Curso: Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering, [2021/11] [eng]

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  Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering
  
  Authorship:
  
  Fernandes Rodrigues, Mª Helena
  
  Hernández Vázquez, Jesus María
  
  UPV/EHU
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SYLLABUS
- Syllabus Archivo
LECTURE MATERIALS
- LESSON 1. INTRODUCTION. PURPOSE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING.
  
  Definitions. Site exploration and characterization: buildings, underground works, tunnels, retaining walls, slope stability. Historical failures.
- Lesson 1. Introduction. Purpose of Geotechnical Engineering (theoretical concepts). Archivo
- LESSON 2. BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS AND ROCKS.
  
  Components of soils. Mass and volume relationships. Basic properties and other specific characteristics. Rock mass: definitions. Physical properties of intact rocks: unit weight, porosity, durability and permeability. International standards.
- Lesson 2. Basic characteristics of soils and rocks (theoretical concepts). Archivo
- LESSON 3. SOIL AND ROCK CLASSIFICATION.
  
  Soil particles: sizes and shapes. Particle size distribution analysis. Properties of clays. Atterberg limits. Plasticity chart. Unified Soil Classification System (USCS). Rock and rock mass classifications: weathering grade, RQD, RMR. International standards.
- Lesson 3. Soil and rock classification (theoretical concepts). Archivo
- Annex 1. Unified Soil Classification System (USCS). Flowchart. Archivo
- Annex 2. RMR: input data and support table. URL
- LESSON 4. STRESSES.
  
  Geostatic stresses. Effective stresses. Mohr's circles. Stress distribution due to applied surface loads. Flow of water in soil: permeability. Stress distribution between the phases of a soil.
- Lesson 4. Stresses (theoretical concepts). Archivo
- LESSON 5. SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS.
  
  Definitions. Allowable settlements. Immediate settlement. Consolidation settlement. International standards.
- Lesson 5. Settlement analysis (theoretical concepts). Archivo
- LESSON 6. SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS.
  
  Definitions. Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion. Direct shear test. Triaxial compression tests. Unconfined compression test. Values of shear strength parameters. International standards.
- Lesson 6. Shear strength of soils (theoretical concepts). Archivo
- LESSON 7. BEARING CAPACITY.
  
  Definitions. Calculations. International standards.
- Lesson 7. Bearing capacity (theoretical concepts). Archivo
- LESSON 8. MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF ROCK MASSES.
  
  Definitions. Mechanical properties of the intact rock: laboratory and in situ tests. Failure criteria for intact rocks: Mohr-Coulomb, Hoek & Brown. Discontinuities. Failure criteria for rock masses. Deformability. Bearing capacity. International standards.
- Lesson 8. Mechanical behaviour of rock masses (theoretical concepts). Archivo
READINGS AND OTHER RESOURCES
- STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
- EN 1997 Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design (web page). URL
  Part 1. General rules. Part 2. Ground investigation and testing.
- Technical Building Code (web page) - in Spanish. URL
  Technical Building Code - Foundations (in Spanish). Código Técnico de la Edificación. Documento Básico - Seguridad Estructural - CIMIENTOS (CTE.DB-SE-C).
- Technical guides (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works (web page). URL
- ASTM Standards Soil and Rock (I). URL
  ASTM Volume 04.08 Soil and Rock (I): D420 – D5876/D5876M.
- ASTM Standards Soil and Rock (II). URL
  ASTM Volume 04.09 Soil and Rock (II): D5878 – latest.
- LESSON 1. INTRODUCTION. PURPOSE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING.
- Mexico city is sinking (video). URL
  Original title: "Sinking city. Mexico city's water crisis" (29/02/2016 - YouTube).
  
  YouTube channel: FUSION.
- Tunnel construction using TBM (video). URL
  Original title: "Animation of Tunnel Boring Machine" (28/04/2015 - YouTube) by California High-Speed Rail Authority.
- Tunnel construction using NATM (video). URL
  Original title: "New Austrian Tunneling Method" (12/06/2012 - YouTube) by PORR Tunnelbau.
- Road construction (video). URL
  Original title: "How to Design a Road" (12/02/2015 - YouTube) by Asphaltinstitute.
- Collapse of the Cancura bridge (video). URL
  Original title: "Colapso Puente Cancura" (23/06/2018 - YouTube) by Klee/Comunicación Visual.
- Massive slides (video). URL
  Original title: "top-5 Massive landslide Caught on Camera" (26/02/2019 - YouTube).
  
