Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

Course Title: Soil Mechanics-II Pre-Requisites: Soil Mechanics-I

Course code: Academic Year: 2017/2018

Credit hour: Instructor: Nuru I.

1. Stresses from Surface Loads

 Point Load
 Uniformly Loaded Circular Area
 Uniformly Loaded Rectangular Area
 Approximate Method for Rectangular Loads
 Vertical Stresses Below Arbitrarily Shaped Area
2. Shear Strength of Soils
 Coulomb's Frictional Law
 Mohr's Circle for Stresses
 Drained and Undrained Shear Strength
 Laboratory Shear Strength Tests
3. Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations
 Bearing Failure Modes
 Ultimate Bearing Capacity Equations
 Comparative Summary of Bearing Capacity Equations
 Effects of Ground Water Table on Bearing Capacity
 Allowable Bearing Capacity and Factor of Safety
 Eccentric Loads
4. Lateral Earth Pressure
 Lateral Earth Pressure at Rest
 Active and Passive Lateral Earth Pressures
 Rankine Active and Passive Earth Pressures
 Lateral Earth Pressure due to Surcharge
 Lateral Earth Pressure when Ground water is Present
 Summary of Rankines Lateral Earth Pressure Theory
 Rankine's Active & Passive Earth Pressure for Inclined Granular Backfill
 Coulomb's Earth Pressure Theory -Analytical and Graphical Methods
5. Slope Stability
 Types and Causes of Slope Failure
 Factor of Safety
 Stability of infinite Slopes
 Rotational Slope Failure
 Effect of Tension Crack's
 Wedge Method
 Method of Slices
 Swedish Method, Bishop Simplified Method

Laboratory Tests

 Direct Shear Test, Unconfined Compression Test

 Triaxial Compression Test (UU,CU,CD)

References:

 Lecture notes
 Teferra, A. & Mesfin, L., 1999. Soil Mechanics, AAU
 Budhu, M.,2000,Soil Mechanics and Foundations.Wiley and Sons
 Das, B.M.,1996, Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Thomson Learning College
 Bowles, J. E., 1996. Foundation Analysis and Design, Joseph E. Bowles, McGraw-Hill.