Advanced Soil Mechanics (E 6246) 2007
Spring 2007
Course Descriptions
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| Date |
Chapter |
Contents |
Remarks (the links are unavailable at the moment) |
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| 1 | 1/16 |
1. 2. |
Stresses and Strains Definitions, In-Situ Stress and Stress Increments States of Stress 2.1 Mohr Circle of Stress 2.2 Poles of Plane, Pole of Direction, Principal Stresses, Plane of Maximum Stress Obliquity |
(handout on the course descriptions) |
| 2 |
1/23 |
3. 4. |
2.3 Application of Mohr Circle to Soil Element Tests States of Strain 3.1 Mohr Circle of Strain Increment 3.2 Angle of Dilation 3.3 Direction of Zero Extension and Slip Surfaces 3.4 Strain Fields from Model Tests PART I. GRANULAR SOILS Stress-Strain Relationships 4.1 Generalized Hooke's Law |
Problems 1-3
due: 1/30 |
| 3 |
1/30 |
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4.2 Plane Strain Compression Tests 4.3 Typical Stress-Strain Relationships - Toyoura Sand 4.4 Factors Affecting Stress-Strain Behavior - Confining Pressure and Void Ratio - Inherent and Induced Ainsotropy - Principal Stress Rotation 4.5 Stress-Dilatamcy Relationships- Rowe, Bolton, Nova |
Problem 4 |
| 4 |
2/6 |
5. 6. |
4.6 Stress-Dilatamcy Relationships- Rowe, Bolton,
Nova (cont.) Nonlinear Stress-Strain Modeling 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Nonlinear Elastic Models Three-Dimensional Failure Criteria 6.1 Mohr-Colulomb Failure Criterion and b-Value [Lab: Plane Strain Compression Test] |
Assignment 2 (due 2/13) |
| 5 |
2/13 |
PSC Test (video) 6.2 Geometric Representation of Stress and Stress Invariants 6.3 Three Dimensional Failure Surfaces: Tesca, Huber-von Mises, Lade |
Reference: Constitutive Equations in Engineering Materials (Chapters 2 and 5) |
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| 6 |
2/20 |
7. |
Drucker-Prager (Extended von Mises), Mohr-Coulomb, Modified Lade, Matsuoka 6.4 Experimental Validation PART II. COHESIVE SOILS Critical State Soil Mechanics 7.1 Effective Stress Path, Compressibility, Normalized Behavior |
Assignment 4 (due 2/27) |
| 7 |
2/27 |
8. |
7.2 Critical State Line 7.3 Hvorslev Surface Critical State Models 8.1 Soil Plasticty 8.2 Stress-Strain Relationships (Volmetric Hardening) |
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| 8 |
3/6 |
9. |
Introduction to CRISP Program (by Dr. Songtao Yang) | educational copy of CRISP |
| 3/13 |
mid-term break |
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| 3/20 |
8.3 Yield Surfaces: Original and Modified Cam-clay model 8.4 Cam-clay Parameters and Limitations 8.5 Anisotropy and Anisotropic Critical State Models (Dafalias Critical State Model) |
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| 9 |
3/27 |
10. * |
8.5 Anisotropy and Anisotropic Critical State Models (Dafalias Critical State Model) 8.6 Cap Model 8.7 Bounding Surface Model Elasto-Plastic Analysis for Finite Element Method 10.1 Elasto-Plastic Matrix (Dep) Scope of Final Project: Deformation Analysis of Kansai International Airport |
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| 10 |
4/3 |
11. |
10.2 Dep for Modified Cam-Clay Model 10.3 Dep for Simple Plasticity Models 10.4 Applications of Cam-Clay Models 10.5 Example - Excavation Analysis Time-Dependent Behavior of Clays 11.1 Introduction - Quasi-Preconsolidation, Rate Effects, Clay Minerals 11.2 Creep and Stress Relaxation 11.3 Rheological Models 11.4 Singh-Mitchell Model |
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| 11 |
4/10 |
12. |
11.4 Singh-Mitchell Model
12.1 Introduction - Review of Finite Element consolidation AnalysisEffective Stress Finite Element Analysis Case Studies: MIT Test Embankment 12.2 Governing Equations for Solid Phase 12.3 Governing Equations for Fluid Phase |
Assignment 5 |
| 12 |
4/17 |
12.4 Element Types 12.5 Formulations for Solid Phase 12.6 Formulations for Fluid Phase 12.7 Integration Scheme and Numerical Ill-Conditioning 12.8 Case Studies: MIT Test Embankment and Muar Test Embankment |
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| 4/24 |
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| 5/8 |
Presentation of Final Project: Deformation Analysis of Kansai International Airport |