- Lecturer
- Kusakabe Osamu Pipatpongsa Thirapong
- Place
- Thr7-8(M112)
- Credits
- Lecture2 Exercise0 Experiment0
- Code
- 61038
- Syllabus updated
- 2010/3/22
- Lecture notes updated
- 2010/3/22
- Semester
- Spring Semester
Outline of lecture
This course explains mechanical characteristics of soils as geomaterials and factors affecting them.
01.Laboratory element test
02.Three dimensional stress space and anisotropy of soil
03.Mechanical properties of sand
04.Mechanical properties of clay
05.Deformation characteristics of soil and soft rock and their strain dependency
06.Mechanical properties of soil under dynamic loading
Purpose of lecture
Explain mechanical characteristics of geomaterials.
Plan of lecture
1.
Undrained stress paths of nomally consolidated cohesive geomaterials
2.
Undrained stress paths of overconsolidated cohesive geomaterials
3.
Sampling and lab testing of cohesive geomaterials
4.
In-situ mechanical behaviour of cohesive geomaterials
5.
Volume change of cohesive geomaterials under loading
6.
Undrained stress paths of cohesionless geomaterials under repeated loading
7.
Undrained behaviour of cohesionless geomaterials under repeated loading
8.
In-situ testingof cohesive geomaterials
9.
In-situ testingof cohesionless geomaterials
10.
Liquefaction of soils
11.
Background of classical theory of stability analysis
12.
Compacted geomaterials in earth-moving works
13.
Laboratory and in-situ tests on compacted geomaterials
Textbook and reference
Handouts on each topics will be provided by lecturers
Related and/or prerequisite courses
None
Evaluation
Attendance, assignments, quizzes and examinations
