| School of Engineering and Technology, (SET) | ||
| CE71.13 : Advanced Soil Mechanics and Testings 3(2-3) | ||
| Course objectives: | ||
The soil-engineering field of study involves three categories. The first one deals with the fundamental and advanced principles of the mechanics of soil behavior both under laboratory and field conditions. The second, deals with applied topics such as foundations and earth structures, excavations and soil improvement, etc . This course deals with the fundamental and advanced principles of soil behavior as a prerequisite for applied courses related to the design of foundations, earth structures, excavations and soil improvement, etc. This course also provides fundamentals and advanced laboratory and field testing of soils |
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| Learning Outcomes: | ||
Soil formations and their relevance to engineering properties, mechanical analysis, index properties and soil classifications, effective stress principle for saturated and partially saturated soils, permeability, seepage analysis, stress-history and compressibility of soils, stress distribution in soils, stress-strain behavior and strength characteristics, stress path method and stress-strain theories, laboratory and field testing. |
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| Pre-requisite(s): | ||
None |
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| Course Outline: | ||
I. Mechanical Analysis, Index Properties and Soil Classifications
1. Definition and origin of soils, clay mineral
2. Physical and index properties tests
3. Casagrande’s plasticity chart, soil classifications
4. Volume-weight relationships
5. In-situ tests (SPT, Vane, pressuremeter, piezocone, seismic cone tests)
II. Effective Stress Principle and Permeability
1. Terzaghi's effective stress principle, pore pressure coefficients
2. Flow through soils and and seepage analyses
3. Constant and falling head permeability tests
III. Stress-History and Compressibility of Soils
1. Normally consolidated and overconsolidated soils, one-dimensional consolidation
2. Terzaghi’s theory of primary consolidation
3. Elastic and secondary compression
4. One-dimensional consolidation test
IV. Stress-Strain Behavior, Shear Strength and Stress Distribution
1. Evaluation of geostatic stresses, Mohr's circle of stresses
2. Elastic theories for evaluation of stress increments
3. Stress-strain behavior and shear strength of fined-grained and coarse-grained soils
4. Stress path methods and stress-strain theories.
5. Direct shear and triaxial tests
V. Introduction to Critical State Soil Mechanics
1. Soil mechanics in the light of critical state theories
2. State boundary surface and Cam Clay theory
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| Learning Resources: | ||
| Textbook: | ||
Lecture Notes provided by the instructor
Lambe, T.W. and Whitman, R.V., (1979): Soil Mechanics, John Wiley, New York.
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| Reference Books: | ||
Aysen, A. (2005): Soil Mechanics, AA Balkema Printers, London, U.K.
Shroft, A.V. and Shah, D.L. (2003): Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Eng’g., A.A. Balkema Publ., Netherlands.
Mc Carthy, D.F. (2002): Essentials of Soil Mechanics, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Powrie, W. (2002): Soil Mechanics, Second Edition, Spon Press, U.K.
Whitlow, R. (2001): Basic Soil Mechanics, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, U.K.
Budhu, M. (2000): Soil Mechanics and Foundations, John Wiley and Sons.
Coduto, D. (1999): Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice Hall, U.S.A.
Parry, C. (1999): Mohr Circles, Stress Paths, and Geotechnics, Spon Press, London, U.K.
Das, B.M. (1998): Advanced Soil Mechanics, Spon Press, London, U.K.
Terzaghi, K., Peck, R.B. and Mesri, G. (1996): Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice, John Wiley and Sons
Atkinson, J.H., (1993): Mechanics of Soil and Foundations, McGraw-Hill Book Company, U.K
Atkinson, J.H. and Bransby, P.L., (1982): The Mechanics of Soils, McGraw Hill, London.
Head, K.H., (1980): Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume 3 Triaxial Test, Pentech Press, London.
Bowles, J.E. (1975): Engineering Properties of Soils and their Measurements, Mc Graw – Hill Co.
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| Journals and Magazines: | ||
Geotechnique, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, U.K.
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineer, U.S.A.
Soil and Foundations, Japanese Geotechnical Society, Japan
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Canada
Geotechnical Testing Journal, American Society of Testing Material, U.S.A.
Geotechnical Engineering Journal, Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, Thailand
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| Evaluation Scheme: | ||
The final grade will be computed according to the following weight distribution:
Mid-Term Exam (25%)
Final Exam (40%)
Assignments (15%)
Laboratory Reports (20%).
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