Catalog Description: Continuation of Geotechnical Engineering I with emphasis on compressibility of soil, shear strength of soil, lateral earth pressures, soil-bearing capacity, and slope stability.
Pre-requisite(s):
CEG 4101C
Designation: Elective
Contribution of course to meeting the Professional Component:
| Math & Science Topic | 0.0 credit hours |
| Engineering Topics | 3.0 credit hours |
| General Education Topics | 0.0 credit hours |
| Class Schedule: | Laboratory Schedule: | ||
| Number of sessions per week | 2 | Number of sessions per week | NA |
| Duration of each session | 75 mins | Duration of each session | NA |
Course Objectives:
· Concepts of stress increase and time-dependent pore water pressure
increase, dissipation due to structural loading on soils.
· Mathematical derivations for geotechnical engineering applications
with fundamental conservation equation (mass, energy) and the equilibrium equation
of forces.
· Concepts and knowledge of failure criteria of deformable solid/soil
(Mohr's circle).
· Skill and knowledge of experimental instrumentation and data analysis.
Topics:
· Compressibility of soil: concepts of deformable solids (soils); derivation
of linear (granular soil) and non-linear (cohesive soil) deformation equations;
experimental and theoretical measurements of soil parameters; derivation of
time-rate of consolidation of soils; prediction and field measurement.
· Material Characterization of soils: Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria;
test methods and experimental measurement of soil strength parameters; soil
behaviors by Stree path methods.
· Design of retaining structures: definition of active and passive earth
pressures; derivation of active and passive earth pressure equations for various
types of retaining structures; pressure diagrams of active and passive earth
pressures against retaining structures; design (types of structures) and stability
(factor of safety) of any retaining structure; dynamic laterial earth pressure
and design equations.
· Design of shallow and deep foundations: failure criteria of foundation
soil; derivation of theoretical soil bearing capacity equations; design and
analysis of shallow foundation based on Terzaghi's bearing capacity equation
and others; characteristics of piles of deep foundation design based on soil
bearing capacity concepts.
· Slope stability analysis of earth embankments: factor of safety against
shear failure parameters; derivation of infinite and finite slope stability
equations based on plane and circular failure surfaces; numbered solution of
slope stability analysis using method of slices; computer solution with software.
Textbook(s):
· B.M. Das, Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering, ITP, 2000.
Reference(s):
An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering by Robert D. Holtz, Prentice-Hall,Inc.
Relationship of the
course to Program Outcomes:
This course is an elective class for the undergraduate program.