Guerra, AJT; Cunha, S.B. Geomorphology and Environment, third edition, Bertrand do Brasil, 396 p., 2000; Carson, MA; Kirkby, M.J. Hillslope Form and Processes, Cambridge University Press, 484p., 2009; Pollard, D.D.; Fletcher, R.C. Fundamentals of Structural Geology, Cambridge University Press, 514p., 2005; John Huggett, R.J. Fundamentals of Geomorphology, 4th edition, Routledge, 578p., 2016.

Code: CIV2516 | credits: 3

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Geological and geotechnical investigations: investigation techniques, maps, remote sensing and subsurface exploration. Notions of hydrogeology: groundwater, occurrences, consequences and control methods. Applications of Engineering Geology: excavations, slopes and dam foundations.

REFERENCES

Bell, FG “Engineering Geology” Butterworth-Heinemann, 2nd Edition, 2020
Fookes, PG “Geology for Civil Engineers”, CRC Press, 2nd Edition, 2022
Waltham, T., Kehew, A.E. “Foundations of Engineering Geology” CRC Press, 5th Edition, 2023

Code: CIV2545 | credits: 3

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Origin of petroleum and sedimentary basins. Description of sedimentary rocks and their mechanical properties. Correlations with seismic and logging data. In situ stresses and fluid pressure in sedimentary basins. Stresses around wells. Well stability. Rupture during production: production of solids. Hydraulic fracturing. Reservoir compaction and subsidence. Geological-geomechanical modeling.

Programme

Introduction and importance of rock mechanics in petroleum engineering.

Characterization of sedimentary rocks: methods and tests.

Mechanical properties of sedimentary rocks: sandstones, shales, carbonates and evaporites. Laboratory tests and field estimation.

In situ stresses: evaluation through field tests. Influence of the fault regime. Examples.

Fluid pressure inside the Earth's crust: normal pressure and over-pressurized areas. Forecasting methods and examples.

Well stability analysis: well construction, stresses around wells, stability prediction methods, allowable pressure window. Examples.

Coating loading: formation creep, numerical analysis. Examples.

Rupture during production: solids production, prediction methods. Examples.

Compaction and subsidence: effect of production on deformations around the reservoir. Influence on production. Examples.

Hydraulic fracturing: importance, fracturing operation and methods for sizing the fracture. Examples.

Geological-geomechanical modeling: description of the rock mass modeling steps. Use in drilling. Examples.

REFERENCES

FJAER, E., HOLT, RM, HORSRUD, P., RAAEN, AM & RISNES, R. Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics, 2nd edition, Elsevier, 2008; ZOBACK, M. Reservoir Geomechanics, Cambridge University Press, 461p., 2010; THOMAS, J.E. Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering, second edition, Editora Interciência, 272p., 2004.

Code: CIV2543 | credits: 3

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Geotechnics and environmental damage: general aspects. Susceptibility and risk maps. Natural movements of solid mass: erosion, subsidence, slope instability. Waste and rejects: characterization and classification. Sanitary and industrial landfills. Sludge disposal: sedimentation and densification. Transport of contaminants. Sampling and testing. Geotechnics and environmental damage: general aspects. Susceptibility and risk maps. Natural movements of solid mass: erosion, subsidence, slope instability. Understanding groundwater hydrology. Geo-environmental investigation. Geo-environmental monitoring. Remediation of impacted areas. Degraded areas: assessment, monitoring and recovery techniques. Tailings dams.

Programme

Geotechnics and environmental damage

Susceptibility and risk maps

Risk identification and mapping

Risk mapping

Erosion

Geoenvironmental investigation

Remediation of impacted areas

Tailings dams

Recovery of degraded areas

REFERENCES

Rowe, R.K. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook. Springer, NY, 2012; Sarsby, R.W. Environmental Geotechnics, ICE Publishing, London, 2013; Yong. RN Sustainable Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering. CRC Press. FL, 2017; Brassington, R. Field Hydrogeology (Geological Field Guide), 4th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, NJ, 2017; Fell, R., Corominas, J., Bonnard, C., Cascini, L., Leroi, E., and Savage, W. Guidelines for landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk zoning for land use planning. Oficina de Textos, SP, 2013; Moore, J.E. Field Hydrogeology: A Guide for Site Investigations and Report Preparation. CRC Press. FL, 2002.

Code: CIV2555 | credits: 3

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Introduction to solid waste disposal landfills. Criteria for selecting areas for landfills. Considerations on the conceptual design. Waterproofing systems. Slurry collection systems. Settlements in the foundation and in the waste mass. Construction. Operation. Coverage systems. Erosion control.

