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Introduction To Geotechnical Engineering: Dr. Qaiser Iqbal CED SUIT Peshawar
Introduction To Geotechnical Engineering: Dr. Qaiser Iqbal CED SUIT Peshawar
INTRODUCTION TO GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING
• Soil
• Rock
• Groundwater
WHAT IS GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING?
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• Soil Mechanics
• Rock Mechanics
• Foundation Engineering
• Geoenvironmental Engineering
• Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
• Geologic Engineering
BRANCHES OF GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING
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SOIL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
SOIL IS
HETEROGENEOUS
Homogeneous
Heterogeneous
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Anisotropic
SOIL IS ANISOTROPIC
Isotropic
Before After
Conservative
Before After
SOIL IS
NONCONSERVATIVE
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SOIL IS NONLINEAR
Stress
Strain
Linear
Stress
Strain
Nonlinear
EXAMPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL
PROJECTS PANAMA
CANAL
Location: Panama
Completion Date: 1914
Length: 47.8 miles
Cost: $375 Million
Capacity: 14,000 vessels/yr.
Type: Lock canal
Materials: Rock, clay,
concrete
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PANAMA CANAL
PANAMA CANAL
CULEBRA CUT
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PANAMA CANAL
CULEBRA CUT
•The excavation of the cut was one of the greatest areas of
uncertainty in the creation of the canal, due to the unpredicted
large landslides.
EXAMPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL
PROJECTS ASWAN DAM
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Aswan Dam
How do you keep the water out?
ASWAN DAM
WHAT ABOUT THE
CORE?
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EXAMPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL
PROJECTS
CHUNNEL
Setting: Underwater
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TUNNELS
Old Way New Way
Professors
EXAMPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL
PROJECTS GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS
Location: San Francisco and
Sausalito, California, USA
Completion Date: 1937
Cost: $27 million
Length: 8,981 feet
Type: Suspension
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EXAMPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL
“STRUCTURES” PETRONAS
TOWERS FOUNDATIONS
Stories: 88
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PETRONAS TOWERS
FOUNDATIONS
Concrete mat
Pile Foundation
“DRIVEN” PILE
FOUNDATIONS
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OFFSHORE PILE
FOUNDATIONS
GROUND IMPROVEMENT
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GROUND IMPROVEMENT
(CONT)
Dynamic Compaction
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Landslides
Thistle Slide – Spanish Fork Canyon
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MUD SLIDE
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SINKHOLE IN GUATEMALA –
FEBRUARY 2007
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GEOENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING COMPACTED
CLAY CAP FOR REFINERY SITE
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EARTHQUAKE
HAZARDS (SAN
ANDRES FAULT )
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FAULT
RUPTURE
FAULT
RUPTURE
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STRONG GROUND
MOTION
STRONG GROUND
MOTION BUILDING
COLLAPSE (TURKEY)
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LIQUEFACTION
DAMAGE
LIQUEFACTION
DAMAGE
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EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED
GROUND FAILURE
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