Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 1
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Dr. SaMeH S. Ahmed
Associate Professor of Environmental Eng.
Civil Engineering Department
Engineering College
Majma’ah University
s.mohamed@mu.edu.sa
faculty.mu.edu.sa/smohamed/SaMeH
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Course Goals
The aim of this course is to increase the
ability of the Civil Engineering student to deal
with the different types of soils (sandy, silt,
clay, gravel, boulder,.. etc) and determine the
properties of these soils.
Also to provide the student with the
principles and concepts of soil mechanics and
foundation Engineering.
The course involves laboratory work and exercises.
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Outcomes
The student is expected to be able to:
• Determine the types of soil by different laboratory tests.
• Understand the effect of soil properties on the
engineering characteristics of soils.
• Classify the soil according to origin and properties.
• Find the specific weight of soils.
• Understand the concept of stresses.
• Find the effect of soil type on the stress distribution
within the soils.
•Evaluate the shear strength under different conditions.
• Calculate the settlement and consolidation of soils.
• Understand the slope stability problems.
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Course Topics
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Introduction,
Soil classifications,
Definitions and important relations in soil mechanics,
Methods of soil classification,
Soil permeability and water movement in soil,
Compaction of soils,
Settlement and consolidation of soils,
Stress within the soil
Stability of slopes,
Shear strength of soils,
Excavation and bracing, Site investigation
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Student's duties
1. Students are required
lectures in regular base.
to
attend
2.Students are asked to revise in advance
the contents of the course and CE 101 or
CE 281.
3.Participating in the discussions, prepare
reports, give at least one seminar, and do
all homework‘s. Consulting the course
teacher at any time during the office
hours.
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Contents (week by week)
Week
1st
week
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Subject
Content
Introduction Definition of soil
Importance of soil in
engineering applications
Uses of soil as construction
material
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Contents (week by week)
Week
2nd
Week
3rd
Week
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Subject
Content
Soil
• according to its origin
classification • structural composition
Clay minerals
of soil
•Course soil
•Soft soil
Report 1:
Soil classification
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Contents (week by week)
Week
4th
Week
5th
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Subject
Content
• Some important
Definitions and definitions
important • basic laws of soil
relations in mechanics
soil
mechanics
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Contents (week by week)
Week
6th
week
Subject
Content
Fields of soil
properties
• preparing soil samples
for tests
• Moisture content in soil
• Soil specific gravity
•Particle size distribution
Report 3:
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Contents (week by week)
Week
7th
week
8th
week
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Subject
Soil
classification
Content
• Classification methods
• General classification
•MIT Classification
•Course classification
•Universal soil classification
•Field method to identify soils
• Simple field tests
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1st mid term exam
The exam will take place according to
the announced time table
•Total marks for this exam is : 15 marks
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Contents (week by week)
Week
9th
week
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Subject
Content
Water
• Introduction
movement • Present of water in soil
in Soil
• Air and water n voids
• Water strength in soil
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Contents (week by week)
Week
10th
week
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Subject
Content
Soil
• definition
permeability • determination of soil
permeability
• in Lab.
• in suite
•Permeability in multilayers
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Contents (week by week)
Week
11th
week
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Subject
Stresses in
soil
Content
•due to vertical load
•distribution curves
• Filtration
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Contents (week by week)
Week
12th
week
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Settlement and
consolidation
of soils
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2nd mid term exam
• Will be announced by the college
• A note will be send to remind the
students one week in advance.
•Total marks for this exam is : 15 marks
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Contents (week by week)
Week
13th
week
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Content
Compaction
of soils
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Contents (week by week)
Week
14th
week
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Content
Stability of
slopes
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Contents (week by week)
Week
15th
week
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Subject
Content
Shear
strength of
soils
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Grading Policy
Grading Component
Marks
Mid Exam (1)
15%
Mid Exam (2)
15%
Quizzes
10%
Reports, Home works &
Assignments
10%
10%
Final exam
40%
Total
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100%
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Textbook and References
Textbook:
Das, B. M., “Principles of Geotechnical Engineering”,
Thomson-Engineering, (Latest edition).
References:
Boweles, J. E., “Engineering Properties of Soils and their
Measurements”, McGraw-Hill, (Latest edition).
Berry, P. L. and Reid, D., “An Introduction to Soil
Mechanics”, McGraw-Hill, 1987
B.C. Punmia, “Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engg.”
(2005).
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