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FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Geotechnical Design  -  CEG 4801

Assignments, Laboratory Reports, Exams and Projects
Fall
2009

By: Kamal Tawfiq, Ph.D., P.E.

 

Task

Required

Comments

Due Date

HOMEWORK # 1

Review

 

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

Example for stress distribution under embankment

 

Notice the change in the due date

9/3/2009  moved to 9/8/2009

Quiz # 1

Phase Diagram and Relative Density

 

9/1/2009

Quiz # 2

USDA Soil Classification System

 See online example at

http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~tawfiq/geotech/USDA.pdf

9/8/2009

 HOMEWORK # 2

Soil Strength

Shear Strength Solve Problems 11.1,  11.3,  11.7, 11.10, 11.21, 1.22                        Solution

 HW# 1 and 2 are due 9/8/2009

9/8/2009

 HOMEWORK # 3

Earth Pressure

Solve the Following Problems  12.5, 12.14, 12.15, 12.17, 12.26a, 12.27a                Solution

 H.W # 3

9/22/2009

 Exam # 1

Exam              Examples on Retaining wall Design

Review chapter 9, 11, 12, and Retaining Wall Design

10/1/2009

Term Project # 1

Retaining Wall Design                                      

 First Project

Phase 1      10/6/2009

Phase 2& Final Report       10/20/2009

Term Project # 2

MSE Wall Design

How to design

10/27/2009

 HOMEWORK # 4

Slope Stability

Infinite & finite failure

Solve the circled problems

 

10/29/2009

Project # 3

Slope Stability

Download                        PCSTABL

11/20/2009

 HOMEWORK # 5

Foundation Design

Solve the Circled Problems

 

12/1/2009

 HOMEWORK # 6

Foundation Design

 

 

12/1/2009

 Exam # 2