Fall, 1997
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Civil Engineering Building, room 2101
 

Instructor:

Rodrigo Salgado
CIVL G235
4-5030

http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~rodrigo
Email: rodrigo@ecn.purdue.edu
 
 

Text:

Lecture notes and homework solutions available as PDF files.
 

Program:
 
 

TOPIC	PERIODS	READINGS
1) OVERVIEW  Mechanics, Branches of Mechanics, Soil Mechanics  Fundamentals of Mechanics: basic laws, notation	3 periods	Chapter 1
2) SOIL MECHANICS  Stress Analysis  Displacement Analysis  Elasticity  Viscoelasticity  Viscoplasticity  Inelasticity	12 periods	Chapters 2-5
3) LIMIT ANALYSIS, SLIP-LINE AND LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS  Limit Analysis Lower-bound Theorem Upper-bound Theorem  Applicability of Limit Analysis Slip-line networks and collapse loads Limit Equilibrium Analysis Difference between Limit Analysis and Limit Equilibrium Analysis Bearing Capacity  Slope Stability Earth Pressures	6 periods	Chapter 6
4) ADVANCED SOIL CONSTITUTIVE MODELS  Critical State Soil Mechanics Cam Clay Models Cap Models Stress-Dilatancy Theory Kinematic Hardening Rules, Anisotropy, and other considerations	6 periods	Chapter 7
5) ADVANCED APPLICATIONS  Cavity Expansion Analysis Deep Bearing Capacity  Pile Load-Displacement Relationship Numerical Limit Analysis of Slopes	4 periods	Chapters 8-10
6) Conclusion	1 period