REFERENCES

Qian, X., Koerner, RM, and Gray, DH Geotechnical Aspects of Landfill Design and Construction,
Prentice Hall, NJ, 2001.; Townsend, T. G., Powell, J., Jain, P., Xu, Q., Tolaymat, T., and Reinhart. D. Sustainable
Practices for Landfill Design and Operation. Springer, NY, 2016.

Code: CIV2553 | credits: 3

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Brief review of stresses and deformations in soils. Interpretation of the Principle of Effective Tensions and its corollaries. Concept of internal friction in soils and Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion. Various stress paths, compression and extension by loading and unloading. Drained versus undrained and contractile versus dilatant behavior of soils in the face of shear. Interpretation of pore pressure parameters. Triaxial tests on UU, CU and CD soils. Study of the stress-strain-resistance behavior of sands and clays based on results of triaxial tests published in classic technical-scientific articles.  

REFERENCES

ASCE Geo-Institute. A History of Progress – Selected US Papers in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication nº 118, volumes 1 and 2, edited by W. Allen Marr, 2003; Wesley, L. Professor AW Bishop's Finest Papers – A Commemorative Volume, Whittles Publishing, 2019; Atkinson, JH & Bransby, PL The Mechanics of Soils – An Introduction to Critical State Soil Mechanics. McGraw-Hill, 1978; Head, KH & Epps, RJ Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume 2: Permeability, Shear Strength and Compressibility Tests, third edition, Whittles Publishing, 2011; Head, KH & Epps, RJ (2014). Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume 3: Effective Stress Tests, third edition. Whittles Publishing, 2014; Henkel, DJ The Effect of Overconsolidation on the Behavior of Clays During Shear. Geotech, 6(4), 139-150, 1956; Lambe, T.W., & Whitman, R.V. Soil Mechanics, SI Version, John Wiley & Sons, 1979; Lee, KL & Seed, HB Drained Strength Characteristics of Sands, Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, 93(6), 117-141, 1967; Parry, RHG Triaxial Compression and Extension Tests on Remoulded Saturated Clay, Geotech, 10(4), 166-180, 1960; Skempton, AW The Pore-Pressure Coefficients A and B, Geotech, 4(4), 143-147, 1954; Taylor, D.W. Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons, 1948; Terzaghi, K. The Shearing Resistance of Saturated Soils and the Angle between the Planes of Shear. Proc. 1st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Cambridge, Massachusetts, v.1, 54-56, 1936.

Code: CIV2546 | credits: 3

EMENTA

Origin and distribution of water and other fluids in geological environments. Engineering problems associated with the movement of fluids in geological media. Basic principles of flow in porous media. Flow in partially saturated porous media. Flow in aquifers and notions of well hydraulics. Understanding multiphase flow. Notions of hydrogeology. Flow in fractured media. Transport of contaminants in porous media. Mechanisms and equations of contaminant transport in porous media. Remediation techniques for contaminated areas. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Freeze, RA, Cherry, JA, Groundwater, Prentice Hall, 604p., 1979; Fitts, C. Groundwater Science, Academic Press, 692p., 2012; Fetter, C. W., Boving, T., Kreamer, D.  Contaminant Hydrogeology, Waveland Press, Inc, third edition, 647p., 2017; Bear, J. Dynamics of Fluid Flow in Porous Media, Dover, 800p., 1988; Bedient, P., Rifai, H., Newell, C., Groundwater Contamination: Transport and Remediation, Pearson College Div., second edition, 604p., 1999.

Code: CIV2554 | credits: 3

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Basic principles of instrumentation. Resistive, inductive, acoustic and electrolytic sensors. Mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical instruments. Detail of laboratory instrumentation: measurements of force, total tension, pore pressure, displacements and volume variation. Detail of field instrumentation: measurements of surface and deep displacements, earth pressure, pore pressure and loads. Instrumentation program planning. Historical cases.
 
Programme
 
Assessment of uncertainties and errors
 
Instrumentation Principles
 
Laboratory instrumentation: measurements of force, total tension, neutral pressure, displacements and volume variation
 
Field instrumentation: measurements of surface and deep displacements, earth pressure, pore pressure and loads
 
Instrumentation program planning
 
historical cases
 
REFERENCES
 
DeRubertis, K. Monitoring Dam Performance: Instrumentation and Measurements, American Society of Civil Engineers, VA, 2018; Dunnicliff, J. Geotechnical Instrumentation for Monitoring Field Performance, Wiley Interscience, NJ, 2007; Singh, A. Soil Engineering in Theory and Practice :  Geotechnical Testing and Instrumentation, volume 2, 2nd edition, CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd, India, 2014; Hanna, T.H. Foundation Instrumentation, Trans Tech Publications, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973; Head, K.H. Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing: Volume I, 3rd edition, Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, UK, 2006; Head, KH, and EPPS, RJ Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume II, 3rd edition, Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, UK, 2014; Head, KH, and EPPS, RJ Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume III, 3rd edition, Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, UK, 2014.

