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Learning Outcomes & Activities

Geotechnical Engineering 2 (CIVE1129), 2014 


Week(s) of Topic Learning outcomes Activities
study
Wk 5-6 5. Earth pressures and retaining  Describe the types and failure modes of Activity 5A: Readings & Exercises
walls: retaining walls
 Text reading
1. Types of retaining walls and  Visualise and describe the basic concepts
 Work through examples
modes of failure on lateral earth pressures
 Complete exercises and quizzes
 Determine lateral earth pressures using
2. Basic concept on lateral earth
Rankine’s or Coulomb’s method.
pressures
3. Coulomb’s earth pressure theory
4. Rankine’s lateral earth pressure
for a sloping backfill and sloping
wall face
5. Lateral earth pressures for a total
stress analysis
 

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