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Nov 21, 2024
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CVE 3301 - Principles of Soils and Geotechnical Engineering2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course introduces students to fundamental principles of soil mechanics. Topics include elementary mass-volume relations for soils, soil types and classifications, soil compaction, geostatic stress distributions, shear strength under drained and undrained conditions, bearing capacity, settlement, and consolidation. The laboratory will cover test methods and interpretations of laboratory results for the determination of physical, mechanical, and hydraulic properties of soil. (prereq: CAE 1871 , CAE 1872 , CAE 2512 ) (quarter system prereq: AE 1231, AE 2012)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Discuss sustainability within the context of geotechnical engineering
- Conduct particle size analysis, determine Atterberg limits and use the results to classify soils per the USCS and AASHTO soil classification systems
- Calculate various soil parameters using an understanding of a three-phase diagram
- Calculate soil relative density and specify field compaction
- Calculate the hydraulic conductivity of various soils
- Calculate the total stress, pore water pressure, and effective stress at various points in the soil profile of a saturated soil without seepage
- Explain the process of settlement and consolidation in both sandy and clay soils
- Calculate the shear strength of cohesive and cohesionless soils
- Demonstrate typical geotechnical engineering laboratory tests and explain the application of their results in civil engineering
- Evaluate the results from a geotechnical report for use in various aspects of civil engineering
- Design a solution to a geotechnical problem using soils data and known loadings considering elements of sustainability
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Sustainability in geotechnical engineering
- Weight-volume relationships
- Clay minerals and clay chemistry
- Grain size analysis
- Atterberg limits
- Classification of soils (USCS and AASHTO)
- Compaction
- Water content and organic matter content
- Permeability
- Effective stress
- Subsurface stress in soils
- Relative density
- Compressibility of soil
- Proctor compaction test
- Shear strength
- Hydraulic conductivity test
- Footings
- Direct shear strength
- Retaining walls
- Soil sampling and investigation
- Soil reports
- Bridge pier foundation design
Laboratory Topics
- Weekly hands-on exercises and interactive problem-solving sessions that reinforce the weekly lecture topics
Coordinator
Dr. William S. Gonwa, P.E.
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