Code: CIV2538 | credits: 2

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Simple recognition probing with SPT tests with energy measurement and SPT-T tests. In situ permeability tests. Piezocone test. Field vane test. Dilatometer test. Pressure gauge test. Geophysical tests.

REFERENCES

Hunt, R.E. Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook, second edition, CRC Press, 2005; Lunne, T., Robertson, P.K. & Powell, J.J.M. Cone Penetration Testing in Geotechnical Practice, Spon Press, 1997; Schnaid, F. & Odebrecht, E. Field Tests and their Applications to Foundation Engineering, 2nd Edition, Oficina de Textos, 2012; ABGE. Survey Classification Guidelines, Brazilian Association of Engineering and Environmental Geology, 2013; ABGE. Soil Permeability Tests – Guidelines for Executing them in the Field, Brazilian Association of Engineering and Environmental Geology, 2015; ABNT NBR 10905. Soil – In situ reed tests – Test method, 1989; ABNT NBR 6484. Soil – Simple recognition survey with SPT – Test method, 2020; ABNT NBR 16796. Soil – Standard method for energy assessment in SPT, 2020; ABNT NBR 16797. Torque measurement in SPT tests during the execution of simple percussion recognition soundings – Procedure, 2020; ASTM D6635-15. Standard Test Method for Performing the Flat Plate Dilatometer, 2015; ASTM D1586/D1586M-18. Standard Test Method for Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and Split-Barrel Sampling of Soils, 2018; ASTM D2573/D2573M-18. Standard Test Method for Field Vane Shear Test in Saturated Fine-Grained Soils, 2018; ASTM D4719-20. Standard Test Methods for Prebored Pressuremeter Testing in Soils, 2020; ASTM D5778-20. Standard Test Method for Electronic Friction Cone and Piezocone Penetration Testing of Soils, 2020.

Code: CIV2520 | credits: 2

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Engineering problems in rocky environments in the areas of civil, mining and petroleum engineering. The nature of rocks and properties index. Resistance of intact rocks. Discontinuities in rock masses. Stereographic projections. Resistance of discontinuities and rock masses. Deformability of rock masses. Hydraulic properties of rock masses. In-situ stresses in rock masses.

REFERENCES

GOODMAN, RE Introduction to Rock Mechanics, Wiley, 1989; JAEGER, JC, and COOK, NGW, Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics, Science Paperback, 1976; ZHANG, L. Engineering Properties of Rocks. Elsevier, 2017; HUDSON, JA, HARRISON, J.P. Engineering Rock Mechanics, Pergamon Press, 1997; FRANKLIN, JA and DUSSEAULT, MB, Rock Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1989.

Code: CIV2534 | credits: 3

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Mechanical properties of rock masses. 3D modeling of rock masses. Stability of rock slopes: failure mechanisms and quantification methods. Underground excavations in rock: stresses and failure mechanisms, lining design for underground excavations. 

Programme

Properties of rock masses: definitions and properties of discontinuities, use of classification systems to obtain rock parameters. Representative elemental volume and use of models to define the properties of large volumes of rock.

3D modeling of rock masses: structural domains, use of 3D modelers for spatial distribution of properties

Slopes in rock masses: kinematic analysis, key block method, limit equilibrium analysis. Historical cases. Discussion of historical cases. Probabilistic studies in Rock Mechanics 

Underground excavations in rock: fundamentals, empirical methods for quantifying stability, methods for evaluating failure mode influenced by the structure, methods for evaluating the influence of in situ stresses, failure zones and historical cases, lining design in underground excavations. 

REFERENCES 

GOODMAN, RE Introduction to Rock Mechanics, John Wiley and Sons, 576p., 1988; HOEK, E. & BROWN, E.T. Underground Excavation in Rock, CRC Press, 532p., 1990; WYLLIE, DC Rock Slope Engineering, CRC Press, 5th edition, 636p., 2017; HOEK, E. & BRAY, J. Rock Slope Engineering, CRC Press, 3rd edition, 364p., 1981.

Code: CIV2577 | credits: 3

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Study and application of the main experimental tests used in the characterization of rock masses. Determination of physical and mechanical properties of intact and fractured rocks. Destructive and non-destructive tests in laboratory and in situ. Interpretation of stress-strain curves, rupture criteria, anisotropy and post-peak behavior. Experimental planning, statistical analysis of data, quality control and calibration of constitutive models for numerical simulations. Discussion of technical standards (ISRM, ASTM, ABNT) and application in geotechnical engineering.

