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C E 328.3C E 328.3

IntroductionIntroductiontoto

Geotechnical EngineeringGeotechnical Engineering

Overview of the Course


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ContentsContents

Course Outline Course Content

Laboratory Sessions

Course Website

On-line Continuous Assessment

Geotechnical Engineering Why?


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Course InstructorCourse Instructor

Dr. Jitendra SharmaAssociate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

Office: Room 2B22, Engineering BuildingTelephone: 966-7049

E-mail: [email protected]


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Teaching AssistantsTeaching Assistants

Office: 2C20

Phone: Not known yet

E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Rajendra KarkiGraduate Student of GeotechnicalEngineering

[Assignments]

Office: 2A03

Phone: 966-5283

E-mail:[email protected]

Mr. Hung VuGraduate Student of GeotechnicalEngineering

[Laboratory Reports]


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Location & Schedule of LecturesLocation & Schedule of Lectures

Lecture Room 2B53E

Every Tuesday and Thursday

From 8.30 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.

First Lecture: September 05, 2002 Last Lecture: December 03, 2002


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Location & Schedule of Lab SessionsLocation & Schedule of Lab Sessions

Geotechnical Laboratory 1C20

Every Wednesday and every other Friday

One Lab Session every two weeks

Wednesday 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Friday 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

First Laboratory Session: September 18, 2002

Last Laboratory Session: November 27, 2002

No Lab Session on October 23, 2002

(Mid-term Examination)


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Prescribed TextsPrescribed Texts

Required:

Soil Mechanics (6th Edition) by R.F. Craig. Published by Spon

Press, London and NY. The campus bookstore has beenadvised to stock sufficient number of copies of this textbook.[Engineering Library Catalogue No. TA710.C836][Engineering Library Catalogue No. TA710.C836]

Recommended: Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering (1981 edition) by

Holtz and Kovacs. [Engineering Library Catalogue No.[Engineering Library Catalogue No.TA710.H564]TA710.H564]

A Guide to Soil Mechanics by Malcolm Bolton. [Engineering[EngineeringLibrary Catalogue No. TA710.B72]Library Catalogue No. TA710.B72]

Class Notes:

These will be available for download in PDF formatPDF format from theCE328 course website at least one day before the lecture.Some of the class notes will have blank spaces that will befilled in during the lectures.


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Lecture TopicsLecture Topics

Soil Identification, Classification and Compaction

Seepage

Stresses in the Ground

Shear Strength of Soils

Consolidation

Lateral Earth Pressure

Bearing Capacity of Soils

Slope Stability

Special Topics


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Laboratory SessionsLaboratory Sessions

Soil Identification & Atterberg Limits Grain Size Distribution and Compaction

Permeability

Shear Strength of Soils Oedometer Test

A formalgroup lab reportwill be due one weekafter thecompletion of the laboratory session.


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http://www.engr.usask.ca/classes/CE/328/

Course WebsiteCourse Website

It will be updated regularly with date of last modificationshown on the front page.

It is the one and the only place for important course-related announcements.

Lecture notes, laboratory sheets and other documents canbe downloaded in PDF format.

It will also contain on-line quizzes with random dataallocation and instant evaluation.

Other resources such as Java-based simulations, usefullinks, videos, etc. will also be provided to enrich yourlearning experience and to help you learn at your own pace.


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OnOn--line Continuous Assessmentline Continuous Assessment NSID & Password required for access

Students must sign-up with their NSID and full

name before using the resources. Three main components:

Quizzes with multiple-choice, true/false and numericalquestions

Assignments based on Java simulations

Assignments based on case histories

Each student gets his/her own Personalized On-

line Assessment Record (POLAR) page showinghis/her progress.

CE328 WebsiteCE328 Website


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EvaluationEvaluation

Assignments 20%

Lab Reports 10% Mid-term Examination 25%

Final Examination 45%

The student must score a minimum of 50%50%

overall marksANDANDpass either the midmid--termterm

examinationexamination or the

final examinationfinal examination in

order to pass the course.


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GeotechnicalGeotechnical EngineeringEngineering Why?Why? We are unable to build castles in air

(yet) !

Almost every structure is either builton or built in or built using soil orrock.

Mechanics of Soils and Rocks is thebasis of Geotechnical Engineering

Geotechnical problems involve:

Stability

Deformations Water flow


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StabilityStability -- SlopesSlopes


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StabilityStability SlopesSlopes


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StabilityStability -- FoundationFoundation


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StabilityStability -- FoundationFoundation


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StabilityStability Offshore StructuresOffshore Structures


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StabilityStability Deep ExcavationDeep Excavation


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StabilityStability Buried StructuresBuried Structures


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DeformationDeformation Excessive SettlementExcessive Settlement


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DeformationDeformation Road PavementsRoad Pavements


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Water FlowWater Flow Dam Piping FailureDam Piping Failure

IntactEmbankment Section thatwas washedaway

An enthusiasticgeotechnicalengineer!


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Water FlowWater Flow Shear FailureShear Failure


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Water FlowWater Flow Soil Erosion/ScouringSoil Erosion/Scouring


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So, What isSo, What is GeotechnicalGeotechnical Engineering?Engineering? Integration of physics and earth science

Solid mechanics, geology and hydrogeology

Soil Mechanics provides the theoretical basis fordescribing the mechanical behaviour of earthmaterials

Geotechnical Engineering involves application of

theories of soil mechanics to a variety of fieldproblems

For most other engineering disciplines Material properties are well-defined or can be controlled

For Geotechnical Engineering Material properties are highly variable and difficult to

measure with a reasonable degree of accuracy


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Site CharacterizationSite Characterization Material properties must be measured for each

new construction site

Remember that we are dealing with naturalmaterials No quality control

Ground consists of

Innumerable variety of particle sizes and minerals

To make matter worse

Engineering properties of earth materials are stronglyinfluenced by their past geological history that we

normally know very little about. Climatic conditions also influence these properties


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Concluding RemarksConcluding Remarks Geotechnical Engineering is probably one of the

most challenging engineering disciplines

You can safely bet that, as a geotechnicalengineer, no two days at work are going to besimilar

Geotechnical engineering expertise is required in

a vast variety of disciplines that includes the oilindustry

Being a relatively new discipline, there is amplescope for innovation

For a geotechnical engineer, achieving jobsatisfaction is never a problem

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