Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Pedro Arduino
Office: 132I More Hall
Phone: 543-6777
email: parduino@u.washington.edu
MWF 3:30 - 4:30PM
Wookuen Shin
Office: 132J More Hall
Phone: 616-5865
email: geoshin@u.washington.edu
Office Hours
TBA
Soil and Site investigation; bearing capacity, settlements, and construction charactersitcis of shallow and deep foundations; review of lateral earth pressure concepts, design of retaining walls and braced excavations.
- CEE 366 Basic Soil Mechanics
- Coduto, Donald P., (2001), "Foundation Design, Principles and Practices", Prentice Hall.
- Das, Braja M., (2003), "Principles of Foundation Engineering" 5E , Thomson Brook/Cole Publishing.
- McCarthy, David F., (2002), "Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations, Basic Geotechnics", Sixth Edition.
| Week | Topic | Reading Assignment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction, foundations, stress distribution,
foundation settlement |
Chapter 1, 2 |
| 2 | Environmental effects, subsurface exploration | Chapter 3 |
| 3 | Soil strength, insitu testing | Chapter 4 |
| 4 | Shallow foundations | Chapter 5, 6 |
| 5 | Shallow foundations | Chapter 7, 8, 9 |
| 6 | Deep foundations | Chapter 11, 13 |
| 7 | Deep foundations | Chapter 14, 15, 17 |
| 8 | Lateral earth pressures | Chapter 22, 23 |
| 9 | Retaining walls | Chapter 24 |
| 10 | Braced excavations | Chapter 25 |
| Homeworks/quizzes | 30% |
| Midterm (1) (~5th Week) | 30% |
| Final (March 15th, 2:30 - 4:20) | 40% |
| Homeworks & Exams | Homework Due Date | Problem Sets | Solution Sets |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day of Classes | Monday January 3 | ||
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Tutorials and Handouts
- Subsurface Exploration (chapter 2)
- Bore-holes (chapter 2)
- Boring Spacing & Depth (chapter 2)
- Sampling (chapter 2)
- Insitu tests - SPT - Standard Penetration Test (chapter 2)
- Insitu tests - CPT - Cone Penetration Test (chapter 2)
- Insitu tests - DMP - DilatoMeter Test (chapter 2)
- Insitu tests - PMT - PressureMeter Test (chapter 2)
- Insitu tests - VST - Vane Shear Test - (chapter 2)
- Bearing Capacity- (chapters 3, 4)
- More on Bearing Capacity- (chapters
3, 4)