363 Outline
2010-2011 FALL TERM CE 363 SOIL MECHANICS COURSE CONTENT
TOPIC
Approx. lecture hrs
1. INTRODUCTION
1
2. BASIC PROPERTIES OF SOILS
Phase relations; particle size analysis; Atterberg limits; soil classification; soil compaction.
6
3. EFFECTIVE STRESS
Principles of effective stress; stresses due to self weight; pore pressures in the zones below and above the water table; excess pore pressure; mechanics of consolidation.
3
4. SEEPAGE
Darcy's law; measurement of permeability; flow nets; estimation of rate of seepage, pore pressure, and the likelihood of liquefaction from flow nets; effect of seepage on effective stress.
6
5. CONSOLIDATION THEORY
Oedometer test; coefficients of compressibility; compression index; Terzaghi's theory of one-dimensional consolidation; coefficient of consolidation; degree of consolidation.
6
6. SHEAR STRENGTH
Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; shear strength tests; shear strength of sands, and of saturated and unsaturated clays.
5
7. LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE
Coefficients of active and passive earth pressure, and of earth pressure at rest; Rankine's theory of earth pressure; Coulomb's wedge theory.
5
8. STABILITY OF SLOPES
Translational slides: block and wedges analysis; infinite slopes. Rotational slides: short-term stability of saturated clays; method of slices for short and long term stability. Remedial measures.
7
B. TEXT-BOOKS
--- Craig, R.F. (2004). Soil Mechanics. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
C. LABORATORY WORK
Lab. 1. Sieve analysis; Atterberg limits.
Lab. 2: Determination of specific gravity of solids; dry density.
Lab. 3. Hydrometer test; compaction test.
Lab. 4. Unconfined compression test; unconsolidated-undrained triaxial test.
Lab. 5. Direct shear test; laboratory vane test.
Lab. 6. Consolidation test; constant head permeability test.
(NOTE. For brevity, students may just quote the page and paragraph numbers of their Laboratory Instructions in their lab. reports for the procedures applied.)
D. GRADING PRACTICE Type of work
TOPIC
Approx. lecture hrs
1. INTRODUCTION
1
2. BASIC PROPERTIES OF SOILS
Phase relations; particle size analysis; Atterberg limits; soil classification; soil compaction.
6
3. EFFECTIVE STRESS
Principles of effective stress; stresses due to self weight; pore pressures in the zones below and above the water table; excess pore pressure; mechanics of consolidation.
3
4. SEEPAGE
Darcy's law; measurement of permeability; flow nets; estimation of rate of seepage, pore pressure, and the likelihood of liquefaction from flow nets; effect of seepage on effective stress.
6
5. CONSOLIDATION THEORY
Oedometer test; coefficients of compressibility; compression index; Terzaghi's theory of one-dimensional consolidation; coefficient of consolidation; degree of consolidation.
6
6. SHEAR STRENGTH
Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; shear strength tests; shear strength of sands, and of saturated and unsaturated clays.
5
7. LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE
Coefficients of active and passive earth pressure, and of earth pressure at rest; Rankine's theory of earth pressure; Coulomb's wedge theory.
5
8. STABILITY OF SLOPES
Translational slides: block and wedges analysis; infinite slopes. Rotational slides: short-term stability of saturated clays; method of slices for short and long term stability. Remedial measures.
7
B. TEXT-BOOKS
--- Craig, R.F. (2004). Soil Mechanics. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
C. LABORATORY WORK
Lab. 1. Sieve analysis; Atterberg limits.
Lab. 2: Determination of specific gravity of solids; dry density.
Lab. 3. Hydrometer test; compaction test.
Lab. 4. Unconfined compression test; unconsolidated-undrained triaxial test.
Lab. 5. Direct shear test; laboratory vane test.
Lab. 6. Consolidation test; constant head permeability test.
(NOTE. For brevity, students may just quote the page and paragraph numbers of their Laboratory Instructions in their lab. reports for the procedures applied.)
D. GRADING PRACTICE Type of work