UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
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  CEE 521 Seepage and Consolidation CEE 521 Seepage and Consolidation
TuThu 10:30 - 12:00 AM, EE1 025
  Instructor
Pedro Arduino
Office: 132I More Hall
Phone: 543-6777
email: parduino@u.washington.edu 		Office Hours
MWF PM
  Course Description
Confined and unconfined flow, flow net solutions, consolidation, settlement, numerical solution of seepage and consolidation problems.
  Prerequisites
  • CEE 366 - Basic Soil Mechanics or instructor permission
  Textbook
 
  Additional References
  • Perloff, W. and Baron, W. (1976), "Soil Mechanics, Principles and Applications",John Wiley & Sons, First Edition.
  • Terzaghi, K., Peck, R., and Mesri, G. (1996), "Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice",John Wiley & Sons, Third Edition.
  • Fang (1991), "FOundation Engineering HandBook", Second Edition.
  Syllabus
 
  • Course Syllabus

    Week Topic Reading Assignment
    1 Introduction
    Capillary Phenomena     		Chap 6 (H & K)
    2 Effective Stress Profiles
    Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
    Darcy's Law     		Chap 7 (H & K) -Duncan Notes
    3 Laplace Equation - Flow Nets Chap 7 (H & K) -Duncan Notes
    4 Dams, Wells
    Method of Fragments     		Chap 7 (H & K) -Duncan Notes
    5 Filters, Dewatering Chap 7 (H & K) - Duncan notes
    6-7 Compressibility and Settlements
    Preconsolidation pressure     		Chap 8 (H & K)- class notes
    8 Jambu's Method Reference - class notes
    9 Generalized theory of Consolidation
    Numerical Solution     		Chap 9 (H & K) - References - class notes
    10 Secondary Consolidation and Settlements Chap 9 (H & K) - References - class notes

    •   Grading
    Homeworks/Quizzes 30%
    Midterm Exam 30%
    Final Exam/Project 40%
    * There will be 2 exams - one about the 4th or 5th week, and on "final".
    * Homework will be due at the beginning of the class period one week from the date it was assigned.
      Assignments

    Homeworks & Exams Homework Due Date Problem Sets
    First Day of Classes Thursday September 29  
    Homework #1 Tuesday October 11 (.doc)
    Homework #2 Tuesday October 18 (.doc)
    Homework #3 Tuesday October 25 (.doc)
    Homework #4 Tuesday November 1 (.doc)
    Homework #5 Tuesday November 8 (.doc) 
    Midterm Exam Tuesday November 8 (.doc)
    Homework #6 Tuesday November 15 (.doc)
    Homework #7 Tuesday November 22 (.doc)
    Homework #8 Tuesday November 29 (.doc)
    Homework #9 Wednesday December 7 (.doc)

      Tutorials and Handouts
      Other Links

    • To appear later in the quarter