CE 317 Geotechnical Engineering
Fall 2009
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Class Lecture Date
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Lecture Topic
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Reading Material (from Holtz and Kovacs text)
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Handouts and Lecture Notes
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Monday,
August 24, 2009 |
Introduction
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Chapter 1
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
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What is Geotechnical Engineering? How is
it different from other CE disciplines?
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Soil Composition
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Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
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Friday, August 28, 2009 |
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Phase Relationships
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Monday,
August 31, 2009 |
· Phase relationships |
Sections 2.4, 2.6
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Wednesday,
September 02, 2009 |
· Finish phase relationships · Soil Texture · Start on Grain Size Distributio (GSD) |
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Handout – interparticle forces at
various scales
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Friday,
September 04, 2009 |
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GSD
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Sections 2.7 and 2.8
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Labor Day |
Monday,
September 07, 2009 |
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Wednesday,
September 09, 2009 |
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Atterberg Limits
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Sections 2.7 and 2.8
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Example of How to Build a Grain Size Distribution
Curve
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Friday,
September 11, 2009 |
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Soil Classification
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Sections 3.1 and 3.2 |
Handout – Soil Classification |
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Monday,
September 14, 2009 |
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Finish Soil Classification
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Clay Mineralogy
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Sections 4.1 – 4.3
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Wednesday,
September 16, 2009 |
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Soil Structure
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Sections 4.4 – 4.9
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Friday,
September 18, 2009 |
Finish Soil Structure |
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Handout:
Identification of Clay minerals
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Monday,
September 21, 2009 |
Compaction
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Sections 5.1 to 5.3
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Wednesday,
September 23, 2009 |
Compaction: Properties of compacted soils
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Section 5.4
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Friday,
September 25, 2009 |
Field Compaction
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Sections 5.5 to 5.7
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Monday,
September 28, 2009 |
Finish field compaction
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Journal Article: Failure of a
retaining wall (Leonards, Frost and Bray 1994)
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Wednesday,
September 30, 2009 |
1-D Flow
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Sections 7.1 to 7.4
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Friday,
October 02, 2009 |
1-D Flow |
Section 7.7 |
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Monday,
October 05, 2009 |
1-D Flow
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Wednesday,
October 07, 2009 |
2-D Flow: Flow nets
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Section 7.4
Section 7.9
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Friday,
October 09, 2009 |
2-D Flow: Flow nets
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Monday,
October 12, 2009 |
Effective Stress
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Sections 7.5 and 7.6
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Wednesday,
October 14, 2009 |
Exam Review
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Friday,
October 16, 2009 |
EXAM
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Monday,
October 19, 2009 |
Seepage Forces
Capillarity
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Section 7.8
Sections 6.1 and 6.2
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Prof Lect. |
Wednesday,
October 21, 2009 |
Professional
Lecture Day
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Come prepared with questions!
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Friday,
October 23, 2009 |
Finish Capillarity, Review Exam
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Monday,
October 26, 2009 |
Finish Reviewing Exam. Go over Hmwk 7
Consolidation
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Sections 8.1 to 8.5
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Wednesday,
October 28, 2009 |
Consolidation: basic concepts |
Sections 8.6 to 8.7
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Friday,
October 30, 2009 |
Consolidation Curve |
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Monday,
November 02, 2009 |
Consolidation: computations of settlements |
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Wednesday,
November 04, 2009 |
Derivation and solution of the consolidation equation
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Sections 9.1 to 9.4
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Handout: Consolidation equation
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Friday,
November 06, 2009 |
Examples: Time rate of consolidation
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Section 9.8 |
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Monday,
November 09, 2009 |
Stress Distributions
Use of layering in consolidation settlement computations |
Section 8.12
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Vet. Day. |
Wednesday,
November 11, 2009 |
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Friday,
November 13, 2009 |
Examples, Review of the entire consolidation process
Permeability from a consol. Test
Typical values of parameters.
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Section 9.5 - 9.6 |
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Monday,
November 16, 2009 |
Mohr circle and state of stress |
Section 10.1 to 10.3 |
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Wednesday,
November 18, 2009 |
Exam Review
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Friday,
November 20, 2009 |
EXAM
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T.G. |
Monday,
November 23, 2009 |
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T.G. |
Wednesday,
November 25, 2009 |
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T.G. |
Friday,
November 27, 2009 |
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Monday,
November 30, 2009 |
Mohr circle and
state of stress |
Section 10.1 to 10.3 |
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Wednesday,
December 02, 2009 |
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Friday,
December 04, 2009 |
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Monday,
December 07, 2009 |
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Wednesday,
December 09, 2009 |
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Friday,
December 11, 2009 |
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