CEG 6515 EARTH RETENTION & SLOPE STABILITY

Spring 2001

 

Meeting: MWF Room 321 Weil, 4th Period (10:40-11:30) Instructor: Prof F.C. Townsend, 208 Reed Hall 392‑0926 Text: Pile Buck: Foundations, & Earth Support Systems

Grading: Tests ‑ 80%, HW ‑ 20% Scale: 7.5 pt scale; i.e.: 100-92.5 = A, 92.5-85 = B, etc.

 

Objectives: Students are expected to apply geotechnical concepts and be able to use computer software pertinent to retaining structures and slope stability. Upon completion, students will be able to design (1) sheet-pile walls, (2) MSE walls, (3) slopes, and (4) reinforced slopes.

Goal: The Earth Retention and Slope Stability course presents the theory, design guidelines, and computer software as they relate to retaining walls and slopes.

Outcomes: This course requires students to apply engineering principles to solve engineering problems towards designing retaining walls and slopes. As such, they will use modern tools (software), and understand the materials/products used in design.

 

Week   Date                             Subject

   1       Jan 8    Intro, Earth Pressure Theories, Rankine

   2       Jan 15   MLK(no class) Layered soils, surcharge, GWT,

   3      Jan 22    Sloping B‑fill, Coulomb, Culmann

   4      Jan 29   COULOMB, Log Spiral, Retaining Walls

 

                    TEST # 1 THEORY

 

   5      Feb 5             Reinforced Earth RECO

   6      Feb 12  E-Fair,  Cantilever CTLWALL

   7      Feb 19   Sheet‑pile walls & anchors CWALSHT

   8      Feb 26    Seg. Block Walls Braced Cuts, Tiebacks

                           

TEST # 2 RETAINING WALLS

9          Mar 5     SPRING BREAK (No Class)

10        Mar 12    Intro to Slopes, Landslides

11        Mar 19    Infinite slopes, Circular arc

12        Mar 26    Cousin’s Charts, Method of Slices

13        Apr  2    M.O.S., Spencer, Strength, RDD

14        Apr 9   PCSTABL5, XSTABL

15        Apr 16    Reinforced Slopes

 

                   TEST # 3 Slope Stability  May 2 5:30