Course Catalog 2009-2010 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Minna Leppänen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Periods 0 0 0

Requirements

Accepted design exercises, laboratory exercise and a written exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

To familiarize the student with natural and geosynthetic materials used in ground water protection structures and landfill structures, and the principles of their design.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Typical ground and water pollutants, their sources, propagation and effects.
2.	Effect of permeability on pollutant transportation in the ground and its modelling.
3.	Ground water protection structures.
4.	Design, structures and construction of landfills.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Exam 75% and design assessments 25%.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Geotechnical Aspects of Landfill Design and Construction	Qian, Koerner, Gray	0-13-012506-7				English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1

Last modified	16.06.2009
Modifier	Minna Leppänen