  YouTube channel: TheRoyal TV.
- Landslide/rockfall in Ondarroa, Bizkaia (video). URL
  Original title: "Un dron capta imágenes aéreas de la ladera de Ondarroa" (15/03/2016 - YouTube) by Diputación de Bizkaia.
- Why does the tower of Pisa lean? By John Burland (video).
  Original title: "Civil engineering: An oral history part 2 - Propping up Pisa" (27/11/2012 - YouTube).
  
  YouTube channel: Institution of Civil Engineers.
- Why does the tower of Pisa lean? By BBC Earth Lab (video). URL
  Original title: "Why does the leaning tower of Pisa lean? | Sci Guide with Jheni Osman | Head Squeeze" (17/11/2013).
  
  YouTube channel: BBC Earth Lab.
- LESSON 2. BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS AND ROCKS.
- Soil as an engineering material (video). URL
  Original title: "The fundamental building blocks" (20/07/2015 - YouTube).
  
  Video designed and presented by Declan Philips PhD PE and Alan O'Reilly BEng. Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Limerick (Ireland).
- Slake durability test (video). URL
  YouTube channel: Engineering Geology. Credit to Muzium Geology Perak, Malaysia, and Team Geology from Universiti Teknologi MARA Pulau Pinang, Malaysia (24/07/2017).
- LESSON 3. SOIL AND ROCK CLASSIFICATION.
- Particle size analysis (video). URL
  Missouri University of Science & Technology (04/06/2012 - YouTube).
- Atterberg limit tests (video). URL
  Missouri University of Science & Technology (02/07/2012 - YouTube).
- Rock mass classification (video). URL
  Lecture presented by Dick Stacey, Emeritus Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (03/06/2016 - YouTube).
- LESSON 4. STRESSES.
- Geostatic stresses (video). URL
  Original title: "CE326 Mod 9.4-9.5 geostatic stress" (29/12/2014). Presented by Professor William A. Kitch.
  
  YouTube channel: Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering.
- Effective stresses (video). URL
  Original title: "CE326 Mod 9.8-9.9 effective stress" (30/12/2014). Presented by Professor William A. Kitch.
  
  YouTube channel: Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering.
- Induced stresses (video). URL
  Original title: "CE326 Mod 9.6 induced stress" (29/12/2014). Presented by Professor William A. Kitch.
  
  YouTube channel: Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering.
- LESSON 5. SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS.
- Consolidation test (video). URL
  Original title: "Carleton University - CIVE 3208 Lab 5: Consolidation" (12/09/2011). Created by Tomas Plesnik.
  
  YouTube channel: Carleton University.
- LESSON 6. SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS.
- Landslide in Norway (video) URL
  Original title: "Landslide sweeps Norway homes into the sea" (04/06/2020).
  
  YouTube channel: The Telegraph.
- Soil strength: drained and undrained shear strength (video). URL
  Original title: "Drained and undrained shear strength" (23/09/2013 - YouTube).
  
  Video designed and presented by Declan Philips PhD PE and Alan O'Reilly BEng. Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Limerick (Ireland).
- Direct Shear Test (video). URL
  Original title: "Carleton University - CIVE 3208 Lab 6: Direct Shear Test" (13/09/2011). Created by Tomas Plesnik.
  
  YouTube channel: Carleton University.
- Triaxial compression tests (video) URL
  Original title: "CE 326 Mod 12.9b Triaxial Shear Test" (10/02/2015). Presented by Professor William A. Kitch.
  
  YouTube channel: Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering.
- Unconfined compression test (video). URL
  Original title: "Unconfined Compression Test 02" (29/12/2009).
  
  YouTube channel: HWS Consulting.
- LESSON 8. MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF ROCK MASSES.
- Uniaxial compression test (video) URL
  Original title: "Laboratory Uniaxial compression test - Rock Mechanics - Granit" (28/09/2015).
  
  YouTube channel: Sahar Cohen.
- Point load test (video). URL
  Original title: "MinE 323-Point load strength Index (lab 1)" (19/06/2018).
  
  YouTube channel: Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering.
- Brazilian test (video) URL
  Original title: "MinE 323-Brazilian Tensile Strength Test (lab 3)" (03/07/2018).
  
