- Place
- Thr5-6(M112)
- Credits
- Lecture2 Exercise0 Experiment0
- Code
- 61038
- Syllabus updated
- 2011/5/17
- Lecture notes updated
- 2011/3/23
- 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. Introduction
2. Stress space and failure criteria
3. Behaviour of grains and packing of granular materials
4. Behaviour of remoulded soils
5. Sampling and disturbance
6. Behaviour of naturally deposited soils
7. Deformation characteristics
8. Constitutive equation
9. Time dependent behaviour of geo-materials
10. Presentation by students
11. Presentation by students
12. Behaviour of improved geo-materials
13. Behaviour of reinforced geo-materials
14. Soil/water coupled analysis
15. Towards boundary value problems
Textbook and reference
Handouts on each topics will be provided by lecturers
Related and/or prerequisite courses
None
Evaluation
Attendance, assignments, quizzes and examinations
