GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING II

Course Description:
The first part of this course deals with the
engineering properties of soil such as
compressibility of soil related to settlements and
the shear strength of soils. It also deals with the
application of soil mechanics and foundation
engineering to the analysis of bearing capacity,
lateral earth pressure, slope stability, and the
design of earth retaining structures and
foundation structures.
 Course Outcomes
1.) Predict the soil compressibility by the application of
consolidation theory;
2.) Derived the shear strength of soil and the failure envelop.
3.) Assess the measurable impacts such as deformation,
settlements and change of pore pressure in relation to the
stresses and strains in soil;
4.)Calculate the magnitude of the lateral earth pressure that
can be produced on soil using the Rankine and Coulomb’s
theories;
5.)Evaluate the stability of slopes against mass movements;
6.)Design the bearing capacity of foundation structures;
7.)Design and analysis of deep foundation
 Course Outline
I. Continuation of Soil Mechanics
1.1 Settlements and rate of consolidation
a.)Theory of consolidation
b.) Settlement in soils (for normally
consolidated soil and over consolidated
soil),
c.) Settlement of footing caused by
stresses.
d.) Time rates of consolidation
1.2 Shear Strength of Soils Theory
a.)Direct shear test (normally consolidated and
overconsolidated clays);

b.)Triaxial shear test

b.1)Consolidated drained test
b.2)Consolidated undrained test
b.3)Unconsolidated undrained test
c.) Field shear test
II. Soil Bearing Capacity and Shallow foundation
design
a.)Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity theory
b.) General Bearing capacity Equation
c.)Geotechnical Soil Exploration program
III. Lateral Earth Pressure Theory & Earth Retaining
Structures Design

A.)At rest, Active and Passive Lateral Earth

pressures with cohesive/cohesion less horizontal
backfill;
B.) Active and Passive Lateral Earth pressures with
cohesive/cohesion less inclined backfill
C.) Earthquake induced lateral earth pressures

D.)Earth retaining structures and excavations – walls

(gravity/cantilever, mechanically-stabilized, sheet-
piled, anchored) braced cuts, drainage/dewatering.
IV. Deep foundation design
4.1)types (methods, configuration, materials),
4.2)bearing capacity (axial and lateral) and
settlements, testing and evaluation.
V. Slope Engineering
A. Stability of Infinite slopes
B. Stability of finite slopes
B.1) Mass procedure
B.2) Method of slices
C. Rock slopes
REFERENCES
 Course Requirements:
• Individual Reports
• Portfolio of Problem Sets and Laboratory
Reports
• Group Project & Case Study
• Midterm & Final Examination
Grading System: MIDTERM AND
FINAL GRADE
 Course Policies:
1.) Attendance sheet will be passed around and the student is responsible to
sign to prove his/her presence for that sessions. This is to monitor whether
absences incurred by the student is still within the allowed number of
absences for a course stipulated in the Student Handbook.
2.)Excuse from the class will only be honored if a Memo from the school is
issued before the absence or valid excuse letter from parents/guardians is
presented after the absence. No other excuses will be entertained.
3.)It is a part of your education to learn responsibility and self-discipline,
particularly with regards to academic honesty. Cheating is defined to include
an attempt to defraud, deceive, or mislead the instructor in arriving at honest
grade assessment. Plagiarism is a form of cheating that involves presenting as
one’s own work the ideas or work of another. Therefore, all portions of any
test, project, or major examination submitted by you for a grade must be
your own work, unless you are instructed to work collaboratively. Cheating in
a major course examination by a student will entail a failing mark for the
given course. Plagiarism in papers and other works will entail zero score for
the said requirement.
 Course Policies:
4.)The use of multiple choice questionnaires is used during the
exams. However, detailed solution to the problem should be
written legibly in a clean long size bond paper.
5.)Unsatisfactory project will not be accepted. However, the
student/group will be given a chance to improve their project.
Non-submission of the project on the set deadline means an
automatic final grade of 5.
6.)Exemptions from taking the final examination are as follows:
(1) No exam below 50%, (2) No missed quizzes/exams, (3)
Laboratory reports are submitted on the specified date, (4) The
project is submitted on the specified deadline, and (5) Absences
do not exceed the maximum allowed.
7.)This class policy serves as our written agreement for the
whole semester.
 COMPRESSION AND
CONSOLIDATION MODEL
Engr. Richard A. Badiola, RMP, EnP, M.Eng., D.Eng.(CAR)
Asst. Professor III
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Settlement, S
Calculation of Settlement under a Foundation
Problem