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NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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CE 641
ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF SOILS |
Fall 2009 |
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Instructor: Raj P. Khera, P.E., Ph.D. |
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Office: 215L. Tel. 973-596-2475,
Department Fax 973-596-5790 |
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e-mail:
khera@njit.edu |
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Homepage:
http://web.njit.edu/~khera |
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Office Hours:
T: 15:00-16:00; W: 16:00-17:00; by appointment.
Feel free to communicate by e-mail or drop by my office. |
Prerequisite: Completed at least one undergraduate course
in soil mechanics for civil engineers within the last five years.
Honor code: The NJIT honor code will be upheld. Violations
will be brought immediately to the attention of Dean of Students.
Course
Objective
By the end of the semester you can expect to be able to do the following:
Have a
thorough understanding of the shear strength and settlement response of soils.
Select
appropriate laboratory and field methods for determining strength and settlement
parameters for coarse grained and fine grained soils.
Estimate soil strength and settlement parameters based on laboratory and
field tests
Perform consolidation test and tri-axial test.
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Course Outline |
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Text |
 | An introduction to geotechnical
engineering, Holtz and Kovacs, Prentice Hall ISBN
0-13-484394-0. |
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Reference |
| Fundamentals of soil behavior, 2nd
Ed. Mitchell, Wiley ISBN 0-471-85640-1. |
| Soil mechanics in engineering practice, 3rd
Ed. Terzaghi, Peck, Mesri, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-8658-4. |
| Introduction to Mechanics of Soils and
Foundations, J. Atkinson, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-707713-x. |
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Week |
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Topics |
Set No. |
Problems |
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1-3 |
Classification of soils, unified system |
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2.14,17,21,33c,3.1,4,5 |
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4, 5.4 |
Physico-chemical properties |
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4.1,3,4,5 |
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7.1-8 |
Permeability, field measurements, effective stress |
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7.14,21,26,27,31 |
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4 |
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Cont’d, Quiz 1 |
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Set 4 |
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5-8 |
8,9 |
Consolidation, laboratory consolidation test,
settlement rate |
5 |
8.12,18,19,24, 48 |
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9 |
9 |
Settlement rate |
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9.1,2,4,8,11,15,36 |
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10 |
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Quiz II |
6 |
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10-14 |
10, 11 |
Stress transformation, shear strength, intro to
critical state soil mechanics, laboratory tri-axial testing |
7 |
10.1,6,7,10 |
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Cont’d |
8 |
11.6,8,9,13,14,17,24 |
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Cont’d |
9 |
11.35,40,54,59,63 |
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15 |
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Final |
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| Please, go over example problems in your text
carefully. |
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| You are encouraged to ask questions about
homework problems in class, and discuss with class mates outside of
class, but problems should not be done together. |
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| Additional problems may be assigned from time
to time. |
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| Problems must be done
on quad paper using “B” pencil. Must be stabled in the upper left
corner if more than one sheet. It will not be accepted otherwise.
Computer printout is acceptable provided provided font is 10 pt. or
more. |
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| HW is due at the beginning of each class. Late submission 15%
penalty day 1 and 10% there after for each day |
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| Grading: HW 20%, Quizzes, 46%, and Final 34%. |
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