COURSE 3: SIMULATION OF INSERTION PROBLEMS IN GEOTECHNICS USING G-PFEM
Course description:
| Day and time: | Monday 17th of June 2024 |
| Place | North Campus UPC (Building A4, 206) |
| Total teaching hours | 5 hours of teaching + 2 hours of supervised hands-on training |
| Attendance fee | 180 euros |
| Maximum attendance | 30 participants |
| Requirements | Each participant needs to bring a personal computer with Windows 10 (or later) |
Course Outline:
| 09:00 – 09:45 | General introduction
PFEM, previous work, Installation of G-PFEM |
| 9:45 – 10:45 | Introduction to modelling boundary value problems in G-PFEM Hands-on modelling of a footing problem |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee Break (Plaça Telecos) |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | Cone penetration testing using CASM (I) Model setup, processing CPTu data, introduction on CASM |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break (Plaça Telecos) |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Cone penetration testing using CASM (II) Continuation & hands-on modelling |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break (Plaça Telecos) |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Hands-on session "Build your own model" & discussion/questions Pile penetration, modified CPTu geometry, etc. |
Course Lecturers:
