Retaining Walls, Slopes and Dams- UGrad |
Course Description:
The course covers classical earth pressure theories, effects of groundwater,
surcharge loads and earthquakes on lateral earth pressure, landslide characteristics
and terminology, limit equilibrium slope stability analyses (Bishop's, Janbu,
Spencer, Morgenstern & Price methods), effects of water on the stability of slopes,
mitigation/remediation techniques for improvement, types of earth retaining
structures, design and analysis of rigid cantilever walls, cantilever sheet pile
walls, anchored sheet pile walls, braced cuts and open excavation stability, and
mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls. This course will make use of various
software components available in analysis and design of several of the components
listed here.
Prerequisites: Soil Mechanics or Geotechnical Engineering (CE 361)
Text book: No textbool required. As an alternative, supplementary book chapters & exerpts pulled from several resources), published engineering design manuals, research articles, and relevant web site links will be distributed electronically during the term. Your textbook from CE 361 may also be useful to you.
References:
Soil Mechanics and Foundations, Muni Budhu
Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Das.
Foundation Design, Principles and Practices, Coduto
Foundation Analysis and Design, Bowles
Foundation Engineering Handbook, Fang
Location and Hours: Tuesday 1:10-4:00 pm, AEC 306.
Syllabus | | Handouts | | Assignments | | Sample Projects | | Links |
Course Handouts in PDF
Class Lectures
No. | Description | Slides | Reading |
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1 | Shear Strength Review Field Methods |
Lect 1a Lect 1b |
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2 | Lateral Earth Pressure Theories | Lect 2 | |
3 | Slope Stability, Intro & Background Limit Equilibrium Solutions Chart Methods Charts Methods of Slices |
lect3a lect3b lect3c Charts lect3d |
Reading1 |
4 | Rigid Ret. Walls (Geotech Stability & RC design) Flexible Retaining Walls (Sheet piles) - Cantilver Flexible Retaining Walls (Sheet piles) - Anchored Flexible Retaining Walls (Sheet piles) - Braced |
lect4a lect4b lect4c lect4d |