REFERENCES 

Jaeger, JC, Cook, NGW, & Zimmerman, RW Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics, Wiley-Blackwell, 4th Edition, 2021
Hudson, JA, & Harrison, JP Engineering Rock Mechanics: An Introduction to the Principles, Elsevier, 2000
ISRM Suggested Methods. International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, constant updates (https://www.isrm.net).

Code: CIV2530 | credits: 4

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1D permanent flow. 2D permanent flow. Flow networks. Anisotropic soils. Finite difference solution, Monte Carlo method, fragment method, physical models. 1D primary densification. Solution for engineering cases. Instant and time-dependent charging. Determination of geotechnical parameters. Primary compaction and secondary compression settlement. Vertical drains, pre-loading. 3D theory of primary densification. Temporary lowering of the water table. Sizing of filters and drains. Undrained application in saturated soils. Shear strength criterion. Laboratory and field tests. Stress trajectories. Stress x deformation x resistance behavior of sands and clays. Instrumentation. Critical state theory.

Programme

  • 1D permanent flow. Darcy's Law. Load concepts. Permeability coefficient
  • Capillarity. Effective voltage in permanent flow. Body forces. Safety factors. Laboratory and field trials
  • 2D steady flow equations. Cauchy-Riemann equations
  • Flow networks. Anisotropic soils. Transfer conditions
  • Finite difference solution. Monte Carlo method
  • Solution using the fragment method. Physical models
  • 1D primary densification. Solution for engineering cases
  • Time-dependent charging
  • Determination of parameters in the laboratory
  • Primary compaction and secondary compression settlement
  • Vertical drains. Preload
  • 3D theory of primary densification
  • Temporary lowering of the water table
  • Sizing of filters and drains
  • Stress x deformation x resistance behavior of sands and clays
  • Laboratory and field shear tests; sampling
  • CD, CU, UU triaxial tests
  • Undrained strength of clays
  • Stress trajectories
  • Short- and long-term behavior of saturated clays
  • Geotechnical instrumentation
  • Special laboratory tests
  • Critical state theory

REFERENCES

CEDERGREN, HR Seepage, Drainage and Flownets, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 496p., 1997; HARR, ME Groundwater and Seepage, Dover Publications, 336p., 2011; LAMBE, TW and WHITMAN, RV Soil Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons, 576p., 1991; ALONSO, UR Temporary Lowering of Aquifers, Tenogeo / Geofix, 131p., 1999; LADE, PV Triaxial Testing of Soils, Wiley-Blackwell, 500p., 2016; NAPPET, J. and CRAIG, R.F. Craig Soil Mechanics, 8th edition, LTC publisher, 419p., 2014; REDDI, L.N. Seepage in Soils: Principles and Applications, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 402p., 2003; SCHNAID, F. and ODEBRECHT, E. Field Tests and Applications to Foundation Engineering, 2nd Edition, Editora Oficina Textos, 224p., 2012.

Code: CIV2544 | credits: 3

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Critical state: stress-strain-resistance behavior of soils. Effects of anisotropy and rotation of principal stresses. Effects of temperature. Effects of shear velocity. Repetitive and cyclical loading. Unsaturated soils. Matric, solute and total suction. Humidity function. State variables and effective voltages. Stress-strain behavior. Shear strength. Volume variation. Hydraulic conductivity. Laboratory tests. Field instrumentation.

Programme

Review of the stress-strain-resistance behavior of soils within the context of the Critical State

Effects of temperature variations on the densification, compressibility, permeability and shear strength characteristics of soils

Effects of shear velocity on the drained and undrained behavior of soils

Influence of anisotropy, rotation of the direction of principal stresses and denting on the effect of shear rate on the stress-strain-strength behavior of undrained soils

Stress-strain-resistance behavior of soils under cyclic and repetitive loading

Influence of cyclic loading amplitude and frequency on undrained stress-strain-strength behavior of soils

Unsaturated soils: index properties

Suction concept in unsaturated soils

State variables and effective stresses in unsaturated soils

Suction measurements and control in unsaturated soils

Moisture retention curve in unsaturated soils

Hydraulic conductivity in unsaturated soils

Volume variation in unsaturated soils

Shear strength of unsaturated soils

Laboratory tests and field instrumentation

REFERENCES

WOOD, D.M. Soil Behavior and Critical State Soil Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 462p., 1991; MITCHELL, JK and SOGA, K. Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 558p., 2005; FREDLUND, DG, RAHARDJO, H. and FREDLUND, MD Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 926p., 2012; LAMBE, TW and WHITMAN, RV Soil Mechanics, Wiley Series in Geotechnical Engineering, 553p., 1969; LU, N. and LIKOS, W.J. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 545p., 2004; LALOUI, L. Mechanics of Unsaturated Geomaterials, Wiley and ISTE Ltd, 381p., 2010; Selected technical articles.

