STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURES (SOP)

AND CLASSROOM POLICIES Republic of the Philippines

Mindanao State University
General Santos City
College of Engineering
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
1. Use short-size bond paper or newsprint. Write solutions
and answers on one side and one column only (portrait)
2. Use only either black or blue ink ballpens or signpens SYLLABUS
that doesnt blot.
Course Number CE 131
3. Fold paper to be submitted crosswise. (Hold paper up, Course Title Geotechnical Engineering I
facing you. Then, fold upper half downwards and write Prerequisite ES 64 (Mechanics of Deformable Bodies) and
the following data.) Geol 40 (Engineering Geology)
Family, Given M.I. Credit 4 units
Hours/Week 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory
Course and Year
(108 hours per semester)
Subject and Schedule Term Second Semester
Exam/Assignment Instructor ENGR. RANDY P. ASTURIAS, D. ENG
Date dynarclass@yahoo.com
4. No one is allowed to go out of the room during major
I. Course Description
exams.
This course deals with the study of identification and classification of soils and rocks, site
5. All cellphones must be turned to silent mode while in investigation and subsurface exploration, the physical and index properties of soil,
class, and must be turned off during exams. compaction, water flow through soils, subsurface stress and deformation phenomena in soils,
6. No paper will be accepted after the instructor leaves the laboratory testing, and the relevance of these topics as they affect soil strength,
room. Score is automatically zero. compressibility, stability and drainage.
7. Leave all notes and books where they are not accessible
II. Objectives
during the examination unless otherwise directed by the General
instructor. To equip the students with the basic principles of soil mechanics and basic background
8. No make up exams/quizzes/assignments will be given. In needed in engineering analysis of soil for foundation and as construction materials and
case of a valid excuse, students grade will be computed familiarize them with the standard procedures of forming laboratory and field tests on soil
for the determination of its characteristics needed in the engineering analysis and design of
based on the exams/quizzes/assignments he has taken.
earth structures, retaining structures and foundations.
9. Plates/Homework problems are due at the beginning of
the class period. Specific:
10. Read instructions carefully. Deductions in your After completing this course, the student must be able to:
score will be incurred for not following instructions. 1. define soil mechanics and its importance in civil engineering.
2. show proficiency in determining soil and rock properties
 3. describe the fundamentals of geotechnics. 7. Compressibility and Consolidation
4. demonstrate concepts and principles of field exploration. - Compaction, One-Dimensional Consolidation, Normally Consolidated
5. understand various subsurface explorations equipment, soil laboratory tests and and Overconsolidated Clays, Computation of Consolidation Settlement,
equipment 10
Settlement Due to Secondary Compression, Determination of the
6. identify the basic engineering properties of soils and their importance to civil
Coefficient of Consolidation
engineering.
- Laboratory
7. perform standard procedures in determining the properties of soils by laboratory and/or
8. Shear Strength of Soil
field testing.
- Coulomb Equation, Method of Determining Shear Strength Parameters,
8. apply the mathematical techniques in the analysis of earth structures, retaining
structures and foundations using the principles of soil mechanics. Direct Shear Test, Shear Test Aparatus, Stress Condition at a point in a
9. analyze the stability of and cuts using soil mechanics principles. Soil Mass, Triaxial Compression Test, Mohr Circle of Stress, Mohr-
10. identify and classify soil as to its suitability as a construction material or foundation. Coulomb Failure Theory, Effective Stresses, Types of Laboratory Tests, 15
11. recognize the different methods of subsurface exploration and soil sampling. Shearing Strength Tests on Sand, Unconsolidated-Undrained Test,
Unconfined Compression Tests, Consolidated-Undrained Test on
III. Course Content Outline
Saturated Clay, Consolidated-Drained Shear Test.
Duratio - Laboratory
LECTURE TOPICS n 9. Stability of Slopes
(hours) - Factor of Safety, Stability Analysis of Finite Slopes in Sand, Stability of
1. Introduction 3 Finite Slopes in Clay, Methods of Stability Analysis of Slopes of Finite 10
2. Soil Phase Relationships, Index Properties and Classification Height, Tension Cracks, Method of Slices, Bishop Simplified Method of
- Weight/Mass-Volume Relationships, Index Properties of Soils, Shape and Slices
Size of Particles, Sieve Analysis, Hydrometer Method of Analysis, Grain 10. Soil Exploration 10
Size Distribution Curves, Relative Density of Cohesionless Soils, 15
Consistency of Clay Soils, Field Identification of Soils, Classification of 11. FINAL EXAMINATION 5
Soils, 108
- Laboratory Total
hours
3. Soil Permeability and Seepage
- Soil Permeability, Darcys Law, Discharge and Seepage Velocity, Methods Textbook:
of Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity of Soils, Seepage, Flow Net 15 VNS Murthy, Geotechnical Engineering, Principles and Practices of Soil Mechanics and
Construction, Determination of Uplift Pressures Foundation Engineering
- Laboratory Soil Mechanics and Foundations, by Muni Budhu, John Wiley &Sons, Inc., 2000.
Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices, by Donald P. Coduto, Prentice-Hall,
4. Effective Stress and Pore Water Pressure, Capillary Rise, Surface Tension Inc., 1999.
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- Laboratory Principles of Foundation Engineering, by Braja M. Das, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning,
5. Stress Distribution in Soils Due to Surface Loads 2011.
- Boussinesq and Westergaard Formulas for Point Loads, Line Loads,
Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, by Braja M. Das, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning.
Strip Loads, Approximate Methods for Computing Vertical Stress, 10
Pressure Isobars, V. Grading System
- Laboratory Chapter Exams 40%
6. MIDTERM EXAMINATION 5
Midterm Exam 20%
Final Exam 20% Total 100%
Laboratory/Report/Assignments/Class Participation 20% Passing 60%