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Ch 8 Retaining Walls (1/2), 8.1 Introduction, 8.2 Proportioning retaining walls, 8.3 Application of lateral earth pressure theories to design, 8.4 Stability of retaining walls, 8.5 Check for overturning, 8.6 Check for sliding along the base

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Week 01課程介紹Watch Online
Week 01Ch 2 Natural soil deposit and subsoil exploration (1/3)
2.11 Subsurface Exploration
2.12 Subsurface Exploration Program
2.13 Exploratory borings in the field
2.14 Procedures for sampling soil
2.15 Split-spoon (barrel) sampling		Watch Online
Week 02Ch 2 Natural soil deposit and subsoil exploration (2/3)
2.15 Split-spoon (barrel) sampling
2.16 Scraper bucket
2.17 & 2.18 Undisturbed samples
2.19 Observation of water table		Watch Online
Week 02Ch 2 Natural soil deposit and subsoil exploration (3/3)
2.20 The vane shear test (VST)
2.21 The cone penetration test (CPT)
2.22 Pressuremeter test (PMT)
2.23 The Flat Plate Dilatometer test (DMT)
2.25 The boring logs
2.26 Geophysical exploration
2.27 Sub		Watch Online
Week 03Ch 3 Shallow foundationsultimate bearing capacity (1/3)
3.1 Introduction
3.2 General concept
3.3 Terzaghi’s bearing capacity theory
3.4 Factor of safety
3.5 Modification of BCE for water table
3.6 The general bearing capacity equation
3.7 Case studies on 		Watch Online
Week 04Ch 3 Shallow foundationsultimate bearing capacity (2/3)
3.8 Effect of soil compressibility
3.9 Eccentrically loaded foundations
3.10 Ultimate bearing capacity under eccentric loading – one way eccentricity
3.11 Bearing capacity – two way eccentricity		Watch Online
Week 04Ch 3 Shallow foundationsultimate bearing capacity (3/3)
3.10 Ultimate bearing capacity under eccentric loading – one way eccentricity
3.11 Bearing capacity – two way eccentricity		Watch Online
Week 04Ch 5 Shallow foundations: allowable bearing capacity and settlement (1/3)
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Stress due to a concentrated load
5.3 Stress due to a circular loaded area
5.4 Stress below a rectangular area
5.5 Average stress increase due to a rectangularl		Watch Online
Week 05Ch 5 Shallow foundations: allowable bearing capacity and settlement (2/3)
5.12 Settlement of sandy soil: use of strain influence factor
5.13 Settlement of foundation on sand based on SPT
5.15 Primary consolidation settlement relationships		Watch Online
Week 05Ch 5 Shallow foundations: allowable bearing capacity and settlement (3/3)
5.17 Settlement due to secondary consolidation
5.18 Field load test
5.19 Presumptive bearing capacity
5.20 Tolerable settlement of buildings		Watch Online
Week 06Ch 6 Mat Foundations
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Combined footings
6.3 Common types of mat foundations
6.5 Differential settlement of mat
6.6 Field settlement observations for mat foundations
6.7 Compensated foundations		Watch Online
Week 07Ch 7 Lateral Earth Pressure (1/4)
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Lateral earth pressure at rest		Watch Online
Week 07Ch 7 Lateral Earth Pressure (2/4)
7.3 Rankine active earth pressure
7.4 A general case for Rankine active pressure		Watch Online
Week 08Ch 7 Lateral Earth Pressure (3/4)
7.4 A general case for Rankine active pressure
7.5 Coulomb’s active earth pressure		Watch Online
Week 08Ch 7 Lateral Earth Pressure (4/4)
7.6 Lateral earth pressure due to surcharge
7.7 Active earth pressure for earthquake conditions
7.8 Active pressure for wall rotation about the top: braced cut
7.9 Active earth pressure for translation of retaining wall –		Watch Online
Week 09Ch 8 Retaining Walls (1/2)
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Proportioning retaining walls
8.3 Application of lateral earth pressure theories to design
8.4 Stability of retaining walls
8.5 Check for overturning
8.6 Check for sliding along the base		Watch Online
Week 09Ch 8 Retaining Walls (2/2)
8.7 Check for bearing capacity failure
8.8 Construction joints & drainage from backfill
8.10 Comments on design of retaining walls and a case study
8.11 Soil reinforcement
8.12 Considerations in (metallic ) soil reinforcement
8.		Watch Online
Week 11Ch 9 Sheet Pile Walls (1/3)
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Construction methods
9.3 Cantilever sheet pile walls
9.4 Cantilever sheet piling penetrating sandy soils		Watch Online
Week 11Ch 9 Sheet Pile Walls (2/3)
9.4 Cantilever sheet piling penetrating sandy soils
9.5 Special cases for cantilever walls penetrating a sandy soil
9.6 Cantilever sheet piling penetrating clay (undrained, f = 0)
9.7 Special cases for cantilever walls penetra		Watch Online
Week 12Ch 9 Sheet Pile Walls (3/3)
9.13 Fixed earth-support method for penetration into sandy soil
9.14 Field observations for anchor sheet pile walls
9.15 Free earth support method for penetration of clay
9.16 Anchors
9.17 Holding capacity of anchor plates in s		Watch Online
Week 12Ch 10 Braced Cuts (1/3)
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Pressure envelope for braced-cut design		Watch Online
Week 13Ch 10 Braced Cuts (2/3)
10.2 Pressure envelope for braced-cut design
10.3 Pressure envelope for cuts in layered soil
10.4 Design of various components of a braced cut		Watch Online
Week 13Ch 10 Braced Cuts (3/3)
10.4 Design of various components of a braced cut
10.5 Case studies of braced cuts
10.6 Bottom heave of a cut in clay
10.7 Stability of the bottom of a cut in sand
10.8 Lateral yielding of sheet piles and ground settlement		Watch Online
Week 14Ch 11 Pile Foundations (1/6)
11.1 Introduction		Watch Online
Week 15Ch 11 Pile Foundations (2/6)
11.2 Types of (driven) piles – according to materials		Watch Online
Week 15Ch 11 Pile Foundations (3/6)
11.3 Estimating pile length
11.4 Installation of piles
11.5 Load transfer mechanism
11.6 Equations for estimating pile capacity
11.7 Meyerhof’s method for estimating Qp
11.8 Vesic’s method for estimating Qp		Watch Online
Week 16Ch 11 Pile Foundations (4/6)
11.7 Meyerhof’s method for estimating Qp
11.8 Vesic’s method for estimating Qp
11.9 Coyle and Castello’s method for estimating Qp in sand
11.10 Correlations for calculating Qp with SPT and CPT results
11.11 Frictional resistan		Watch Online
Week 16Ch 11 Pile Foundations (5/6)
11.12 Frictional (skin) resistance in clay
11.13 Point bearing capacity of piles resting on rock
11.14 Pile load test
11.15 Elastic settlement of piles		Watch Online
Week 17Ch 11 Pile Foundations (6/6)
11.17 Pile-driving formula
11.19 Negative skin friction		Watch Online
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