Code: CIV2118 | credits: 3

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Introduction to the Finite Element Method: objectives, history, general idea and classical applications. Direct Stiffness Method. Basics of finite element modeling. Weak formulation for one-dimensional problems: Rayleigh-Ritz Method, Weighted Residual Method, Principle of Stationary Potential Energy. Variational formulation for bar and beam elements. Variational formulation for linear and quadratic triangular and quadrangular elements. Numerical integration. Isoparametric formulation. Three-dimensional elements. Convergence conditions. Problems and limitations of the finite element method. Special elements and applications. Computational implementation.

REFERENCES

COOK, R; MALKUS, D.; PLESHA, M. Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis. 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.;
FELIPPA, CA, Introduction to Finite Element Methods: Class Notes for the course Introduction to Finite Element Methods (ASEN 5007) – Fall 2009, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2009.;
LOGAN, DL A First Course in the Finite Element Method. 5th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2011.

Code: CIV2101 | credits: 3

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Code: CIV2532 | credits: 3

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Introduction to the finite element method. Variational formulations. Interpolation and shape functions. Discretization of the equilibrium equation in terms of displacements. 1D, 2D finite elements (triangular, quadrilateral elements). Finite difference method in the time domain, explicit and implicit algorithms. Numerical quadrature. Infinite elements. Interface elements. Structural elements. Methods for solving nonlinear problems. Analysis of tension problems, permanent flow, densification. Simulation of the construction of landfills and excavations. Unconfined flow problems and slope stability analysis. Formulation using the weighted residual method. Modeling and solving problems with computer programs.

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POTTS, DM and ZDRAVKOVIC, L. Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering: Theory and Application, v. 1 and 2, Thomas Telford Ltd., 1999.;
ZIENKIEWICZ, OC, TAYLOR, RL and ZHU, JZ The Finite Element Method – Its Basis and Fundamentals, Butterworth-Heinemann, 7th edition, 756p., 2013;
LI, G. Introduction to the Finite Element Method and Implementation with MATLAB, Cambridge University Press, 522p., 2020

Code: CIV2552 | credits: 3

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Introduction. Partial differential equations in flow and transport problems. Numerical methods for solving steady/transient flow and transport equations in porous media: finite difference method, finite element method, boundary element method.

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Anderson MP, Woessner WW, Hunt. RJ Applied Groundwater Modeling: Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport, 2nd edition, Academic Press, 630p., 2015. Wang, H.F. Andreson, M.P.  Introduction to Groundwater Modeling: Finite Difference and Finite Element Methods, Academic Press, 237p., 1995. Bundschuh, J.; Suárez, M.C.  Introduction to the Numerical Modeling of Groundwater and Geothermal Systems: Fundamentals of Mass, Energy and Solute Transport in Poroelastic Rocks, CRC Press, 522p., 2010.

Code: CIV2176 | credits: 3

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Microscopy techniques for characterizing materials. Quantifying information in microscopy. Principles of optics. Optical microscopy, diffraction and resolution. Bright field, dark field, DIC and polarization. Notions of digital image acquisition, processing and analysis. Scanning electron microscopy, image formation, secondary and backscattered electrons. X-ray emission spectroscopy. Notions of atomic force microscopy. Notions of
X-ray microtomography.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jerome Mertz – Introduction to Optical Microscopy – Roberts and Company Publishers – 2009 ISBN-10: 0981519482 or ISBN-13: 978-0981519487
Joseph I. Goldstein et al. – Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis 4th Edition – Springer – 2018 – ISBN-10: 149396674X or ISBN-13: 978-1493966745
S. Paciornik and MHP Mauricio. Digital Imaging, In ASM Handbook: Metallography and Microstructures, 2004.

Code: CIV2587 | credits: 3

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Fundamentals and applications of modeling aimed at solving problems in water resources and sanitation. Conceptual approach to hydrological and hydraulic modeling, with emphasis on the formulation of conceptual, analytical, physical, analogous and mathematical computational models. Concepts of spatial and temporal discretization. Hydrodynamic equations applied to the simulation of surface runoff. Rainfall-runoff transformation models and their limitations. Comparison between 1D, 2D, quasi-2D, 2D-H and 3D models, highlighting their applications and restrictions. Introduction to water quality modeling. Development of case studies, with critical analysis of the results obtained and discussion on the usefulness of the models in supporting decision-making.
in projects and public policies.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

-de Oliveira, AKB, Magalhães, PCD, Rezende, OM, Sousa, MMD, Marques, RHM, & Miguez, MG (2024). MODCEL-MHUS: a comprehensive multilayer hydrodynamic unified simulation for stormwater, sanitary sewer systems, and urban surfaces. Water Science & Technology, 90(1), 190-212.
-MIGUEZ, MG et al. Urban flood simulation using MODCEL—an alternative quasi-2D conceptual model. Water, vol. 9, no. 6, p. 445, 2017.
-Silva RCV; Feitosa, RC; Rosman, PC Numerical Methods in Water Resources VIII Porto Alegre; ABRH: Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2008.

