FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Geotechnical Design  -  CEG 4801

Assignments, Laboratory Reports, Exams and Projects

Spring 2013

Task

Required

Assigned

Due Date

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HOMEWORK # 1

Review

 

Stress-Distribution Solve Problems   9.11,  9.16,  9.20,  9.21                      

1/11/2013

1/18/2013

Example for stress distribution under embankment

Solutions for HW 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

 HOMEWORK # 2

Soil Strength

Shear Strength Solve Problems 11.1,  11.3,  11.4, 11.10, 11.12, 11.19              

 

Soil Laboratory

Direct Shear Test/Final Report

Attend the Lab session for demonstration

 HOMEWORK # 3

Earth Pressure

Solve the Following Problems  12.1,  12.3,  12.6, 12.7, 12.14                      

 

 HOMEWORK # 4

Earth Pressure

Solve the Following Problems  12.15,   12.17,   12.23,  12.24a,

 

 HOMEWORK # 5

Retaining Walls

Solve the Following Problems  8.1 and 8.4

HOMEWORK # 6

MSE Walls

MSE Wall Design

Design and Construction of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls and Reinforced Soil Slopes

Volume I

Volume II

 Exam # 1

Exam 1             Examples on Retaining wall Design

Review chapter 9, 11, 12, and Retaining Wall Design & MSE Walls

Term Project # 1

Retaining Wall Design

Phase 1

Term Project # 1

Retaining Wall Design

Phase 2

HOMEWORK #  7

Slope Stability

Infinite & finite failure

Solve the circled problems (in red)

HOMEWORK #  8

Slope Stability

Infinite & finite failure

Solve the circled problems (in blue)

 

Project # 2

Slope Stability

 

Download

 PCSTABL

or

PCSTABL_Win_7

 

PCSTABL Manual

HOMEWORK #  9

Foundations

Solve the circled Problems (in red)

 

HOMEWORK # 10

Foundation Settlement

Solved the circled problems

 

Last HW Assignment

Exam # 2

Slope Stability & Foundations

 

 Be prepared by studying the following sections:

-          Planner failure

-          Circular failure in c – soil and in c-f  soil  including Taylor’s Charts&

 Ordinary Method of Slices

-          Bearing capacity of shallow foundations

-          Settlement of shallow foundations