General

3 credits, Spring Semester
Required (CIE Spring junior year)
Required (ENV Spring junior year)
Two 1 Hour, 20 Minute Lectures per week

Recent Instructor(s)

Dr. S. Thevanayagam (Spring 2002)
(716)645-2114 ext.2430 theva@eng.buffalo.edu
Dr. S. Ahmad (Spring 2003)
(716)645-2114 ext 2425
sahmad@acsu.buffalo.edu
Dr. Christine Human (Spring 2004)
(716)645-2114 ext. 2415 chuman@buffalo.edu

URL

http://ublearns.buffalo.edu

Prerequisite(s)

EAS209, CIE354

Catalogue Description

Soil formation and identification.  A study of the physical and mechanical properties of granular and cohesive soils.  The nature and flow of water in soils, stress distribution, analysis of deformation and strength of soils.  Stress path dependent behavior and consolidation.

Course Objectives/Outcomes

Develop a good understanding of the mechanics of soil behavior under various natural and imposed loading conditions. Attention will be focused on the behavior of idealized soil elements from which the behavior of large soil masses may be inferred. Various phenomena of vital interest to geotechnical engineers arising from the interaction of soil grains and pore water (and air) through time and space will be discussed. The major factors governing strength and compressibility of soils, including memory of geotechnical events will be developed within a coherent theoretical framework. Such theoretical knowledge will prove invaluable in the field, where the mechanics of soil behavior is often obscured by the diversity of observed phenomena.

Text(s)

Holtz and Kovacs (1981). An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering

Outcomes (ABET a-k)

a, k

Outcomes (CIE)

1, 2, 5

Outcomes (ENV)

1, 2, 4

Other information

Reduced from 4 to 3 credit hours in Fall 2002. Lab component moved to CIE362.

Review by Undergraduate Studies Committee

October 22, 2002

Prepared by

Dr. Alan J. Rabideau/Dr. S. Thevanayagam (Nov-02)