- Department of Reinforced Concrete Structures and Geotechnics
- Department of Construction Management and Real Estate
- Department of Building Materials and Fire Safety
- Department of Applied Mechanics
- Department of Steel and Composite Structures
- Institute of Building Materials
- Institute of Building and Bridge Structures
- Institute of Sustainable Construction
- Applied Laboratory of Buildings, Constructions and Materials
- Laboratory of Building Structures and Geotechnics
- Laboratory of Structural Models
Research and innovation
Qualification research topic for Department of Geotechnical Engineering
Innovative geotechnical methods and technologies, applications in design
task for year 2013
State of art and analysis of applied methods for geotechnical investigation
Department of Geotechnical Engineering
Supervisor prof. dr. Arnoldas Norkus
Researches:
prof. dr. Arnoldas Norkus
assoc. prof, dr. Jonas Amšiejus
assoc. prof, dr. Rimantas Mackevičius
assoc. prof, dr. Jurgis Medzvieckas
assoc. prof, dr. Neringa Dirgėlienė
doc. dr. Danutė Sližytė
assoc. prof, dr.. Linas Gabrielaitis( until 2013 08 28)
assoc. prof, dr. Sonata Gadeikytė
assoc. prof, dr. Gražina Skridlaitė(until 2013 08 31)
assist. Šarūnas Skuodis
assist. Agata Šlečkuvienė
Research Areas
– Application of numerical methods for calculation of soil-structure interaction (programmes PLAXIS, Cosmos);
– Efficient foundations. Recommendations for construction of this type of foundations in Lithuania;
– Geotechnical testing of soils in triaxial test apparatus and probabilistic assessment of results;
– Analysis of deformation of heavy buildings on spread foundation and ways of improving the design of this type of foundations;
– Regional engineering geology, engineering geological classification of map phenomena in districts;
– Analysis of international and European standards in geotechnics and development of analogous Lithuanian standards;
– Development of pile foundation technologies with maximum use of geological conditions;
– Identification of soil profiles and determination of soil properties by drilling and sampling, cone penetration tests CPT and dynamic penetration tests DPT;
– Modeling of soil mechanical properties via discrete element method (DEM);
– Determination of bearing capacity of pile foundations;
– Investigation of the reasons of foundation cracking and footing deformation; projects for footing and foundation reinforcement;
– New methods for calculation of the bearing capacity of foundation.
Engineering Services and Consultancy Provided
– Deformation analysis of raft foundations in high-rise buildings, recommendations for improvement of the foundations;
– Rational foundations: recommendations for application of such foundations in Lithuania;
– Application of numerical methods for analysis of interaction between soil and structure (PLAXIS, Cosmos);
– Geotechnical testing of soils in triaxial tests apparatus and probabilistic assessment of results;
– Soil geotechnical investigations;
– Analysis and application of international (ISO) and European (EN) standards;
– Reconstruction and improvement of foundations;
– Areal engineering geology;
– Geotextile application in geotechnical engineering;
– Geotechnical analysis;
– Consultancy on geotechnical subjects;
– Expertise of foundation project, foundation and base;
– Planning of foundation;
– Pile integrity testing;
– Soil stabilometry testing;
– Application of geophysical methods for primary evaluation of soil basement.
Special Facilities
Drilling equipment for geotechnical investigations in situ;
Pagani cone penetration test equipment (150 KN);
Equipment for foundation testing in situ (2000 kN);
GEOKON in situ equipment for measurement of stress in the soil, displacement, force, ground water level, pore pressure with automatic processing and storing system;
Pile integrity equipment;
Pile basement analyser;
Equipment for testing and analysing of soil basement via geophysical methods;
Wille Geotec Group and GDS equipment for evaluation of physical and mechanical properties (triaxial testing including large samples and dynamic loading; oedometer, direct shear testing, other);
The light drop - weight tester;
Equipment for investigation of soil microstructures.
Laboratory foundation testing system (6 x 7 x 6 m depth testing volume), 600 kN axial and per 200 kN lateral loading.
1. Antanas Algirdas Alikonis
Habilitation theses “Changing relations of soil structural strength in basement of structures: theory and practice”. Defended at 2000, VGTU. Civil Engineering (02T)
2. Jonas Amšiejus
Doctoral theses “Determining design properties of soils”. Defended at 2000 VGTU. Civil Engineering (02T)
3. Danutė Sližytė
“Evaluation of interaction for bored pile and sand soil: experimental and theoretical investigations”. Defended at 2001 VGTU. Civil Engineering (02T)
4.Neringa Dirgėlienė
“Investigation and reliability valuation of soil strength and deformability properties via triaxial test”. Defended at 2008 VGTU. Civil Engineering (02T)
| Programme | Name | Brief | Start of project | End of project | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framework 5 | European Geotechnical Thematic Network | GEOTECHNET | 2001.09.01 | 2005.08.31 | Assoc Prof Dr Vincentas Vytis Stragys |
| Programme | Name | Brief | Start of project | End of project | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | Technologies for a Sustainable and Competative Construction Sector | EurekaBuild, E! 3790 | 2007.04.03 | 2009.05.31 | Assoc Prof Dr Vincentas Vytis Stragys |
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