Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
5504ICPDCE-SEP-PAR
Aims
The students will be able to identify the various prerequisites involved in ground and site investigation and understand & evaluate the significance of water in soils, its movement and effects upon soil properties.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify the various prerequisites involved in ground and site investigation
2.
Evaluate the significance of water in soils, its movement and effects upon soil properties and strength parameters
3.
Identify the principals involved in assessing the stability of slopes, foundations and earth retaining structures.
4.
Determine the stability and use appropriate factors of safety against sliding and overturning.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Prerequisites involved in ground and site investigation.
Common rock and soil types, their mode of formation, geographical and geological distribution.
Significance of water in soils, its movement and effects upon soil properties and strength parameters.
The principals involved in assessing the stability of slopes, foundations and earth retaining structures.
The principle of effective stress in geotechnics.
The compression and shear failure of engineering soils to the conditions of test and field loading.
The stability and displacements for long-term loading of earth structures, earth retaining walls and foundations.
Calculate the position and magnitude of forces produced by liquids or soils on vertically retaining walls, determine the stability and use appropriate factors of safety against sliding and overturning.