The course focuses on fundamentals of soil mechanics, consolidation and strength characteristics. The lecture also covers recent theoretical approaches in soil mechanics and soil improvement.
The course focuses on fundamentals of soil mechanics, consolidation and strength characteristics. The lecture also covers recent theoretical approaches in soil mechanics and soil improvement.
consolidation, shear behavior, ground improvement
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Lectures in the class will be mainly provided.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction | explain geotechnical problems relating soil mechanics and importance of soil mechanics |
Class 2 | Behaviour of grains and packing of granular materials | Explanation of behaviour of grains and packing of granular materials |
Class 3 | Behaviour of remoulded soils (consolidation), 1 | Explanation on behaviour of remoulded soils (consolidation) 1 |
Class 4 | Behaviour of remoulded soils (consolidation), 2 | Explanation of behaviour of remoulded soils (consolidation) 2 |
Class 5 | Behaviour of remoulded soils (shear) 1, drained behavior | Explanation of behaviour of remoulded soils (drained shear) |
Class 6 | Behaviour of remoulded soils (shear) 2, undrained behavior | Explanation of behaviour of remoulded soils (undrained shear) |
Class 7 | Behaviour of natural soils and soil disturbance | Explanation of behaviour of natural soils and soil disturbance |
Class 8 | Behaviour of improved geo-materials 1 | Explanation of behaviour of improved geo-materials |
Class 9 | Behaviour of improved geo-materials 2 | Explanation of behaviour of improved geo-materials |
Class 10 | Failure criteria of soils | Explanation of failure criteria of soils |
Class 11 | Cam-clay plasticity (formulations and limitations) | Expnalation of Cam-clay plasticity theory and its applicability |
Class 12 | Cam-clay model: Drained and undrained shear behaviours | Expnalation of Cam-clay plasticity theory and its applicability for drained and undrained shear behaviours |
Class 13 | Advanced constitutive models (Sekiguchi - Ohta Model) | Explanation of advanced constitutive models of soil and their applicability |
Class 14 | Students' Presentation 1 | Students' Presentation 1 |
Class 15 | Students' Presentation 2 | Students' Presentation 2 |
Handouts on each topic will be provided by lectures.
必要な資料は講義時に配付する
nothing in particular
Assignments (20%), presentaion (30%) & Examination (50%)
it is desirable to complete the soil mechanics 1 and 2 and ground mechanics