  YouTube channel: Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering.
- Generalized Hoek-Brown Criterion (web page). URL
- Hoek's Corner (web page). URL
  Articles and video lectures from Dr. Evert Hoek (rock mechanics, Hoek-Brown failure criterion, GSI classification, ...)
ASSIGNMENTS
- LESSON 2. BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS AND ROCKS.
- EXERCISES (with answers) Archivo
- Solutions Archivo
  Complete resolution of exercises 1.2, 3, 9, 10 and 11.
- LESSON 3. SOIL AND ROCK CLASSIFICATION.
- EXERCISES (with answers) Archivo
- Particle size distribution analysis: auxiliary chart. Archivo
- Liquid limit: auxiliary chart. Archivo
- Solutions Archivo
  Complete resolution of exercises 5 (soils 1 to 5), 9, 10, 11 and 13.
- LESSON 4. STRESSES.
- EXERCISES (with answers) Archivo
- Influence coefficient: auxiliary chart and table. Archivo
- Solutions Archivo
  Complete resolution of exercises 3 and 7.
- LESSON 5. SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS.
- EXERCISES (with answers). Archivo
- Solutions Archivo
  Complete resolution of exercises 2, 5 and 8.
- LESSON 6. SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS.
- EXERCISES (with answers). Archivo
- Solutions Archivo
  Complete resolution of exercises 1 and 3.
- LESSON 7. BEARING CAPACITY.
- EXERCISES (with answers). Archivo
- Bearing capacity factors. Auxiliary table. Archivo
- Solutions Archivo
  Complete resolution of exercises 1 and 9.
SELF-EVALUATION
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
  
  LO1. Understand the importance and variability of geomaterials and their impact on civil engineering design.
  
  LO2. Characterise and classify soils, rocks and rock masses from a geotechnical engineering perspective.
  
  LO3. Calculate initial and loading induced stresses and associated displacements below or near shallow foundations, and interpret the results.
  
  LO4. Determine critical failure states for different types of soils, intact rocks and rock masses.
  
  LO5. Calculate bearing capacity of shallow foundations and interpret the results.
- Self-evaluation: learning outcomes 1 and 2. Archivo
- Resolution Archivo
- Self-evaluation: learning outcomes 1 and 3. Archivo
- Resolution Archivo
- Self evaluation: learning outcomes 1 and 4. Archivo
- Resolution Archivo
- Self-evaluation: learning outcomes 1 and 5. Archivo
- Resolution Archivo
TEACHERS
- Jesús Mª Hernández Vázquez and Mª Helena Fernandes Rodrigues
  
  Department of Mechanical Engineering
  
  Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao
  
  University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Teaching staff: short CV. Archivo
REFERENCES
- CORE BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LIU, C.; EVETT, J. Soils and Foundations. 8^th Ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education, 2014.
- BARNES, G.E. Soils Mechanics: principles and practice. 4^th Ed. London: MacMillan International Higher Education, 2016.
- CODUTO, D.P.; YEUNG, M.R.; KITCH, W.A. Geotechnical Engineering: Principles & Practices. 2^nd Ed. London: Pearson Education, 2011.
- MIT OpenCourseWare "Soil Behavior" URL
  Charles Ladd, Lucy Jen, and Andrew Whittle. 1.322 Soil Behavior. Spring 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
- ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
- TERZAGHI, K.; PECK, R.B.; MESRI, G. Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice. 3^rd Edition. New York: Wiley, 1996.
- ATKINSON, J. The Mechanics of Soils and Foundations. 2^nd Ed. London: Taylor & Francis, 2007.
- MIT OpenCourseWare "Advanced Soil Mechanics" URL
  Charles Ladd, and Lucy Jen. 1.361 Advanced Soil Mechanics. Fall 2004. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
- MIT OpenCourseWare "Advanced Geotechnical Engineering" URL
  Andrew Whittle. 1.364 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering. Fall 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
- US Army Corps of Engineers Publications URL
  Engineer Manuals:
  
  EM1110-1-1904. Settlement Analysis.
  
  EM1110-1-1905. Bearing Capacity of Soils.
  
  EM1110-1-1804. Geotechnical Investigations.
  
  EM1110-2-1906. Laboratory Soils Testing.

Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering, [2021/11] [eng]

Diagrama de temas

General

SYLLABUS

LECTURE MATERIALS

READINGS AND OTHER RESOURCES

ASSIGNMENTS

SELF-EVALUATION

TEACHERS

REFERENCES