AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Forestry
& Natural Environment
Management

Soil mechanics

Course Content

Soil formation and nature, their analysis and classification. Active and neutral voltage - permeability and filtration. Trend distribution. Active trend. Contact pressure and voltage distribution. Soil compaction in the field. Shear strength of soil. Critical state theory. Mohr circles. Ground thrusts. Bearing capacity of soil. External loads. Soil deformations. Sediments. Slope stability. Geotechnical Eurocodes. Shallow foundations. Ground thrusts and support structures.

Learning Results

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able
to:
• has understood knowledge about the properties and behavior of soils in relation to
structures.
• uses soil control methodologies for the preparation of technical and forestry studies,
• collaborates with his / her fellow students to create and present a blueprint for a technical
study which, in the future in the course of his work as a Forester, will be part of a blueprint
for a forestry or other related study.

NEWSLETTER

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 

The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI)  of Central Greece.
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