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| Date | Topic | Reading & Extra Materials |
Exercises |
Solutions |
HW |
| Jan 09 | Course Introduction Hydraulic Head Concepts |
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| Jan 11 | Hydraulic Head Concepts, cont. Darcy's Law - Intro |
cylinder clay liner |
cylinder (key) clay liner (key) |
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| Jan 16 | Darcy's Law - Layers | layers twosoils |
layers (key) twosoils (key) |
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| Jan 18 | Darcy's Law - multiple dimensions Governing Equations |
darcy2d | darcy2d (key) | HW#1 | |
| Jan 23 | Graphical solutions (flow nets) Calculating pore pressures, flow rates |
flownet flownet calcs |
flownet (key) flownet calcs (key) |
HW#2 | |
| Jan 25 | Analytical solutions to profile models Dupuit assumptions |
dupuit earthdam |
dupuit (key) earthdam (key) |
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| Jan 30 | Well equations | confined radius of influence unconfined |
confined (key) unconfined (key) |
HW#3 | |
| Feb 01 | Construction dewatering | dewatering | dewatering (key) | HW#4 | |
| Feb 06 | Numerical solutions, finite difference method | findiff-1 | findiff-1 (key) | HW#5 | |
| Feb 08 | Finite difference method, cont. | findiff-2 findiff-2 problems |
findiff-2 levee (key) findiff-2 excavation (key) |
HW#6 | |
| Feb 13 | SEEP2D intro | seep2d sheetpile tutorial | s2con (key) | HW#7 | |
| Feb 15 | Finite element method, SEEP2D, cont. | seep2d earth dam tutorial |
s2unc (key) | HW#8 | |
| Feb 20 | NO LECTURE - MONDAY INSTRUCTION | ||||
| Feb 22 | SEEP2D, cont. | johnson res dam with filter |
dam with filter (key) | HW#9 | |
| Feb 27 | Causes of slope failure | SS&SS, Chapters 1-2 Google Slide Notes |
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| Feb 23-28 | Exam #1 - ONLINE | ||||
| Mar 01 | Soil mechanics, shear strength review | SS&SS, Chapters 3-5 | HW#10 | ||
| Mar 06 | Limit equilibrium method | SS&SS, Chapters 6-7 | swedish | swedish (key) | |
| Mar 08 | Limit equilibrium method | SS&SS, Chapters 6-7 | oms |
oms (key) | HW#11 |
| Mar 13 | Slope Stability Charts | SS&SS, Appendix, phi=0 stability charts (pp 273-276) | chart solution | chart solution (key) | HW#12 |
| Mar 15 | UTEXAS slope stability program | simple embankment slope with foundation multiple materials |
simple embankment (key) slope with foundation (key) multiple materials (key) |
HW#13 | |
| Mar 20 | UTEXAS slope stability program | method of slices prob multi-layer foundation non-circular surface |
mehtod of slices prob (key) multi-layer foundation (key) non-circular surface (key) |
HW#14 | |
| Mar 22 | Reinforced slopes | SS&SS, Chapter 8 | geogrid slope underwater slope |
HW#15 | |
| Mar 27 | Rapid drawdown analysis - Three Stage Method | SS&SS, Chapter 9 | HW#16 | ||
| Mar 29 | Seismic Slope Stability | SS&SS, Chapter 10 | seismic-infslope seismic-oms |
seismic-infslope (key) seismic-oms (key) |
HW#17 |
| Apr 03 | Important details of stability analyses | SS&SS, Chapter 14 | multiple min inputs (key) tension crack inputs (key) |
HW#18 | |
| Apr 05 | Factors of Safety and Reliability | SS&SS, Chapter 13 | reliability calculations covf analysis |
reliability calculations (key) covf analysis (key) |
HW#19 |
| Apr 10 | NO LECTURE - Work on Case Studies | HW#20 | |||
| Apr 11 | Case study elements due - see Learning Suite | ||||
| Apr 12 | Case Study Reports, Part 1 | HW#21 | |||
| Apr 17 | Case Study Reports, Part 2 | ||||
| Apr 19 | Exam Preparation Days | HW#22 | |||
| Apr 20-25 | Exam #2 - ONLINE |