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Apr 26, 2024
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CE 3710 - Soil Engineering Laboratory
Classification of soils and determination of their properties through tests; grain size analysis, Atterberg limits, relative density, Proctor testing, permeability, direct shear, consolidation, unconfined compression, and CBR test.
Requisites: CE 3700 or concurrent
Credit Hours: 1
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students wiil perform CBR test and determine CBR value for a soil sample.
- Students will be introduced to 1-D consolidation test procedure and its data analysis steps.
- Students will be introduced to basic test methods related to soil shear strength.
- Students will be introduced to in-situ soil density test methods.
- Students will determine grain size distribution characteristics for a given soil sample.
- Students will determine hydraulic properties of granular soil samples.
- Students will determine unit weight vs. moisture content relationship for a given fine-grained soil sample.
- Students will gain additional experience in analyzing data and preparing technical reports.
- Students will measure moisture contents critical to engineering behavior of fine-grained soils.
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