Basic Soil Mechanics Related to Earth Dams: Agenda


Basic Soil Mechanics Related to Earth Dams: Agenda

Basic Soil Mechanics Related to Earth Dams is a Virtual Seminar. All times listed below are Eastern. 

July 16, 2024

10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Topics Included Today: 

  • Weight-Volume and Mass Density Relations of Soil 
  • Identification and Classification of Soils: Particle Characteristics and Consistency 
  • Compaction: Theory of Compaction, Laboratory and Field Procedures
  • Compaction:  Measurement of Field Density and Specifications
  • Hydraulic Conductivity: Darcy’s Law and flow through porous media
  • Hydraulic Conductivity: Measurement of k from Laboratory and Field Tests
  • Dispersive Clay Soils: Crumb & Pinhole Tests
  • Geostatic Stresses in Soils
  • Induced Stress Distributions 

July 17, 2024

 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Topics Included Today: 

  • Theories of Consolidation
  • Compression, Stress History, Settlement Calculation 
  • Time Rate of Consolidation, Consolidation Test, Collapsible Soils  
  • Workshop on Effective Stress and Settlement 
  • Shear Strength: Mohr Circle, Envelope, Stress Paths 
  • Critical Void Ratio, Volume Change, and Pore Pressures 
  • Drained vs. Undrained (Total and Effective Strengths)
  • Workshop (Mohr’s Circle, Determination and Selection of Strength Parameters 

July 18, 2024

10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Topics Included Today:

  • Laboratory Testing for Shear Strength of Soil (Direct Shear Testing, Triaxial Testing UU, CU, CD, UCT) 
  • Laboratory Testing for Shear Strength of Soil 
  • Shear Strength Correlations 
  • Assign Lab Tests 
  • Workshop Shear Strength
  • Lateral Earth Pressures (At rest, active, and passive conditions; Rankine Theory; Coulomb Theory; Effects of Wall Friction; Procedures for Developing Lateral Earth Pressure Diagram; Review of Lateral Earth Pressure and Applications; Chart Solutions)

July 19, 2024

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Topics Included Today: 

  • Workshop (Lateral Earth Pressures)
  • Field Exploration Methods
  • Techniques: Drilling and Sampling (Geophysical Techniques, Specifying, Controlling and Data Presentation, Methods of Sampling and Sample Disturbance, Data Presentation) 
  • In-situ Field Testing (Introduction, Penetration Testing: SPT and CPT, Other Field Testing, Measurement of Pore Water Pressures)