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Course Outline
Day 1
Welcome an Couse Introduction
- Review of soil properties and applications
- General soil behavior, structure and fabric
- Soil classification via USS, USDA, OSHA
- Testing standards for soil properties
- Typical soil properties
Soil Investigations, Boring Logs, Reporting, and Specifications
- Scoping the field investigation
- Understanding soil and rock core logs
- Interpreting soils reports
- Incorporating reasonable soil specifications
Demonstration of Field Classification and Testing of Soil Samples
- Sheloy tube and SPT samplers
- Classification demonstrations
- Field tests of strength
Vertical Earth Pressures and Stresses
- Total and effective stresses
- Distribution of loads to undying layers
- Effects of water table fluctuations
- Dynamic effects on soil
Soil Strength and Foundations
- Types of strength, shear strength, module, unconfined compression, California Bearing Ratio
- Angle of internal friction and cohesion
- Foundation bearing capacity
- Class studies and examples of strength parameters used in design practice
Day 2
Importance of Water in Soil
- Measuring of estimating soil permeability
- Seepage forces and buoyancy effects
- Application to compaction control, pavement design, foundation and wall design, dewatering
Lateral Earth Pressures on Walls and Basements, Trenches, and Bracing
- Active, passive, and at-rest lateral earth pressures
- Effects of water on earth pressures
- Backfill compaction and soil reinforcement
- Trenching and bracing procedures
Class Project
How and Why Soil Compresses and Settles
- Causes of settlements
- Allowable amounts of settlement
- Methods to control and mitigate settlement
- Foundation design based on settlement
Soil Compaction and Field Control
- How to compact soil (sands and clay)
- Laboratory and field test procedures
- Compaction specifications and acceptance criteria
- Freeze-thaw and shrink-sell cycling and implications
Excavation Support
- Interpreting soil type for OSHA compliance
- Methods to determine stability and safety
- Design excavation support systems
Applications of Geosynthetic in Soil
- Reinforcement, filtration, erosion control
- Specfications and test procedures
Soils Trivia and Adjournment