(1) Understand technical terms related to soil and ground, and can explain them to others.
(2) Understand how to obtain indicators that show physical, chemical, and engineering properties of soil and ground. Learn the skills to determine them through experiments and calculations.
(3) Understand how various indicators related to soil and ground are used in the design and construction of various structures. Learn the basic way of thinking of design and construction.
Outline:
In order to build buildings, roads, railways, etc. on or under the ground, it is necessary to learn and gain the knowledge and techniques of the ground and properties of soil which constitutes the ground. Such knowledge and techniques have been developed since long ago. "Soil mechanics" and "soil engineering" describe the strength, deformation, and permeability of soil, and stability, bearing capacity, and subsidence of the ground. In the recent years, they also cover ground environmental engineering that pertains to global environmental problems and the boundary between soil and bedrock for the deep-underground development. They are recently widely known as the "geotechnical engineering."
Style:
Classes are mainly held in a lecture style. Students will perform calculations for exercise problems.
Notice:
Understand what you learned up to year 3. Students should organize their understanding of the basic knowledge of mechanics and mathematics. In addition, students should have an interest in soil and ground problems and should collect various information on a daily basis. This course's content will amount to 90 hours of study in total. These hours include the learning time guaranteed in classes and the standard self-study time required for pre-study / review, and completing assignment reports.
Students who miss 1/3 or more of classes will not be eligible for evaluation.
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Goals |
| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Soil properties
Learn the soil properties, such as gradiation of soil particle, classification, etc. |
Understand the soil properties, such as gradiation of soil particle, classification, etc.
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| 2nd |
Mechanical properties of soil
Learn the mechanical properties, such as effective stress, shear behavior, etc. |
Understand the mechanical properties, such as effective stress, shear behavior, etc.
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| 3rd |
Earth pressure 1
Learn the concept of Rankine earth pressure theory. |
Understand the concept of Rankine earth pressure theory, and can perform calculation of the Rankine earth pressure.
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| 4th |
Earth pressure 2
Learn the concept of Coulomb's earth pressure theory. |
Understand the concept of Coulomb's earth pressure theory, and can perform calculation of the Coulomb's earth pressure.
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| 5th |
Earth pressure 3
Learn the concept of the stability analysis on the retaining walls. |
Understand the concept of the stability analysis on the retaining walls, and can calculate the safety factor.
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| 6th |
Stress in the ground 1
Learn the changes in the stress in the ground under the action of concentrated load, etc. |
Understand the change in stress in the ground under the action of concentrated load, etc., and can calculate how they propagate.
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| 7th |
Stress in the ground 2
Learn the changes in the internal stress in the ground under the action of embankment and rectangular load. |
Understand the change in stress in the ground under the action of embankmant and rectangular load, etc., and can calculate how they propagate.
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| 8th |
Midterm exam |
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 9th |
Bearing capacity of the ground 1
Learn the types of basic structures and the bearing capacity of continuous footing, which is a type of shallow foundations. |
Can explain the types of basic structures and can perform calculation of the bearing capacity of continuous footing, which is a type of shallow foundations.
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| 10th |
Bearing capacity of the ground 2
Learn the bearing capacity of a pile, which is a type of deep foundations. Learn the static methods for bearing capacity equation and the bearing capacity of group of piles. |
Can calculate the bearing capacity of a pile, which is a type of deep foundations, using the static methods for bearing capacity equation and the bearing capacity of group of piles.
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| 11th |
Slope stability 1
Learn about slope disasters and the concept of slope stability analysis. |
Learn about slope disasters and understand the concept of slope stability analysis.
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| 12th |
Slope stability 2
Learn the stability analysis that assumes a straight-line slip. |
Can calculate the stability analysis that assumes a straight-line slip.
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| 13th |
Slope stability 3
Learn the stability analysis that assumes a circular slip. |
Can calculate the stability analysis that assumes a circular slip.
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| 14th |
Learn the types of tunnels, ground investigation, and tunnel construction. |
Understand the types of tunnels, ground investigation, and tunnel construction.
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| 15th |
Exercise problems related to bearing capacity and slope stability of the ground |
Can answer exercise problems for the weeks 8 to 15.
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| 16th |
Final exam
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