Code: CIV2557 | credits: 3

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Introduction to particle computational methods. Discrete Element Methods: introduction, law of element motion, contact models, search for contacts, boundary conditions, generation of the initial configuration, computational implementation, steps for executing the simulation, interpretation of results (relationship between microscale variables and macroscale). Material Point Method: introduction, discretization of the material point, formulation, boundary conditions, generation of material points, computational implementation.

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PÖSCHEL, T.; SCHWAGER, T. Computational Granular Dynamics: Models and Algorithms, Springer-Verlag, 2005, 322p.
O'SULLIVAN, C. Particulate Discrete Element Modeling: a Geomechanics Perspective, CRC Press, 2017, 576p.
ZHANG, X; CHEN, Z.; LIU, Y. The Material Point Method, Academic Press, 2017, 300p.

Code: CIV2540 | credits: 2

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Analysis of stresses and deformations. Invariants and Mohr's circle. Linear elastic model: isotropic and anisotropic. Theory of linear elasticity. Formulation of problems in elasticity. Applications to geotechnical engineering problems. Rupture criteria. 
 
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  • Stress analysis: definition, stress state, planes and principal stresses. Tension balance. 3D Mohr circle. Haig-Westergaard space.
  • Deformation analysis: small deformations. Deformation – displacement relationships. Deformation compatibility.
  • Ideal elastic material: definitions. Stress – deformation relationship: general concepts; isotropic elastic materials. Interpretation of essays.
  • Stress – strain relationship: anisotropic elastic materials. Determination of parameters in transversely anisotropic media.
  • Formulation of problems in elasticity. Boundary conditions. Flat state of stress and deformation. Solutions in terms of tensions and in terms of displacements.
  • Application of elasticity theory in Geotechnics. Undrained loading. Poro-elastic problem.
    Rupture criteria. Influence of intermediate principal stress.
     
    REFERENCES
     
    CHOU, P. & PAGANO, N. Elasticity —Tensor Dyadic, and Engineering Approaches, Dover Publ., Inc., 290p., 1992; WANG, H.F. Theory of Linear Poroelasticity with Applications to Geomechanics and Hydrogeology, Princeton University Press, 204p., 2000; DESAI, CS & SIRIWARDANE, HJ Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials with Emphasis on Geologic Materials, Prentice Hall, Inc., 468p., 1984.

Code: CIV2547 | credits: 2

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Introduction to indexical notation with summation convention. State of tension at the point. State of deformation at the point. Elastic, hyperelastic and hypoelastic constitutive models. Hyperbolic model. Introduction to plasticity theory. Isotropic hardening. Flow laws. Postulates of stability and aspects of instability in soils. Traditional elastoplastic models: Tresca, Von Mises, Mohr-Coulomb, Drucker-Prager. Modifications to the Mohr-Coulomb model: Lade & Duncan model and Matsuoka & Nakai model. Critical state concepts. Critical state model for clays: Modified Cam Clay. Cap Models. HSM Model – Hardening Soil Model. Single hardening surface model (Lade & Kim model). Models for soft soils (Soft Soil and Soil Soil Creep). Barcelona Basic Model for partially saturated soils. Hoek-Brown model for rock masses. Critical state model for sands: Nor-Sand model. Numerical implementation. Exercises.

