King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CE 353-01

Geotechnical Engineering I

First Semester 2001-2002 (011)

SMW 10-10:50

3-108

Instructor: Dr. Naser A. Al-Shayea Office: 16-134

Phone: 2480

Text: Geotechnical Engineering & Soil Testing

By : Al-Khafaji & Andersland, 1992.

Course Description: Undergraduate Bulletin, p. 235

CE 353 Geotechnical Engineering I (3-3-4)

Soil formation and identification; index and classification properties of soils; clay minerals; soil compaction; capillarity, swelling, shrinkage and effective stresses; flow of water in soils; compressibility and consolidation; stress in soils; shear strength of cohesive and cohesionless soils; introduction to lateral earth pressure and shallow foundation.

Prerequisite: CE 203

Co-requisite: CE 230

Grade Distribution:

20% Laboratory

20% First Major Exam

20% Second Major Exam

10% Homework, Attendance

30% Final Exam

100% Total

REMARKS

1. Homeworks should be submitted on time.

2. 9 Unexcused absences will result in DN-grade.

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COURSE SYLLABUS

Subject Chapter Section

Introduction 1 All

Scope of the Course

Definitions

Soil Composition

Clay Minerals

Soil Formation and Identification

Nature and Behavior of Soil Materials

Index and Classification Properties of Soils 3 All

Introduction

Water in Soils

Capillarity

Grain Size and Grain Size Distribution

Grain Shape

Soil Aggregate

Phase Relations

Interaction between Water and Clay Minerals

Consistency & Sensitivity of Clays

Organic Soils

Soil Classification

The Unified Soil Classification System

The AASHTO Soil Classification System

Typical Soil Parameters

Soil Compaction 4 All

Compaction Theory

Properties of Compacted Soils

Field Compaction & Ground Modification

In-Place Determination of Soil Density

Water Flow Through Soils 5 5.1-5.4,5.7,

5.8,3.10

Darcy’s Law

Permeability Tests

Hydraulic Heads

Seepage and Flow Nets

Seepage Forces & Critical Gradient

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Subject Chapter Section

Stresses in Soils 6 6.0-6.4

Effective Stress

Mohr Circle

Stresses at a Point

Compressibility and Consolidation 7 7.0-7.2, 7.4

Soil Compressibility

Consolidation

Rate of Consolidation

Settlement

Volume Change in Soils 8 All

Stress-Strain Relationships & their Measurements

Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criterion

Shear Strength of Cohesionless Soils

Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils

Lateral Earth Pressure 9 9.0-9.2

Earth Pressure at Rest

Active State of Stress

Passive State of Stress

Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation 10 10.0-10.2

Bearing Capacity Theory

Factor of Safety