You work in a field related to natural hazards, and would like to improve your skills. This academics course is designed to meet your needs, enabling you to update your basic knowledge and acquire new tools.
All academics modules are linked to skills block no. 2 of the Master GAIA - Geosciences Applied to Planning Engineering (RNCP 34099) offered atUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc.For all inquiries, please fill in the form at the bottom of this page.
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OBJECTIVES :
- Master stability analysis tools for rock compartments,
- Master slope stability analysis tools,
- Make the link between field analysis and stability calculations,
- Understand the limitations of conventional analysis tools,
- Know how to size a protective structure.
ORGANIZATION :
This academics includes 5 modules:
- MODULE 1: Fundamentals of soil mechanics
- MODULE 2 : Géologie appliquée et Fondamentaux de mécanique des roches
- MODULE 3 : Géomorphologie
- MODULE 4: Geomechanical approach to gravity instabilities
- MODULE 5: Behavior, design and sizing of protection structures
RYTHM :
Cette formation de 49 h se déroule de fin septembre à fin novembre, sur le campus du Bourget-du-Lac.
Module 1 : Fondamentaux de mécanique des sols – 10,5 h
Understand soil equilibrium under stress: characteristic physical quantities, state of stress, laws of behavior, pore pressures and settlement.
Target skills:
- Handle the different physical quantities that characterize soil,
- Determining the state of stress in a soil
- Handle the main concepts of soil mechanical behavior
- Calculate pore pressure at a given point in a saturated soil mass
- Calculate settlement under foundation
Module 2 : Géologie appliquée et Fondamentaux de mécanique des roches – 7 h
Acquire basic rock mechanics for geotechnics, natural gravity hazards and underground work.
Target skills:
- Understanding the mechanical processes involved in rock failure
- Classify a rock mass using RMR, Q-Barton, GSI methods
- Understanding and handling different rheologies
Module 3 : Géomorphologie – 10,5 heures
Understand the regional and local geological context of the site studied.
Target skills:
- Recognize the main surface formations.
- Identify the main landforms and their evolutionary processes.
- Identify discontinuities in a rocky massif.
Module 4 : Approche géomécanique des instabilités gravitaires – 10,5 heures
Estimate the gravity hazard associated with boulder falls and landslides
Target skills :
- Landslide :
- Perform a planar landslide calculation,
- Perform a circular landslide calculation (Fellenius or Bishop). - Rock instabilities :
- Analyze a planar sliding mechanism,
- Analyze a dihedral sliding mechanism (with stereogram),
- Analyze a mowing mechanism.
Module 5 : Comportement, conception et dimensionnement des ouvrages de protection – 10,5 heures
Understand the mechanical operation of the main slope instability protection structures (boulder falls and landslides). Design and dimension a protection structure in a given context,
Target skills :
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- Know how the main protective structures work,
- Handle static and dynamic loading classes for rockfall protection structures,
- Carry out a mechanical analysis of a support placed on an unstable slope.
PUBLICS :
This academics is intended for :
- Business managers,
- Design engineers,
- Any technical staff wishing to consolidate their knowledge of the subject.
academics can accommodate up to 15 participants.
ADMISSION :
- Anyone holding a bachelor's degree or equivalent, with the possibility of having the equivalence recognized via the VAPP.
- Application file (CV and covering letter) submitted to the pedagogical board for assessment (profile and career plan).
ADMISSION DEADLINES :
- Send application 15 days before start of academics.
VAPP GATEWAY :
- If you don't have the required diploma, you can access academics via the Validation des Acquis Personnels et Professionnels (VAPP) program: vapp@univ-smb.fr. See our dedicated page.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY :
ORGANIZATION :
The 5 modules of academics run from the end of September to the end of November.
- 49 heures de formation soit 7 jours d’enseignement,
- Face-to-face courses on the Bourget-du-Lac campus.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS :
The award of the certificate is conditional on :
- complete monitoring of academics
- obtaining a final average mark of 10/20 in the assessments (one test per module, lasting around 15 minutes).
SPECIFICITIES OF ACADEMICS
- You can choose one or more modules, or take the whole cycle,
- academics in small groups for better individual follow-up,
- A complementary mix of academic and field specialists,
- The academics schedule has been adjusted to allow the employee to continue working.
LOCATIONS :
Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Campus Universitaire du Bourget-du-Lac
Savoie Technolac / 73376 Le Bourget-du-Lac cedex
HOURLY VOLUME
7 jours répartis de fin Septembre à fin Novembre soit 49 heures au total.
RATES
DU complet (5 modules / 49h)
- Conventional financing: €1,890
- Individual financing: please contact us using the form below.
EDUCATIONAL MANAGER :
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
- Sylvie Frin
sylvie.frin@univ-smb.fr
Tel : 04 79 75 81 39
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