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1. The document outlines the syllabus for a soil mechanics course, including general information, course description, outcomes, learning units, laboratory experiences, methodology, and evaluation. 2. Key topics covered include stress calculation in soil masses, stress transfer, soil compaction, shear strength, side thrust on retaining structures, bank stability analysis, shallow foundation bearing capacity, and laboratory experiments. 3. Students will apply soil mechanics principles to solve practical foundation, retaining structure, and slope stability problems through analysis, discussion, and experimentation. Their performance will be evaluated based on exams, quizzes, labs, and class participation.

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C5 EC511 Soil Mechanics I

1. The document outlines the syllabus for a soil mechanics course, including general information, course description, outcomes, learning units, laboratory experiences, methodology, and evaluation. 2. Key topics covered include stress calculation in soil masses, stress transfer, soil compaction, shear strength, side thrust on retaining structures, bank stability analysis, shallow foundation bearing capacity, and laboratory experiments. 3. Students will apply soil mechanics principles to solve practical foundation, retaining structure, and slope stability problems through analysis, discussion, and experimentation. Their performance will be evaluated based on exams, quizzes, labs, and class participation.

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

SYLLABUS - EC511 SOIL MECHANICS I

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

CODE : EC511 Soil Mechanics I


SEMESTER : 5
CREDITS : 4
HOURS PER WEEK : 6 (Theory – Practice - Laboratory)
PREREQUISITES : GE001 General Geology
CONDITION : Mandatory

II. COURSE DESCRIPTION


Study volume change and strain properties, elastic equilibrium, geostatic stresses, external load and effective
soil stress, shear strength, plastic equilibrium, soil bearing capacity, soil pressure, bank stability, and design
of shallow and deep foundations in special condition of static and dynamic behavior. The most important
subjects of the course are: Stress calculation in a soil mass for own weight and external loads, main stresses
in Mohr’s circle and effective stress due to ground-water level presence. Soil compaction phenomenon,
interpretation of lab results related to real soil behavior. Determination of soil shear strength and practical
applications. Horizontal load determination over retaining elements. Soil bearing capacity. Foundations static
and dynamic behavior. Bank stability analysis under different conditions of bank soil resistance parameters.

III. COURSE OUTCOMES


Application of general soil mechanical and physical behavior theories in the solution to foundation, banks,
retaining walls and other problems with varied field applications:
1. Apply foundation engineering using spreadsheet for the different assessment methods.
2. Lean and assess natural and artificial bank-related works stability, applying specialized software
related to the different limit equilibrium methods.
3. Understand and apply theory concepts to give stability to bridges and works of art, and identify
specialized software for designing vertical support elements.
4. Understand and apply the different methods to assess shallow foundation stability for urban and rural
buildings.
5. Properly analyze basic conditions for designing dam and works with hydraulic load influence.

IV. LEARNING UNITS

1. CONCEPTS OF SOIL MASS INITIAL STRESSES / 9 HOURS


Basic concepts of soil mass stresses / Application of learned concepts to practical cases of geotechnical
engineering / Specialized instrumentation for calculating neuter pressures / Application and calculation of
stress increase due to transferred loads, stress trajectory, etc. / Concept of Interstitial pressure and its in situ
measuring using geotechnical instrumentation. Elastic soil equilibrium, fundamental relationships, geostatic
stress concept, effective stress in a soil mass point.

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2. CONCEPT OF STRESS TRANSFERRED IN SOIL MASS / 9 HOURS
Application and calculation of stress increase due to transferred loads, stress trajectory, etc. / Soil mass
stress due to different types of external load, Influence diagram solution: Newmark, Fadum, Westergard,
Carothers, Osterberg, etc.

3. CONCEPTS OF COMPACTION FORMATIONS / 9 HOURS


Terzaghi’s theory for one-dimensional compaction of fine, saturated and soft soils. Application and
assessment of compaction average settlement. / Volume change and strain properties. Types of stress-strain
and compaction - compressibility relationships, precompaction pressure or stress determination.

4. SHEAR AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SOILS / 8 HOURS


Analyze shear strength, stress calculation in secondary planes / Main stresses Stress state in Mohr’s circle,
stress determination in any stress application plane, stress trajectory / Shear strength application to soils and
its practical and theoretical grasp.

5. SHEAR STRENGTH / 8 HOURS


Shear strength. Failure Theory, Mohr – Coulomb theory / Determination of soil shear strength. Interstitial
pressure and volume change in shear strength tests / Soil mass resistance parameters acquisition using filed
tests. Clay shear strength. Non-cohesive soil shear strength, compacted and partially saturated clay shear
strength, Drained and undrained shear strength meaning, cohesion and resistance to internal friction /
Analysis of the liquation potential of granular soil saturated due to pore pressure increase effect in dynamic
and static conditions.

6. ESTIMATION OF SIDE THRUST OVER VERTICAL ELEMENTS / 9 HOURS


Assessment of side thrusts for designing contention elements to solve geotechnical engineering problems /
Soil pressures, Soil side pressures, Rankine and Coulumb theoretical applications, overload effects, pore
and water fluid pressures, practical limitations of theoretical expressions, field measures of soil pressures /
Soil plastic equilibrium, rigorous solutions, displacement plane / Rankine’s theory for soil-surface,
displacement curves, approximate solutions.

7. BANK STABILITY ANALYSIS / 9 HOURS


Practical identification of definitions and assessment of the bank factor of safety in limit pseudo-static and
static equilibrium conditions for bank material mechanical conditions. Practical problems application of
geotechnical engineering for establishing bank’s stability / Bank’s stability, analysis and design concepts,
stability and load conditions, saturated clay stability, non cohesive stability, compacted partially saturated
clay stability , intermediate soils stability.

8. BEARING CAPACITY AND ELASTICS SETTLEMENTS – FOUNDATIONS / 9 HOURS


Soil Allowable bearing capacity, Terzaghi’s theory for soil bearing capacity, bearing capacity for shallow
foundations / Basic designs of shallow foundations, active foundation depth and its practical identification,
ground water (phreatic level) influence in the calculation of the foundation stability / Shallow foundations,
general aspects about types of foundations made on Peru, allowable settlement, angular distortions.

V. LABORATORY EXPERIENCES
Lab 1: Parameter determination: One-dimensional soil compaction test.
Lab 2: Parameter determination: Unconfined compression strength.
Lab 3: Parameter determination: Direct shear strength, Compacted-drained.
Lab 4: Computer-aided factor of safety determination in static and pseudo-static condition of a bank.

VI. METHODOLOGY
The methodology of this course is directed to encourage students’ active participation. Analysis, discussion
about the foundation bearing capacity and its factor of geotechnical safety. Experiences and research of
other cases.

VII. EVALUATION FORMULA

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The average grade PF is calculated as follows:

PF = (EP+EF+(P1+P2+P3+P4+P5+(L1+L2+L3+L4)/4)/5)/3

EP : Mid-Term Exam EF: Final Exam P : Quizzes L: Labs

VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BRAJA M. DAS
Principles of Engineering Foundations (Spanish)
International Thomson Editors. 5th edition (2015)

2. WILLIAM LAMBE AND ROBERTH WHITMAN


Soil Mechanics (Spanish)
Limusa Editorial (2008)

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