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  • Introduction to indexical notation with summation convention.
  • The state of stress at the point – main stresses and directions; deviation voltages; octahedral tensions; geometric representation of the stress state; sets of stress invariants; Mohr's circle in 2D and 3D stress states.
  • The state of deformation at the point; Lagrange, Euler and Cauchy strain tensors; small rotation tensioner; deformations and main directions; deviation deformations; octahedral deformations; compatibility equations.
  • Linear and nonlinear elastic models. Hyper and hypoelastic models. Hyperbolic model. Unloading, unloading and reloading criteria. Advantages and limitations of elastic and hypoelastic models.
  • Introduction to plasticity theory. Flow and rupture. Elasto-perfectly plastic materials and materials with elastoplastic hardening. Elastic and plastic deformation increments. Flow and plastic potential functions. General law of plastic flow. General procedure for obtaining the constitutive relationship. Postulates of stability and aspects of instability in soils.
  • Elasto-perfectly plastic models. Tresca model. Von Mises model. Mohr-Coulomb model. Drucker-Prager model. Modifications to the Mohr-Coulomb model: maximum traction criterion, Duncan – Lade model, Matsuoka – Nakai model.
  • Critical state concepts for saturated clays. Roscoe surface. Hvorslev surface. Ultimate state in heavily PA clay. Cam Clay model and Modified Cam Clay model. Hardening law. Increase in elastic and plastic deformations. Undrained formulation. Applications of the Modified Cam Clay model.
  • HSM Model – Hardening Soil Model. Stiffness dependent on stress level. Double plastic drainage surface. Flow laws. Model parameters and experimental determination. Advantages of HSM over the classical Mohr-Coulomb model.
  • Model with single constitutive surface (Lade & Kim model). Rupture criterion. Plastic flow function. Plastic potential function. Flow law. Plastic hardening and softening law. Experimental determination of model parameters. Incremental formulation. Numerical implementation.
  • Constitutive models for soft soils (Soft Soil & Soft Soil Creep). Flow functions. Flow law. Model parameters. The concept of the abc isotock. Incremental formulation. Creep deformations. Breakdown condition.
  • Barcelona Basic Model. LC and SI flow surfaces. Plastic hardening laws. Plastic deformation increments. Experimental determination of model parameters.
  • Hoek-Brown model for rock masses. Evolution of the empirical model. Generalized criterion. Formulation by plasticity theory. Parameters and determination. Advantages and limitations.
  • Critical state model for sands (Nor-Sand model). Critical state concepts for granular soils. State parameter. Critical state line (CSL) and isotropic consolidation lines (NCL). Drain surface. Flow law. Hardening law. Model parameters. Experimental determination. Numerical implementation. Applications.

REFERENCES

YU, H.-S. Plasticity and Geotechnics, Springer, 2006, 522p.; POTTS, DM AND ZDRAVKOVIC, L. Finite element analysis in geotechnical engineering: theory, Thomas Telford, 1999, 440p.; JEFFERIES, M.; BEEN, K. Soil Liquefaction – A Critical State Approach, CRC Press, Second Edition, 2016, 690p.; BRIAUD, J.L. Geotechnical Engineering: Unsaturated and Saturated Soils, John Wiley & Sons, 2013, 998p.; DESAI, CS and SIRIWARDANE, HJ Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials, with Emphasis on Geologic Materials, Prentice-Hall, 1984.; DAVIS, RO and SELVADURAI, APS Plasticity and Geomechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2002, 287p.; FREDLUND, DG; RAHARDJO, H. and FREDLUND, M.D. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice, John Wiley & Sons, 2012, 926p.; LADE, PV Soil constitutive models: evaluation, selection and calibration, Geotechnical Special Publication 128, 2005.; MASE, GT and MASE, GE Continuum Mechanics for Engineers, CRC Press, 2nd edition, 1999, 380p.; MATSUOKA, H. and SUN, D. The SMP concept-based 3D constitutive models for geomaterials, Taylor & Francis, 2006, 136p.; PIETRUSZCZAK, S. Fundamentals of plasticity in geomechanics, CRC Press, 2010, 196p.; WOOD, D.M. Soil Behavior and Critical State Soil Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 1990, 462p.

Code: CIV2177 | credits: 3

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The sequence of digital image processing and analysis. Digitization. Sampling and quantization. Image files. Preprocessing. Point operations. Algebraic operations. Local operations. Geometric operations. Image registration. Segmentation. Global and local segmentation. Thresholding and edge detection. Machine learning segmentation. Postprocessing. Morphological operations. Watershed. Feature extraction, measurements of size, shape, position, intensity and texture. Pattern classification and recognition. The Fourier transform. The Hough transform.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods – Digital Image Processing – 4th Edition – Pearson – 2017 – ISBN-13: 978-0133356724 or ISBN-13: 978-0133356724
Jurjen Broeke, Jose Maria Mateos Perez, Javier Pascau – Image Processing with ImageJ – 2nd Edition – Packt Publishing – 2015 – ISBN-10: 9781785889837 or ISBN-13: 978-1785889837
S. Paciornik and MHP Mauricio. Digital Imaging, In ASM Handbook: Metallography and Microstructures, 2004.

Code: CIV2171 | credits: 1

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Fundamentals of scientific writing. Structure of academic texts: abstract, introduction, bibliographic review, methodology, results and conclusion. Cohesion, coherence, conciseness and scientific style. Citations and references. Ethics in scientific writing. Writing practices and analysis of academic texts in Portuguese and/or English, focusing on technical publications, reports and articles.

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Eco, U. How to write a thesis (28th ed.). Perspectiva, 2015.
Day, RA, & Gastel, B. How to write and publish scientific papers (8th ed.). Artmed, 2017.
Geraldi, JW, & Bortoni-Ricardo, SM The production of scientific texts: from writing to publication (2nd ed.). Parábola, 2019.

