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1. Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering (1 week)
Reading assignments: Textbook #1, pg.1-73
2. Site Investigation and In-situ Soil Tests (3 weeks)
Soil borings, soil sampling, inspection pits and inspection boreholes. In-situ tests performed during boring tests, dynamic and static penetration tests, permeability tests, vane and pressuremeter tests.
Reading assignments: Textbook #1, pg.74-132
3. Slope Stability (2 weeks)
Natural slope stability, slope failures and preventing landslides. Slope stability analysis methods.
Reading assignments: Textbook #3, pg. 309-355
4.Retaining Structures (2 weeks)
Earth pressure, gravity retaining structures, dimensioning and principles for calculations. Lateral earth pressure, sheet piles, dimensioning and principles for calculations.
Reading assignments: Textbook #1, pg.375-402, 409-428,437-464, 476-479, 501-515
5. Shallow Foundations (2 weeks)
Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, factor affecting the shallow foundations, bearing capacity, formula for bearing capacity, allowable bearing capacity and applications.
Reading assignments: Textbook #1, pg.133-177, 291-299
6. Deep Foundations (2 weeks)
Designing deep foundations, pile types, pile design and caissons, footings. Bearing capacity of deep foundations, static pile bearing capacity formula, dynamic pile formula and pile load tests.
Reading assignments: Textbook #1, pg.535-591, 606-613
7. Soil Improvement (2 weeks)
Soil improvement methods, compaction methods. Reading assignments: Textbook #1, pg.722-778 |