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Advanced Soil Mechanics

3-0-6 units · Graduate

Covers topics in the characterization and nature of soils as multi-phase materials; the principle of effective stress; hydraulic conductivity and groundwater seepage; shear strength and stability analyses; stress-deformation properties, consolidatoin theory and calculation of settlements for clays and sands.

Fall 2004

Topics

  • Introduction II-1 (7)
  • II-1 (13) II-2 (3-4)
  • II-2 (11-12)
  • II-2 (17+/-)
  • II-2 (19) III-1 (6) III-2 (1)
  • III-2 (8)
  • III-2 (18)
  • III-2 (20) Part II MP - 5-10 minutes Discussion III-3 (5)
  • III-3 (9) III-4 (4)
  • III-4 (18)
  • III-4 (19) III-5 (14)
  • III-5 (16) IV-1 (6)
  • IV-2 (5) IV-2A (1-)
  • IV-2A (3) IV-3 (3)
  • IV-3 (4) IV-4 (3 w/Tide Problem)
  • IV-4 (10+)
  • IV-4 (12) IV-5 (5-)
  • IV-5 IV-6 IV-7 (3)
  • Return MTE and Solution plus Discussion V-1 (6-)
  • V-1 (12)
  • V-1 (Review UU + 16) V-2 (4)
  • V-2 (9) V-3 (6)
  • V-3 (11) V-4 (7)
  • V-4 (25)
  • V-5 (8)

Readings

  • Lambe, T. William, and Robert V. Whitman. Soil Mechanics. New York: Wiley, 1969. ISBN: 0471511927.
    Listed reading
  • CHAPTER #: 1, 2 · READ OR STUDY: Read · COMPLETED BY LEC #: 2
    Reading assignment
  • CHAPTER #: 3 · READ OR STUDY: Study · COMPLETED BY LEC #: 2
    Reading assignment
  • CHAPTER #: 4, 5, 6, 7 · READ OR STUDY: Read · COMPLETED BY LEC #: 3
    Reading assignment
  • CHAPTER #: 8 · READ OR STUDY: Study · COMPLETED BY LEC #: 4
    Reading assignment
  • CHAPTER #: 9, 10, 11, 12 · READ OR STUDY: Study · COMPLETED BY LEC #: 5
    Reading assignment
  • CHAPTER #: 13 · READ OR STUDY: Study · COMPLETED BY LEC #: 6
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  • CHAPTER #: 14 · READ OR STUDY: Study · COMPLETED BY LEC #: 8
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Prerequisites & course information

Subject meets with 1.032 Prereq: 1.036 G (Fall; first half of term) 3-0-6 units

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