Learning Outcomes

Background to Environmental Geomechanics

Introduction

Subject Organization of Environmental Geomechanics

Soil Mechanics

Lesson Summary

This module presents the background of Environmental Geomechanics. You will learn how the environment influences the conventional Geotechnical Engineering practices and the need for various Geometric modelling techniques for the safe transportation and disposal of wastes.

Environmental Geomechanics

Scope of Environmental Geomechanics

Waste Mechanics and Waste-Environment Interaction

Modelling the Spread of Contaminants

Natural and Man-made Environments

Energy and Geomechanics

This module presents the Scope and Trends of Environmental Geomechanics. You will learn about the prospects of Modelling the various environmental situations using Geomechanical Principles and the resources that are required to exploit more energy and the disposal of radioactive and nuclear wastes.

Gas Hydrates

Soil: A living Entity

Soil-Water-Environment Interaction

Response of the Soil to the Environment

Pollution Processes and Soil-Pollution Interaction

This module presents the nature and the behaviour of Soil as a living entity. You will learn how the soil responds to heat, bacteria, chemicals, roots, and liquids in the environment and the parameters for the classification of soils.

Particle-Energy-Field Theory

Solid, Liquid and Gas Interface

Different Energy Fields

Waste: A Man-Made Resource

Non-Hazardous Wastes

Hazardous Wastes

This module presents the concepts of Energy Fields and Waste Management. You will learn about the behaviour of Geomaterials in response to different Energy Fields and the elements that constitute Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Wastes.

Major Issues Regarding the Application of Industrial Wastes

Application of Industrial By-Products

Geotechnical and Mineralogical Characterization

Mineralogical Characterization of Original and Activated Ash Samples

Morphological Characterization

Attributes of Physical Characterization

This module presents the Characterization of Geomaterials. You will learn how Scanning Electron Microscopy can be utilized to understand the surface features of the soil and the process of categorizing the Geomaterials based on their shape, size, dimensions, regularity and irregularity.

First Course Assessment

Specific Surface Area of Geomaterials

Chemical Characterization

Pore-Solution Sampling

Lysimeters

Lysimetric Studies and Laboratory Sampling

Methods of Assessing Soil Contamination

Soil Salinity Sensors

Soil Contaminants and Corrosion Potential

This module presents the Chemical Characterization of Geomaterials. You will learn how the Geomaterials are characterized based on their Chemical composition, various methods for analyzing the contamination of soil and the remediation techniques used for their removal.

Soil Characteristics and Environmental Variables

Corrosion Potential of Soils

Contaminant Transport Through Porous Media

Diffusive Contaminant Transport

Dispersive Contaminant Transport

This module presents the Characteristics of the Soil and the various methods of transporting the Contaminants. You will learn about the process of Modelling Diffusion in Soils using Impedance Spectroscopy and factors that influence and affect the mechanisms of Contaminant Transport.

Sorption and Desorption

Sorption and Desorption Characteristics of Geomaterials

The Distribution Coefficient

Thermal Characterization

Determination of Thermal Properties

Centrifuge Modelling

This module presents the Mechanisms of Sorption-Desorption and Thermal Properties of Geomaterials. You will learn how Batch Tests and Column Tests are used to determine the Sorption and Desorption Characteristics of Geomaterials and the process of determining the Thermal Properties in a Geotechnical Centrifuge.

Cracking Characteristics of Fine-Grained Soils

Triaxial Tests

Understanding of Crack Patterns

This module presents the Cracking Characteristics of Fine-Grained Soils. You will learn about the process of obtaining the Tensile Strength of the soil based on Triaxial tests and the process of analyzing the development of the crack patterns over prolonged durations.

Electrical Characterization

Electrical Conductivity and Soil Resistivity

Electrical Properties of Geomaterials

This module presents the Electrical Properties of Soils. You will learn about the parameters that are influencing the electrical properties of the Geomaterials and the process of determining the Electrical Properties of the Soil.