Code: CIV2174 | credits: 2

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Study of the foundations, stages and applications of systematic literature review as a scientific research method. Types of review (narrative, systematic, integrative, scoping, meta-analysis). Formulation of research questions, search strategies, inclusion/exclusion criteria, data extraction and analysis. Use of databases, protocols (PRISMA, PROSPERO), support software and bibliometric tools. Practical application through the development of a systematic review in the student's area of ​​interest.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Galvão, TF, Pansani, TSA, Harrad, D. “Systematic literature reviews: steps for their preparation”, Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde, 2015.
Pereira, MG Scientific articles: how to write, publish and evaluate (7th ed.). Guanabara Koogan, 2021.
Higgins, J. P. T., Thomas, J., et al. (eds.) Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (v. 6.4). Wiley, 2023.

Code: CIV2802 | credits: 3

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Introduction to Computer Graphics for Engineering. Introduction to Object Oriented Programming. Two-dimensional visualization with OpenGL. 2D geometric transformations and Window-Viewport transformation. Color and pattern handling from the OpenGL graphics library. Programming in an event-driven interactive graphical environment. Canvas mouse events. Digital representations of curves. Introduction to Computational Geometry. Two-dimensional region weaving. Line segment intersection algorithms. Computational geometry predicates: proximity test and point inclusion. Finite element mesh generation: mapping algorithms, boundary pushing algorithms and Delaunay triangulation algorithms. Geometric transformations for 3D visualization. 3D camera model and 3D view control.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bjarne Stroustrup, C++ The Programming Language, Bookman Company, 3rd edition, 2000;
Waldemar Celes, Renato Cerqueira and José Introduction to Data Structures – With Programming Techniques in C, 2nd edition, Editora Gen-LTC, 2016;
Eduardo Azevedo and Aura Conci, Computer Graphics. Image Generation – Volume 1, Editora Campus, 2003;
Aura Conci and Eduardo Azevedo, Computer Graphics. Theory and Practice – Volume 2, Editora Campus, 2007.;Jonas de Miranda Gomes and Luiz Velho, Computer Graphics, Volume 1, Computing and Mathematics Series, IMPA, 1998.

Code: CIV2179 | credits: 3

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Sustainability in construction. Use and development of sustainable materials. Life cycle, service life and durability of materials and structures. Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Braga et al. (2002) – Introduction to Environmental Engineering – Prentice Hall
IPCC (2018) – Global Warming of 1.5°C – https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/
John et al. (2007) – State of the art survey: Materials selection – Project Technologies for more sustainable housing construction – São Paulo.
Oliveira et al. (2007) – – State of the art survey: Water – Project Technologies for more sustainable housing construction – São Paulo.
SNIC – National Union of the Cement Industry – http://snic.org.br/ (accessed on 18/8/2022)
CBCS (2014) – Aspects of Sustainable Construction in Brazil and Promotion of Public Policies
SNIS 2021/2022 – http://www.snis.gov.br/diagnosticos (accessed on 18/8/22)
Mehta & Monteiro (2008) – Concrete – Microstructure, Properties and Materials – McGraw-Hill
Neville, Adam M. Properties of concrete. Pearson, 2012.

Code: CIV2103 | credits: 3

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Tensor operations. Kinematics. Small and large deformations. Cauchy and Piola-Kirchhoff stresses I and II. General equations of elasticity. 3-D problems. Two-dimensional problems in Cartesian and polar coordinates. Torsion. Three-dimensional problems and other topics.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sadd, MH Elasticity: Theory, Applications, and Numerics, Academic Press, 4th Edition, 2023
Timoshenko, S. P., & Goodier, J. N. Theory of Elasticity, McGraw-Hill, 3rd Edition, 1987 (reprinted through 2020)
Ugural, AC Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, Pearson, 6th Edition, 2022

Code: CIV2104 | credits: 3

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Basic equations of the theory of elasticity. Plasticity for uniaxial stress states, isotropic and kinematic hardening. Solution of nonlinear systems of equations. Implementation of a computer program for elastoplastic trusses. Theory of Continuum Damage Mechanics (one-dimensional). Plasticity for 2D and 3D problems. Classical models of plasticity. Numerical methods for solving initial value problems. Numerical implementation of elastoplastic model in finite element program. Algorithmic tangent (consistent). Numerical models for strong discontinuities: cohesive interface model, XFEM, embedded fractures.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SIMO JC; Hughes, TJR Computational Inelasticity. New York: Springer Verlag, 1998. 392 pp.;
DE SOUZA NETO, EA; PERIC, D.; OWEN, DRJ Computational Methods for Plasticity. United Kingdom, John Wiley & Sons, 2011. 1244 pp.;
LEMAITRE, J. A Course on Damage Mechanics, Spinger Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1996. 228
pp.

Code: CIV8081 | credits: 1

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Code: 2582/85 | credits: 2

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Code: CIV22586/90 | credits: 3

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