Tentative Calendar for CE 361 - Geotechnical Engineering

Fall 2000 - Updated 10/14/00

August/September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
Introduction Engrg. Geology Rock identification Site exploration
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Handout - Lab 1 pp. 46-68
2.7,2.9,2.15 3.2,3.4

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
In situ testing Cross sections & Moisture Content and Cross sections &
pp. 68-86 Design profiles Specific Gravity - Design profiles
3.5,3.7 pp. 86-91 Chap. 1 and 7 - Lab 2 pp. 86-91
3.10,3.12 3.10,3.12
HOMEWORK DUE

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Soil Composition Soil Composition Grain Size Soil Composition
pp. 94-114 pp. 94-114 Distribution pp. 94-114
4.2,4.4,4.6,4.8 4.2,4.4,4.6,4.8 Chap. 5 - Lab 3 4.2,4.4,4.6,4.8

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Soil particle analysis Clay Soils and Atterberg Limits Clay Soils and
pp. 115-125 Atterberg Limits Chap. 3 - Lab 4 Atterberg Limits
4.10,4.11,4.12,4.13 pp. 125-134 pp. 125-134
4.15,4.16,4.18,4.23 4.15,4.16,4.18,4.23
HOMEWORK DUE

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Soil Classification Review Compaction Tests No Class Class
Systems Evening Exam Chap. 9 - Lab 5 will be held 11/20
Chapter 5
5.1,5.3,5.8,5.10,5.11
Evening, 7 pm, Rm
400 - Review For
Exam

October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Compacted Fill Compaction Visual Classification NO CLASS
pp. 157-177 Standards & Handout - Lab 6
pp. 193-203 Assessment
6.1,6.3,6.13,6.18 pp. 177-193
6.5,6.7,6.10

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Fall Break Fall Break Hydrology Permeability Test No Class Due to
an introduction Chaps. 11 & 12 - Open House
pp.206-220 Lab 7 Class will be held
7.2,7.3,7.4 10/16, 7 pm. Exam will
be Reviewed
HOMEWORK DUE

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
One-dimensional Flow nets Design Lab 1 - Lab 8 Wells & Uplift
Flow & pp. 240-258 pp. 258-271
Capillarity 8.2,8.3,8.5 8.6,8.7,8.8
pp. 220-238
7.6,7.8,7.9,7.16

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Dewatering & Stress in the ground Consolidation Test Effective stress &
Filters pp. 314-336 Chap. 13 - Lab 9 stress in layered
pp. 272-286 10.2,10.3,10.7 soils
8.9,8.11,8.13 pp. 336-345
pp. 358-359
10.8,10.11
HOMEWORK DUE
November
29 30 31 1 2 3 4
Mohr's Circle & Review Consolidation Consolidation &
stress paths Evening Exam Calculations - Lab 10 Consolidation tests
pp. 348-355 pp. 366-382
p. 359 11.2,11.4
10.16,10.18

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Consolidation & NC and OC Design Lab 2 & Settlement
Consolidation tests Clay; Sands & Direct Shear Test predictions
pp. 366-382 Gravels Chap. 17 - Lab 11 pp. 394-409
11.2,11.4 pp. 383-394 11.11,11.12,11.13
11.6,11.8

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
More settlement Time rate of Design Lab 2 (cont) Time rate of
topics consolidation Lab 12 consolidation - 2
pp. 409-416 pp. 422-435 pp. 435-460
11.15,11.16 12.2,12.3,12.5 12.6,12.8,12.12
HOMEWORK DUE

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Mohr-Coulomb Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
failure criterion Break Break Break
pp. 464-479
13.2,13.3

December
26 27 28 29 30 1 2
Shear strength Shear strength Trip to Merrill Shear strength
of soils of soils Creek Dam - Lab 13 measurements
pp. 480-499 pp. 480-499 pp. 499-516
13.5,13.6,13.8,13.10, 13.5,13.6,13.8,13.10, 13.17,13.18,13.20
13.12 13.12

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Slope stability - Slope stability - Peer review of Review
Intro Analysis reports - Lab 14 HOMEWORK DUE
pp. 518-528 pp. 528-554
14.1,14.4

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Final Exam to be scheduled by registrar