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Apr 23, 2024
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CE 3700 - Geotechnical Engineering
Soil compositions, physical and chemical properties, and classifications; water movement and seepage problems; consolidation and shear strength; applications to earth structures, retaining walls, slope stability, shallow & deep foundations, and soil erosion.
Requisites: ET 2220 and GEOL 2830 and (CE 3400 or concurrent)
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to classify soils according to AASHTO and ASTM methods.
- Students will be introduced to basics of soil erosion theory and control practices.
- Students will learn basics of earth pressure theories and retaining wall design approach.
- Students will learn basics of soil slope stability analysis.
- Students will learn history of geotechnical engineering.
- Students will learn how subsurface exploration work is carried out in the field.
- Students will learn how to apply the consolidation theory to understand load-compression behavior of clay layer.
- Students will learn how to design pile foundations.
- Students will learn how to determine the effect of external loading.
- Students will learn how to measure/determine soil index properties.
- Students will learn the effective stress concept.
- Students will review relevant topics in engineering geology.
- Students will understand how soil shear strength is measured.
- Students will understand how to design spread footing foundations.
- Students will understand how water flows through soil and how seepage flow can affect soil.
- Students will understand unique nature possessed by clay minerals.
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