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Geotechnical Engineering (2)

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is the following: • computing vertical stresses resulting from various loading types on soil. • Comprehending the scientific basics and calculations of the different types of soil settlement. • Computing the shear strength parameters for different soil types using the results of various lab tests. • Outline the procedure of the soil investigation. • Illustrating various techniques of calculating the bearing capacity of soil
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Requirements

CES261s

Description

  • English Description

    Vertical stress distribution within the soil mass: stresses under point, line loads, and distributed load. Compressibility and consolidation: soil compression, theory of consolidation, and estimation of elastic settlement and consolidation settlement. Shear strength of soil: definitions, Mohr- Coulomb’s shear strength criteria, types of shear strength tests. Subsurface exploration and sampling: methods of boring and basic field tests. Bearing capacity: modes of failure, shear strength parameters, bearing capacity loads equation, eccentric loads, and inclined loads, and bearing capacity based on settlement criteria.
  • Arabic Description

    Vertical stress distribution within the soil mass: stresses under point, line loads, and distributed load. Compressibility and consolidation: soil compression, theory of consolidation, and estimation of elastic settlement and consolidation settlement. Shear strength of soil: definitions, Mohr- Coulomb’s shear strength criteria, types of shear strength tests. Subsurface exploration and sampling: methods of boring and basic field tests. Bearing capacity: modes of failure, shear strength parameters, bearing capacity loads equation, eccentric loads, and inclined loads, and bearing capacity based on settlement criteria.
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (15) + tr.Student Activities (25 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 10% , tr.Seminar 15% ) + tr.Oral/Practical (10) + Exam Grade (50)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2.0, Tutorial Hours: 2.0, Lab Hours: 1.0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5.0
  • - Holtz, Robert D., William D. Kovacs, and Thomas C. Sheahan. An introduction to geotechnical engineering. Vol. 733. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2012.
  • - Egyptian codes of soil mechanics and design of foundations ECP 202 – 2001.
  • - Das, B. M., “Principles of Geotechnical Engineering”, 5th Ed., PWS Publishing Co., 2015.
  • - Das, B. M., ed. Geotechnical engineering handbook. J. Ross publishing, 2010.‏