Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Deformation Analysis Course code: DFAN | 6 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 2
Semester: 3
Requirements: Passed courses Engineering Geodesy and Geodetic Networks in Engineering in basic applied studies.
Goal: Training of future master engineers for practical work in monitoring the stability of terrain and engineering facilities.
Outcome: Through training and coaching, students deal with various situations that occur in engineering practice. The technological development of measuring techniques and methods of work is monitored and new possibilities of application of deformation measurements are found. There is a special insistence on team work with designers and contractors from other professions.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. Tasks of a geodetic expert in the field of deformation analysis
  2. Division of engineering facilities with regard to expected deformations during construction and operation
  3. Methods of deformation measurements
  4. Instruments used in deformation measurements
  5. Geodetic methods of deformation measurements on: dams, bridges, tunnels, high structures, cranes, hydroelectric power plants, thermal power plants, cement plants, ironworks, mining excavators, rotary kilns and landslides
  6. Stabilization of geodetic base points and points on the object whose stability is monitored
  7. Processing the results of geodetic measurements and testing the concordance of two epochs of measurements, as well as analyzing the stability of points of the geodetic network and determining the magnitude of the displacement of points on the object using different methods (Pelcer, Karlsruhe, Mihailovic, etc.)
  8. Interpretation of the obtained results of deformation measurements
  9. Design of geodetic observation of objects and soil (calculation of accuracy of geodetic network, definition of criteria of accuracy and reliability, calculation of displacement size that can be detected between two epochs of measurements, number and type of measured quantities, selection of network date, technical requirements for deformation measurements, time plan observations)
  10. Preparation of studies on project implementation
  11. Legislation
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1. Experimental field measurements and laboratory data processing in order to identify the height displacement of the points of the building
  2. Experimental field measurements and laboratory data processing in order to identify the horizontal displacement of the points of the building
  3. Preparation of a study on geodetic monitoring of the movement of points of a building
Textbooks and References
  1. Caspary, W. F., Concepts of Networks and Deformation Analysis, Monograph 11, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia, (1988),
  2. Ašanin, S. i dr., Zbirka odabranih zadataka iz Inženjerske geodezije, Geokarta, Beograd, (2007),
  3. Mihailović, K. i Aleksić I., Koncepti mreža u geodetskom premeru, Privredno društvo za kartografiju „Geokarta“ d.o.o., Beograd, (2008),
  4. Pandžić, S. i Pandžić J., Inženjerska geodezija, Visoka građevinsko-geodetska škola, Beograd, (2015),
  5. Pandžić, S., Pisana predavanja iz predmeta Deformaciona analiza, Beograd, (2015),
  6. Law on Planning and Construction (Official Gazette of RS no. 72/2009.).
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 3
Practical classes: 2
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
10
activities on practial excersises
20
seminary work
30
colloquium
0
Final exam
Points
Written exam
0
Oral exam
40