University Of Central Florida

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering

CEG 4011C

Geotechnical Engineering I

Catalog Description: Engineering properties and classification of soils. Design considerations for compaction, seepage, consolidation, and settlement analysis.

Pre-requisite(s):
EGN 3331
CWR 3201

Designation: Required

Contribution of course to meeting the Professional Component:

Course Objectives:
· Ability to classify soils based on simple laboratory tests such as grain size distribution and Atterberg limits.
· Evaluate soil properties based on the three-phase soil composition diagram.
· Knowledge of soil improvement techniques such as compaction. Understanding of Proctor tests and their use in determining the field compaction requirements.
· Knowledge of seepage of water through soils including permeability tests, flow nets.
· Knowledge of analysis of soils subjected to in-situ loads and overburden stress, including concepts of effective stress, quick conditions and uplift forces.
· Ability to analyze the soils for stress changes due to surface loads including the use of Boussinesq's solutions and Newmark's diagram.
· Ability to perform laboratory tests such as Sieve Analysis, Atterberg Limits, Standard and Modified Proctors, Constant Head and Variable Head Permeability tests.

Topics:
· Ability to classify soils based on simple laboratory tests such as grain size distribution and Atterberg limits. Origin of soils; Particle size distribution curves; Soil parameters such as unit weight and specific gravity
· Evaluate soil properties based on the three-phase soil composition diagram. Weight-volume relationships; Soil properties under moist, dry and saturated conditions; Relative density of sandy soils; Consistency of soils and Atterberg limits
· Knowledge of soil improvement techniques such as compaction. Understanding of Proctor tests and their use in determining the field compaction requirements. Theory of compaction; Standard and Modified Proctor tests; Field compaction; Determination of field unit weights; Special soil improvement techniques
· Knowledge of seepage of water through soils including permeability tests, flow nets. Darcy's law and the coefficient of permeability; Laboratory tests for determination of permeability coefficient; Permeability of Stratified soils; Field pumping tests; Continuity (Laplace) equations and flow net theory; Use of flow nets for isotropic and anisotropic soils; Seepage through earth dams
· Knowledge of analysis of soils subjected to in-situ loads and overburden stress, including concepts of effective stress, quick conditions and uplift forces. Effective stress principle; Quick conditions and upward seepage; Heaving failure of sheet piles; Capillarity
· Ability to analyze the soils for stress changes due to surface loads including the use of Boussinesq's solutions and Newmark's diagram. Normal and shear stresses and Mohr's Circles; Boussinesq's solutions for point loads, line loads and Strip Loads; Stresses due to circular and rectangular loaded areas; Newmark's influence charts for vertical stress increase
· Ability to perform laboratory tests such as Sieve Analysis, Atterberg Limits, Standard and Modified Proctors, Constant Head and Variable Head Permeability tests.

Textbook(s):
· B.M. Das, Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Edition, Brooks/Cole (2002).
· B.M. Das, Soil Mechanics Lab Manual, Oxford University Press (2001).

Reference(s):
N/A

Relationship of the course to Program Outcomes:
· This course addresses the CEE program outcomes 1, 5, 6 and 7.
· The issues related to the outcomes that are addressed by this course specifically are conducting experiments, analysis of data, written reports and teamwork activities.