CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE (CIC)

‫المعهد الكندي العالي للهندسة بالسادس من أكتوبر‬

Department of Civil Engineering Course Name: Foundation 2

Semester: Spring 2019/2020 Course Code: CIS 451
Final Research Project Total Marks: 100
Instructor Name: Dr. Mahmoud Attia No. of Pages: 20 page(s)

Student Name:
Student ID:

INDEX TABLE
Part No. Maximum Marks Marks Obtained Signature
1 15
2 30
3 30
4 10
5 15
Total 100
Marks in letters

Final Result Pass Fail

Examiners Committee Signatures

First Examiner: …….……… Second Examiner: …….………
Final Research Project

Research Project Instructions:

1) Every student is required to conduct and submit this research project individually and only once.

2) The deadline for submitting the research project is from June 1st till June 11th, 2020.

3) This research project consists of five parts are as following:

 Part 1: You have to answer all the basic questions.
 Part 2: Choose and Answer only 3 of the given questions (Test Bank – Sheets – … etc.)
 Part 3: You have to answer all given questions.
 Part 4: Search information on the internet.
 Part5: Conclusion
 Reference

4) The research project (five parts) are out of 100 marks. To pass this research, students are required to
get a total score of 50 marks or more, but scoring less than 50 marks means that the student has
failed.

5) The result will be either Pass (P) or Fail (F) for each research project.

6) Students who fail in the research, get (F), will be given a second chance to submit another research
within ONLY one week.

7) Students who fail in the research for the second time, they will not be given another chance and
their final result in the course will be (F).

8) Students who copy each other’s work will take zero as a final score for their research and will not
be granted the chance of submitting another research.

9) The acceptable percentage of plagiarism is 30% at most. If a student exceeds this percentage,

he/she will fail in this research project.

10) The research project’ font is “Times New Roman” with size “14”, Titles with size “16”.

11) Don’t forget to write your name and ID.

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Part 1 (15 Marks)

YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN PART 1

-This course aims to

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-The importance of this course is

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Part 2 (30 Marks)

ANSWER ONLY 3 OF THE GIVEN QUESTIONS IN PART 2
Question # 1 (10Marks)

a) State the different types of field tests

b) Use the E.C.O.P and mention the procedures for soil properties interpretation
from SPT and CPT field test results
c) Write a brief introduction about Geophysical Site Investigation methods

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Part 2 (30 Marks)

Question # 2 (10 Marks)

a) Menthion the different types of retaining structures

b) Write the uses of Solider pile wall, secant pile wall and diaphragm wall
c) State the different theories of determining the lateral earth pressure
d) Solve the following Problem

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Part 2 (30 Marks)

Question # 3 (10 Marks)

1- Design the Sheet Pile Walls from 1 to 6 (find the section modulus)

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Part 2 (30 Marks)

Question # 4 (10 Marks)

a) Write a brief about the ground improvement importance

b) Mention the different methods to investigate the quality of field compaction
(i.e. Sand cone test, etc)
c) Write a brief about vertical drains and preloading technique
d) Write an introduction about biogeotechnical and nanotechnology uses in
geotechnical improvement
e)

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Part 3 (30 Marks)

YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ALL GIVEN QUESTIONS IN PART 3

Question # 1 (10 Marks)

Solve the following question

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Part 3 (30 Marks)

Question # 2 (10 Marks)

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Part 3 (30 Marks)

Question # 3 (10 Marks)

Design the given anchored sheet pile wall

a) The given data
b) GWT at active side = (-1.00)
c) The first layer of soil has C = 0.25 t/m2 and calculate the crack length of clay layer

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Part 4 (10 Marks)

Search information on the internet about one of the following:
1- Soil Reinforcement the search must include the following
a) Type of soil Reinforcement material
b) Uses of soil reinforcment in geotechnical engineering
c) The calculation method of soil reinforcment for retaining backfill in
an embankment
2- Ground Improvement methods in details
a) Types of Ground improvement
b) Uses of compaction
c) Applications of micro-piles and grouting techniques
3- Dewatering
a) Types of dewatering
b) Application of dewatering
c) Design and planning of dewatering
d) Dewatering case study

4- Soil Properties interpretation

a) Why it is required to interpretate soil properties
b) How to develop soil model
c) The required data in a geotechnical engineering
d) The reliability of used soil properties and its effect on factor of safety

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Part 5 (15 Marks)

Conclusion:
-I have learnt from this course ……

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