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- Catalog Description
- 530 Seepage and Slopes. (Crosslisted with GLE530.) I or II; 3cr. Practical aspects of seepage effects and ground water flow. Stability of natural and man-made slopes under various loading conditions. Design and construction of earth dams and embankments. Flow net and its use; wells; filters; total and effective stress methods of slope analysis; selection of pertinent soil parameters. P:Civ Engr 330. Edil, Bosscher, Benson.
- Course Prerequisite(s)
- Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills
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Students are expected to have a general understanding of soil mechanics, shear strength, consolidation, and efficient stress approaches.
- Textbook(s) and/or other required material
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'Slope Stability & Stabilization Methods,' L.W. Abramson, T.S. Lee, .. 1996, Wiley-Interscience
- Course objectives
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This course will develop the students' knowledge of analytical and numerical analysis of seepage and the analysis of natural and man-made slopes.
- Topics covered
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Seepage Effects
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Ground Water Flow
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Natural and Man-Made Slopes
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Dams and Embankments
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Selection of Pertinent Soil Parameters
- Class/laboratory schedule
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This course consists of two 75 minute lectures per week.
- Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
- This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
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Environmental
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Sustainability
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Health & Safety
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Economic
- Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
- This course serves students in a variety of engineering majors. The information below describes how the course contributes to the college's educational objectives.
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Ability to design, conduct, analyze, and interpret geological engineering sit characterization activities that involve interpreting surface and subsurface geologic conditions.
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Understand the methods, instrumentation systems, and accuracy/precision requirements for making measurements of basic and derived physical quantities.
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Ability to propose creative solutions to GLE problems through problem identification, evaluation, application of
quantitative engineering methods and techniques, and synthesis of the results of the engineering methods and
techniques.
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Experience the stages of group development by working on an open-ended team project and serve in each of the team roles.
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Ability to apply knowledge in physical geology, mineralogy, introductory petrology, field geology, hydrogeology, mechanics, including statics and properties of materials, and geomechanics (i.e., subjects relating to the response of natural materials to deformation or application of stress and/or strain energy).
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GLE students should know the principles and structure of computer programs and be able to apply general-purpose computer tools to solve well-defined problems.
- Assessment of student progress toward course objectives
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Grades will be formulated on the student's performance on weekly homework assignments, design projects, midterms, and the final exam.
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