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CIVL2122 Geomechanics

Unit OutlineLectures & TutorialsAssignments & LabsProjects

Click here CIVL2122 for Handbook entry.

Unit Co-ordinator: Professor Martin Fahey

2nd Lecturer: Dr Christophe Gaudin 

(see entries for Prof. Fahey and Dr Gaudin in COFS Personnel)

Notices

WeekBeginning Monday

Lab Instructions
(Download & Print)

Notices
1 (31)28 July
2 (32)4 August
3 (33)11 August
4 (34)18 August
5 (35)25 August Lab #1: Consolidation Lab#1 in G99 (not G84)
6 (36)1 SeptemberLab#1 in G99 (not G84)
7 (37)8 September
(38)15 SeptemberNON TEACHING BREAK
8 (39)22 SeptemberLaboratory classes (Lab#2)
9 (40)29 SeptemberLaboratory classes (Lab#2)
10 (41)6 October
11 (42)13 OctoberLaboratory classes (Lab#3)
12 (43)20 OctoberLaboratory classes (Lab#3)
13 (44)27 October

Lectures & Tutorials

Link to LECTOPIA recordings for this unit

Week

Beginning

Lectures

 Tutorials 

Tutorial

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Tuesday

 Solutions 

1

28 July

  Unit Outline  

 Geomechanics Units 

 

 Consolidation Notes  

No tutorial this week 

 

2

4 August

 

 

 

Tut #1 

Tut #1 Sol.

3

11 August

 

 

 

Tut #2 ('in class')

Tut #2 Sol.

4

18 August

Soil strength 
Lecture 1  

 

Soil strentgh

Lecture 2 

 Tut #3

 

5

25 August

 Soil strentgh

Lecture 3

 Soil strentgh

Lecture 4

Soil strength

Lecture 5

Soil strentgh

Tutorial 1 

  

6

1 September

 

 

 

 

7

8 September

 

 

 

  

 

 

15 September

NON

 TEACHING

BREAK

  

 

8

22 September

 

 

 

 

 

9

29 September

 

 

  

 

 

10

6 October

   

 

 

 

 

11

13 October

 

 

 

 

 

12

20 October

  

 

 

 

 

13

28 October

 

 

  

 

 

Assignments & Laboratories

Lab Handout:  Lab #1 (Consolidation)

Links

Notes for Geomechanics section of Engineering Geology & Geomechanics (CIVL 2121). Caution: Large File (4.16 MB)

Kansai Airport - long-term consolidation settlement

Introduction to Geology and Soil Mechanics: Good on-line "text book", with good illustrations

Summary of Soil Mechanics

Teton Dam Failure

Laboratory Tests: Good on-line descriptions of basic tests

Geotechnical Engineering Photographic Library
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