FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

 

CEG 4801 GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN

Spring 2013

CLASS NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

SYLLABUS

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

 

SOIL PROPERTIES                                                                             Design of Natural Filter

 

 

STRESSES IN SOIL

 

 

EARTH PRESSURE

 

 

EARTH PRESSURE & RETAINING WALL DESIGN

 

External Stability of Retaining Walls     Approximate Dimensions           

Examples       

Fairfax County, Virginia   Typical Retaining Wall Details

CONCRETE RETAINING WALL and SHORELINE BULKHEAD - Prescriptive Design & Installation Standard- MASON COUNTY-  DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Mason County- Shelton, WA

 

 

 

MSE walls

 

 

SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS AND DESIGN  Slope Stability  Pore Water Pressure from Flow Net    Method of Slices                    Examples using Taylor’s Charts

 

 

PROJECTS     1 Retaining Wall Design,      2  Slope Stability     

Foundations   &    Foundation Settlement

 

 

ASSIGNMENTS & SOLUTIONS