Tech puts in your hands a first class training program that will provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to practice with total success in this exciting field" 

The postgraduate diploma in Retaining Structures in Semi-saturated Soils is academically designed to provide in-depth knowledge, based on advanced concepts already acquired in the world of civil engineering and from a practical application point of view, of the most important geotechnical aspects that can be found in different types of civil works.

The content ranges from the specific behavior of soils and rocks, with a constant differentiation of both types of terrain throughout all the topics, to their direct application in foundations and structures.

The postgraduate diploma, has a syllabus that mixes some of them with more applied theoretical load (such as those related to the models of ground behavior, the necessary requirements for a good identification of soils and rocks or the interaction of the ground with seismic disturbances), with others with eminent component of practical analysis, where the knowledge acquired on the behavior of the ground and its stress-strain states of this first part, are applied to the usual structures of Geotechnical Engineering: slopes, walls, walls, screens, tunnels…..

Likewise, during this course, the study of the thrusts present in soil retaining structures and the structural analysis of how they behave under these loads will be addressed, there is a large part of this module that will refer to the displacements at the back of these elements.

Surface settlement after the execution of these structures and lateral displacements of the structures together with the description of the elements involved in the design of bracing for deep excavations are points that are also addressed throughout the Postgraduate Diploma.

The topics covered during this training end with an approach to the statistical calculation and the safety coefficients used in the calculations of these elements in both provisional and definitive stages.

Therefore, the postgraduate diploma in Retaining Structures in Semi-saturated Soils integrates the most complete and innovative educational program in the current market in terms of knowledge and latest available technologies, as well as encompassing all the sectors or parties involved in this field. In addition, the Postgraduate Diploma consists of exercises based on real cases of situations currently managed or previously faced by the teaching team.

Apply the latest advances in soil and rock foundations and become a successful engineer"

This postgraduate diploma in Retaining Structures in Semi-saturated Soils is the most comprehensive and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Practical cases presented by experts in Civil Engineering and Geotechnics.
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice.
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning.
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies.
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments.
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection. 

You will be provided with innovative teaching materials and resources that will facilitate the learning process and the retention of the contents learned for a longer period of time"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced engineering experts. 

A 100% online training that will allow you to combine your studies with the rest of your daily activities"

TECH has designed this comprehensive postgraduate diploma with the aim of training engineering professionals to be able to design, implement and work on Civil Works, knowing everything related to this industry and technical and professional aspects at the national and international level that directly affect it. To this end, specific aspects of the profession that stand out for their enormous importance in today's business landscape will be addressed, and for which large corporations are increasingly demanding competent engineers with a solid specialized training.

With this program, TECH has only one goal: to help you grow in your profession and become a prestigious engineer"

General Objectives

• Delve deeper into kinds of grounds, not only in their typology but also in their behavior Not only in the evident differentiation of stresses and deformations of soils and rocks, but also under particular but very common conditions, such as the presence of water or seismic disturbances.
• Efficiently recognize the needs for ground characterization, being able to design campaigns with the optimal means for each type of structure, optimizing and giving added value to the study of materials.
• Identify the behavior of slopes and semi-subterranean structures such as foundations or walls in their different typologies This complete identification must be based on understanding and being able to anticipate the behavior of the terrain, the structure and its interface Know in detail the possible faults that each set can produce and as a consequence have a deep understanding of the repair operations or improvement of materials to mitigate damage.
• Receive a complete tour of tunnel and gallery excavation methodologies, analyzing all drilling procedures, design constraints, support and lining.  

Specific Objectives

Module 1: Soil and Rock Behavior

• Establish the main differences between dynamic and static characterization and behavior of soils and rocks.
• Present the most important geotechnical parameters in both cases and their most commonly used constitutive relationships.
• Detailed knowledge of the different behaviours of terrain and the most commonly used elastic and plastic models for all types of terrain.
• Make a presentation of the most common stress cases in practice Soil behavior at different degrees of saturation, swelling and compaction in soils The fundamental principles of these constraints and their application throughout the development of ground dynamics and statics are the application parts and objectives for this module.
• From the practical point of view, the objectives will be marked by the need to discern all the parameters, stresses, types of stresses and soil and rock concepts In the same way, which are for each of the cases, the constitutive models of the terrain to be used depending on the characteristics of each of the actions to be approached.

Module 2. Map Navigation and Interpretation

• Interpret the different projections of the earth for its application in the different positioning of the aircraft.
• Navigate the aircraft manually in a safe manner, knowing at all times the position of the aircraft.
• Navigate the aircraft automatically and safely, knowing its position at all times and being able to intervene in any phase of the flight.
• Deepen in the different navigation aids, their sources and applications.
• Put into practice the navigation aids.
• Develop the ability to take into account the limitations that each legislation publishes, in order to undertake flights in safe conditions.

Module 3: Behaviour of Water in the Ground

• Identification of the presence of water in the behavior of soils and acquiring a correct knowledge of the different storage functions and characteristic curves.
• Discuss the terms of effective and total pressures and determine the exact influence of effective and total pressures on the loadings of the land.
• Identify the most common errors regarding the use of these terms of effective and total pressures, and show practical applications of these concepts that are of great importance.
• Apply knowledge of the behavior of semi-saturated soils in data collection and sample analysis, with regard to laboratory tests: drained and undrained tests.
• Determine the uses of soil compaction as a measure to reduce soil saturation Correct handling of the compaction curve by analyzing the most common errors and their applications.
• Analyze the most common saturation processes such as swelling, suction and liquefaction in soils, describing the characteristics of the processes and their consequences in soils.
• Apply all these concepts to the modeling of stresses and their variation according to the degree of saturation of the soil.
• Know in detail the applications of saturation in surface works and saturation removal processes in superficial linear works.
• Correctly define the zonal hydrogeology in a project or work. Determine the concepts that should encompass its study and the consequences it may have in the long term on the structural elements.
• Go in detail into the definition of preconsolidation processes as a way to provide soils with improved mechanical properties by reducing soil saturation.
• Flow modeling, permeability concept and its actual application in interim and final construction states.

Module 4: Retention Structures: Walls and Screens.

• Define and acquire a complete knowledge of the loads that the soil produces on the retaining structures.
• Extend this knowledge with the analysis of the interaction of surface loads, lateral loads and seismic loads that may occur in the soil adjacent to this type of structures.
• Go through the different types of retaining structures, from the most common continuous screens and piles, to other elements of more specific use such as sheet piling or “Soldier-piles”.
• Deal with the deformational behavior of the backside of these elements, both in the short and long term With special interest in the calculation of surface seating in deep screens.
• Learn more about the sizing and behavior of bracing structures, struts and anchors.
• Analyze with current finite element calculation methods the most common safety coefficients in this type of structures as well as their correlation applying statistical reliability concepts.   

A unique, key and decisive training experience to boost your professional development"