THURSDAY – CIVE306 – SECTION 1

Course Timetable:
Week/Date Chapters/Topics/Coverage

1: September 9 Introduction: Soil properties, representative soil samples, use of balances,

safety, and reports writing.
2: September 16 Lecture + Experiment : Water content determination and Specific Gravity of
Soil Solids
3: September 23 Lecture + Experiment : Particle size analysis – mechanical method

4: September 30 Lecture + Experiment : Moisture- density relationship (Proctor)

5: October 07 Lecture +experiment : Relative Density

6: October 14 Midterm

7: October 21 Lecture + Experiment : CBR (students presentation)

8: October 28 Lecture + Experiment : Field Density

9: November 04 Lecture + Experiment: Atterberg limits

10: November 11 Lecture + Experiment: Hydrometer analysis

11: November 18 Lecture + experiment: Sand Equivalent

11: November 25 Review session

12: December 2 FINAL EXAM

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