CEE 531: Retaining Structures

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531 Retaining Structures. (Crosslisted with GLE 531.) I or II; 3cr. Rigid and flexible earth retaining structures. Analysis and design of retaining walls, anchored bulkheads, braced cuts, tie back cuts, mechanically stabilized earth, and slurry trench walls. Lateral earth pressure due to soil, water, surcharge loads, etc., local and overall stability and the design of anchorage and bracing systems. P:Civ Engr 330; Comp Sci 310 or cons inst. Edil, Bosscher, Benson.

Course Prerequisite(s)

CEE 330
Comp. Sci. 310

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Students should have a general understanding of soil mechanics, strength of materials, statics, and shear strength.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

No textbook required.

Course objectives

This course will develop students' knowledge of rigid and flexible earth retaining structures, analysis and design of retaining walls, anchored bulkheads, braced cuts, tie back cuts, mechanically stabilized earth, and slurry trench walls, lateral earth pressure due to soil, water, surcharge loads, etc., local and overall stability and the design of anchorage and bracing systems.

Topics covered

Review of Lateral Earth Pressures Theory
Retaining Walls
Flexible Walls
Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls
Soil Nailing
Tunnels and Shafts

Class/laboratory schedule

Class meets twice a week for 75 minutes.
Occasional discussions will be held to provide students with additional help for exams.

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.

Sustainability Health & Safety Economic Environmental

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.

Understand the methods, instrumentation systems, and accuracy/precision requirements for making measurements of basic and derived physical quantities. Students should also have hands-on experience individually and in groups to develop an appreciation for the skill, care, and instrumentation required to obtain reliable measurements and to verify physical principles. 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. Ability to select an appropriate solution method for a defined problem, obtain and verify that the solution satisfies all conditions, determine the behavior or response of the system being analyzed from the solution that was obtained, and state the limits of the solution. Experience the stages of group development by working on an open-ended team project and serve in each of the team roles. Ability to apply knowledge in physical geology, mineralogy, introductory petrology, structural geology, principles of sedimentation or stratigraphy, field geology, elements of geophysics, hydrogeology, remote sensing, mechanics, including statics and properties of materials, and geomechanics. 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

Final grades will assess the students performance based on homework assignments, midterms, and a final exam.

Person(s) who prepared this description

Ahmet Aydilek

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Date last modified: 02-Aug-2007
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