Agenda

Introduction to Soil Engineering
Thursday, April 25, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT

   Practical soil mechanics         

   Footings and mat foundations

   Driven piles & drilled pier foundations

   Lateral earth pressures (static, seismic & surcharges)

   Hillside slopes and repair methods

   Cantilever retaining walls

   Restrained basement walls

   Segmental (geogrid) retaining wall

Design of Excavation Support Systems
Thursday, April 25, 2019, 1:00 – 2:30 PM CDT

   Geotechnical parameters & loading diagrams                                                           

   Gross pressure vs net pressure               

   Cantilever soldier beams

   Tied?back soldier beams

   Fixed earth method

   Sheetpiles – cantilever and tiedback

   Tangent and secant piles

   Soil nail walls

Slope Repair Techniques
Friday, April 26, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT

   Drilled shafts?downward and uplift loads     

   Lateral & bending moments

   Torsional moments

   Anchored tiebacks

      • Strands

      • Threaded bars

      • Helical piles

   Repairing failing retaining walls

   Avoiding over-conservative designs

Soil Engineering after College:
Practical Approaches to Foundations and Retaining Structures
Friday, April 26, 2019, 1:00 – 2:30 PM CDT

   Typical soil strength values

      • Strength and compressibility parameters of granular soils

      • Cohesive soils

   Bedrock

      • Geotechnical aspects of shallow foundations

      • Bearing capacity

      • Soil consolidation

      • Vertical subgrade modulus values

   Geotechnical criteria for deep foundations

      • Skin friction

      • End bearing

      • Lateral subgrade modulus values

   Earth pressures and stability of retaining structures

      • Critical height of vertical cut

      • Active pressure table

      • At rest pressure table

      • Passive resistance table

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