CE
317 Geotechnical Engineering
Fall 2009
REMEMBER:
NO LATE HOMEWORK!!!
Homework
due at the beginning of class
Assignment
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Problems (from Holtz and Kovacs text)
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Assigned Date
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Due Date
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Solutions or selected answers
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1
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Mandatory:
2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9Optional#:
2.17, 2.23 |
8/28
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9/4
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Solutions
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2
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2.11, 2.29, 2.33 (determine the percentages
of gravel, sand, silt, and fines only according to the USCS system)
Optional
2.26
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9/4
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9/11
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3
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2.35, 2.37, 3.3*, 3.4*
* Classify soils using only the USCS system |
9/11
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9/18
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Solutions
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4
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4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6 |
9/18
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9/25
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Solutions |
5
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5.1, 5.3, 5.4
OPTIONAL: Problems 5.10 and 5.12
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9/25
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10/2
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Solutions
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6
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7.3, 7.11, 7.13
Optional: 7.9, 7.12
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10/2
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10/9
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Optional Homework (recommended for exam)
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7.19, 7.24, 7.26 (to get elevation head,
assume that the elevation of point A above the datum is equal to x)
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10/7
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Not due
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7
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7.36, 7.38, 7.15, 7.16, 7.17, 7.22
Note: many of these problems are
“coupled”, for example, problem 7.22 is only one more computation using the
solution of problem 7.17. 7.15 and 7.16 are essentially the same problem. The
homework is not as long as it looks! |
10/16
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10/23
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8
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6.3, 7.29, 7.39
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10/23
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10/30
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9
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8.1 (only for soils 8, 9, and 13)
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10/30
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11/6
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10
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9.1, 9.2, 9.7, 9.8, 9.17
OPTIONAL: 9.11, 9.18, 9.19, 9.23
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11/6
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11/13
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Optional Homework (recommended for exam)
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8.20, 8.34 (use Boussinesq approach only), and 8.47 (use at
least three layers) |
11/13
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N.A.
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Solved problems |
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#Optional problems will not be graded. They are given as a
recommended exercise for studying for the exam.