Magnetic Characterization

Pore-Structure Characterization

Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry

This module presents the Magnetic and Pore-Structure Characterization of Geomaterials. You will learn about the process determining the fabric structure of fine-grained soils using Scanning Electron Microscopy and the role of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry in determining the porosity and pore size distribution of Geomaterials.

Second Course Assessment

Advanced Diploma in Environmental Geomechanics - Course Assessment

This free course introduces you to the scope and importance of the emerging discipline of environmental geomechanics.

Advanced Diploma in Environmental Geomechanics

‘Environmental geomechanics’ studies where the natural and built environments meet, looking at the mechanical behaviour of geomaterials like concrete, rock and soil under differing environmental circumstances. This course gives an understanding of the technical and scientific aspects of key issues. As an emerging interdisciplinary domain, the material is based on current literature and provides a general of the need for sustainable solutions.

Introduction to Metallurgy

Physical Metallurgy

Extractive Metallurgy

Mechanical Metallurgy

Corrosion and Degradation of Metals

Welding and Joining of Metals

Powder Metallurgy and New Materials

Quality Control and Characterisation in Metallurgy

This module will begin by helping you analyze the crystal structures of metals. We will also help you find information on solidification and solid-state transformations. You will have the opportunity to evaluate the mechanical behaviour of metals. This course will answer questions like: "What are phase Diagrams?" and "What is heat treatment?"

The Basic Science of Metallurgy - Course assessment

This free online scientific course explains the fundamental concepts of metallurgy and its uses in modern society.

The Basic Science of Metallurgy

Materials science and engineering's metallurgy investigates metallic elements' physical and chemical properties. This scientific course explores the historical overview of metallurgy. We discuss the important role of metallurgy in modern society. We also focus on the fundamental concepts and terminology of metallurgy. This course will answer questions like "What is the metallurgical process?" and "What are the crystal structures of metals?"

Types of Petroleum Products

Petroleum Geology

Reservoir Rock and Fluid

Reservoir Engineering for Oil Reservoirs

This module will give you a brief insight into the different types of petroleum products used in our lives, and petroleum geology. Then you will learn about rock properties, fluid properties, rock-fluid interaction properties, methods for estimating stock tank oil originally in-place and different oil well performances using the productivity index.

Reservoir Engineering for Gas Reservoirs

Flow in Well Tubing

Well Intervention

Drilling Contracts and Rig Crew

Topics you will learn in this module are estimation of original gas in-place, OGIP, using the volumetric method, drive mechanisms in gas reservoirs, gas and liquid flow through well tubing, types of flow regimes, factors influencing well design, the difference between a day-rate drilling contract and a turn-key drilling contract and much more.

The Drilling Rig

Drilling Rig System and Drilling Process

Petroleum and the Environment

The Future of Energy

This module will educate you on different types of drilling rigs, major systems of a drilling rig, the drilling process, and environmental issues caused by petroleum production. We will also describe the global distribution of oil and gas production and consumption, and then analyse the significance of oil and gas in the future energy mix.

Petroleum Engineering Principles and Concepts - Course Assessment

Learn about the foundational concepts and principles that make up petroleum engineering in this free online course.

Petroleum Engineering Principles and Concepts

The world's consumption of petroleum is in the millions of barrels per day. Making it one of the most important sources of energy that creates lots of opportunities around the world. This course explores the process of petroleum refinery and the roles of a petroleum engineer as well as the impact of petroleum use to the environment. Enroll in this course and learn about the current and future processes and procedures of the petroleum industry.

An Introduction to Environmental Geomechanics - Course assessment

Explore beneath the Earth’s surface as you learn about environmental geomechanics with this free online course.

Introduction to Environmental Geomechanics

This free online course covers the basics of environmental geomechanics, which describes the behaviour of underground materials. We explain how the environment influences conventional geotechnical engineering practices, creating a need for various geometric modelling techniques for the safe transportation and disposal of waste. We also examine the modelling of various environmental situations using geomechanical principles.

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