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Davis Hall 506B/(815) 753-1523:
Office Hours: TTH 1:30-3:30 p.m.:
This course will emphasize the fundamental aspects of soil and rock mechanics, identification and mitigation of geologic hazards, methods of laboratory and in-situ testing of geological materials. Classification, static and dynamic properties of rock and soils, consolidation and compaction, groundwater seepage and flow will be illustrated through through homework problems and case histories. Identification and remediation of earth hazards will focus on problems in slope stability, ground subsidence and soil/groundwater seepage.
Required text: Rahn, P.H., 1996, Engineering Geology, An Environmental Approach, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 657 p.
COURSE POLICIES
GRADING (GRADUATE CREDIT): 50% for 3 exams, 25% lab exercises, 25% for 2 short term papers. Other extra credit work will be applied toward points missed on lab exercises.
GRADING (UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT): 50% for 3 exams, 50% lab exercises with extra credit points applied toward points missed on lab exercises. Term papers may be completed for extra credit points.
Final grades will be assigned on the basis of separate graduate and undergraduate curves.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROBLEM SETS AND LABS:
Most problems will not be scored for points, although they need to be handed in by the due date. You will be responsible for working out these problems and checking your answers or procedures with the key. Exam problems will be very similar to assigned problems and, in some cases, lab exercises.
Laboratory exercises and problems will be graded for points.
LATE WORK: Term papers, problems and labs must be handed in by the due date to receive full credit. Scores on late papers will be reduced 10%/day to a minimum of 30% of your original score. You may mail me your problems, labs or papers (make sure the postmark is on or before the due date). In emergencies you may fax me your work if it is 6 pages or less.
READINGS: Specific pages may be assigned from the text, along with class handouts and papers.
Syllabus (revised):
Week Subject Text Chap.**
Jan. 12 Introduction, stress and strain 1, 2, 4
Jan. 19 MLK Holiday
Jan. 26
Engineering properties of rock: intact
3, 4
rock tests, uniaxial, triaxial tests
Feb. 2
Engineering properties of rock: rock
4
masses, RQD, classification
Feb. 9
Soil index properties
5
Feb. 16
Soils: Atterberg limits, classification
5
Feb. 23* Soils: effect of clay mineralogy 5
Mar. 2
Soil mechanics: shear strength, triaxial
5
tests
Mar. 9 SPRING BREAK
Mar. 16
Soil mechanics: consolidation
5
Mar. 23
Soil mechanics: compaction
5
Mar. 30 Field testing, stresses in soils 5
Apr. 6* Foundation stresses, soil moisture 5,6
Apr. 13
Water seepage, flow nets, uplift pressures
7,8
in soils, dams
Apr. 20 Ground subsidence 9
Apr. 27 Rock and soil slope stability 6,14,2
May 4* Seismic hazards, Exam 3 11
*Probable test weeks.
| Prob. Set 5 | Monday April 20 |
| Lab 6 | Monday April 27 |
| Term Paper 2 | Friday May 1 |
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