CE 435 Foundations
Spring 2008
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Class Lecture Date
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Lecture Topic
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Reading Material from Coduto’s text
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Handouts and
Lecture Notes
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Mon.,
January 07, 2008 |
Introduction
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Chapter 1
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· Syllabus and outline · Differences between class assignments and practice · Notes: Review (Pages 1-15) |
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Wed.,
January 09, 2008 |
Review of basic soil
mechanics
· Phase Relationships · Soil Classification |
Chapter 3
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Fri.,
January 11, 2008 |
Review: Stresses
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Notes: Review (Pages 16-23) |
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Mon.,
January 14, 2008 |
Review: Consolidation |
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Notes: Review, section 6
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5 |
Wed.,
January 16, 2008 |
Review: Consolidation
Mohr – Circle |
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6 |
Fri.,
January 18, 2008 |
Review: Shear strength |
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Mon.,
January 21, 2008 |
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Wed.,
January 23, 2008 |
Site Characterization
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Section 4.1
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Notes: Geotechnical Exploration
Notes: In Situ or Field Tests |
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Fri.,
January 25, 2008 |
In Situ Tests
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Section 4.3 to 4.5
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Lecture Notes for In Situ
Tests
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Mon.,
January 28, 2008 |
In Situ Tests
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10 |
Wed.,
January 30, 2008 |
Finish In Situ Tests |
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Fri.,
February 01, 2008 |
SNOW DAY |
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Mon.,
February 04, 2008 |
Shallow Foundation
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Chapter 5
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Notes: Shallow
Foundations (Chapter 4 from Limit state design of foundations, by M.J.
Pender)
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Wed.,
February 06, 2008 |
Bearing Capacity
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Chapter 6.1 to 6.4
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14 |
Fri.,
February 08, 2008 |
Bearing Capacity of
Saturated Clays
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15 |
Mon.,
February 11, 2008 |
Examples General Bearing Capacity Equation |
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Clay with
strength increasing linearly with depth: Handout
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16 |
Wed.,
February 13, 2008 |
Effects of water
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Factors for BC
equation (from Salgado 2008)
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17 |
Fri.,
February 15, 2008 |
Load eccentricity,
start settlements
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Mon.,
February 18, 2008 |
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Wed.,
February 20, 2008 |
Settlements, Elasticity
solutions
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Chapter 7 |
Handout: Mayne
and Poulos solution, Settlements in clays, and Schmertmann’s solution for
settlements in sand
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Fri.,
February 22, 2008 |
Settlements: Examples
of solutions for immediate settlements
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Section 7.4 |
Handout: Worked
example of computation of immediate settlements
CORRECTION: In the
problem we solved in class using Mayne and Poulos’ method, there is an error
in the computation of IE. IE should be equal to 0.95 (not 0.87 as
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Mon.,
February 25, 2008 |
Settlements:
Settlements in sands
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Section 7.6 |
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21 |
Wed.,
February 27, 2008 |
Exam Review: Comprehensive
problems of bearing capacity and settlement analyses
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22 |
Fri.,
February 29, 2008 |
EXAM
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23 |
Mon.,
March 03, 2008 |
Design of Shallow
Foundations
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Section 7.8 to 7.11
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24 |
Wed.,
March 05, 2008 |
Retaining Structures:
general concepts
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Chapter 22
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Class handout
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Fri.,
March 07, 2008 |
Lateral earth pressure
theory
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Chapter 23
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Notes: Lateral
Earth Pressure
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Mon.,
March 10, 2008 |
SPRING BREAK
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Wed.,
March 12, 2008 |
SPRING BREAK
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Fri.,
March 14, 2008 |
SPRING BREAK
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Mon.,
March 17, 2008 |
REVIEW OF EXAM
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27 |
Wed.,
March 19, 2008 |
Lateral earth
pressures, water behind the wall, etc.
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Fri.,
March 21, 2008 |
Coulomb and Log-Spiral
Theory
Examples and other
cases
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Mon.,
March 24, 2008 |
Retaining wall design,
other cases (tie back walls, etc).
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Chapters 24, 25
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30 |
Wed.,
March 26, 2008 |
Professional Day
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31 |
Fri.,
March 28, 2008 |
Start of Piles
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Chapter 11
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Notes: Pile
Foundations
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Mon.,
March 31, 2008 |
Axial capacity from
analytical methods: Tip resistance
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Chapter 14 |
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33 |
Wed.,
April 02, 2008 |
Shaft resistance
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Chapter 14 |
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34 |
Fri.,
April 04, 2008 |
Finish Shaft resistance
Example
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Chapter 14 |
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35 |
Mon.,
April 07, 2008 |
Finish Example
Load Tests
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Chapter 14 |
Handout on
values of a’
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36 |
Wed.,
April 09, 2008 |
Dynamic Formulas,
Settlements
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Chapter 14 Chapter 15 |
Notes: Pile
settlement
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37 |
Fri.,
April 11, 2008 |
Group Effects
Review and examples of
piles
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Chapter 14 |
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38 |
Mon.,
April 14, 2008 |
SS: Intro, LEM concept,
Total Stress vs. Effective Stress, After construction condition (Swedish
method)
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Notes: Slope Stability
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Wed.,
April 16, 2008 |
Basic Concepts of LEM
and Method of Slices
Tension Crack
Chart solutions
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Lecture handout on LEM
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Fri.,
April 18, 2008 |
EXAM
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Mon.,
April 21, 2008 |
XSTABL
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42 |
Wed.,
April 23, 2008 |
Translational Slides,
Wedge Method
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43 |
Fri.,
April 25, 2008 |
Pore pressure
parameters
Review?
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