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Soil Mechanical Lab Practical

This document provides a syllabus for a soil mechanics laboratory practical course. The course aims to illustrate principles from the soil mechanics course through hands-on laboratory experiments. Students will conduct index tests, grain size analysis, permeability testing, and direct shear/consolidation tests over five sessions. Assessment includes a group presentation and laboratory report analyzing and interpreting results. The maximum enrollment is 12 students due to limited equipment.

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Soil Mechanical Lab Practical

This document provides a syllabus for a soil mechanics laboratory practical course. The course aims to illustrate principles from the soil mechanics course through hands-on laboratory experiments. Students will conduct index tests, grain size analysis, permeability testing, and direct shear/consolidation tests over five sessions. Assessment includes a group presentation and laboratory report analyzing and interpreting results. The maximum enrollment is 12 students due to limited equipment.

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Soil Mechanics Laboratory Practical (Part of the Soil Mechanics Course)


Course number: Meeting time: Location(s): Credit points (ECTS): Course language: Course inscription: 1 English required [deadline] [how/where to register, e.g. E-mail, online-form.. ] Lecturer(s) Lemy, Frank [Second lecturer] [Third lecturer] HIL D23.2 [Office Number/Building] [Office Number/Building] 01/633 6818 [email protected] [Office Phone] [E-mail] [Office Phone] [E-mail]

Teaching assistant(s) / tutor(s) To be determined [Name] Contact information Course url: [www.webct.ethz.ch] Official contact person: Lemy, Frank [Official contact address /phone number / course e-mail] Official contact person teaching assistant(s): [Name] [Official contact address /phone number / course e-mail] Hours of contact: [Office hours / e-mail reaction time] Hours of contact: [Office hours / e-mail reaction time] [Office Number/Building] [Office Number/Building] [Office Phone] [E-mail] [Office Phone] [E-mail]

Rationale, course aims, and objectives Rationale: Aims


( Leitidee; see document Lernziel-Planung, chap. 1.1)

The soil mechanics laboratory practical is a part and a complement to the soil mechanics course. The first aim of this lab course is to illustrate some of the principles taught during the soil mechanics course. It is also an essential part of a master program in engineering geology since this course allows the students to become familiar with fundamental and index tests used in practice to classify soils and quantify their engineering properties. - Knowledge of laboratory and index testing methods commonly used in geotechnical engineering (principles, advantages and limitations, selection of the most appropriate testing method with respect to the problem requirements and constraints ;) - Analysis of laboratory results (data processing, variability and significance; validity of the results ;) - Interpretation of test results (soil behaviour, sample properties vs. in
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Objectives
( dispositive Lernziele; see document Lernziel-Planung, chap. 1.1)

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Syllabus template 2 situ properties, practical implications,) Teaching philosophy [What is your approach for teaching this course? What are your expected teaching methods? What are the students responsibilities?] Prerequisites Maximum number of participants: 12 The maximum number of students is 12 due to the limited number of laboratory equipments. However, the number of participants could be increased if two laboratory sessions per week are organized. Every student registered to the soil mechanics course has the required knowledge to follow the laboratory practical.

Courses must be completed: Courses recommended: Skills, knowledge, experience:

Tentative course outline / schedule [day 1 / date] Topic: Introductory lecture 2 hours [day 2 / date] Topic: Index tests: Proctor compaction test, Atterberg limits. 3 hours [Meeting time] Classroom Student self-study / Assignments: [Meeting time] Laboratory (IG) Student self-study / Assignments: Lab preparation (1 hour) [day 3 / date] Topic: grain size distribution (sieve analysis and hydrometer test). 3 hours [Meeting time] Laboratory (IG) Student self-study / Assignments: Lab preparation (1 hour) [day 4 / date] Topic: Falling-head permeability test, direct shear strength and consolidation test. 3 hours [Meeting time] Laboratory (EG) Student self-study / Assignments: Lab preparation (1 hour)

[day 5/ date] Topic: Group presentations and discussions 2 hours

[Meeting time] Classroom Student self-study / Assignments: - Presentation preparation (3 hours) - Report writing (11 hours)

Notes [e.g. preliminary talks...]

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Material Script: Required or recommended (text)books: Other necessary equipment or material: Soil mechanics laboratory testing methods lecture notes/ available from the web Soil Mechanics Laboratory Manual by B.M. Das, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002. required / recommended

Assessment / Grading criteria


(didactical manual for examinations, see document Leitfaden fr das Planen, Durchfhren und Auswerten von Prfungen an der ETHZ; Eugster&Lutz 2003)

assessment during course assessment end of semester Semesterendprfungen Sessionsprfung Inscription for assessment: [deadline] [how/where to register, e.g. E-mail, online-form.. ] Prerequisites: Group presentation Defaults: 15 minute presentation about the analysis and interpretation of laboratory results. 25 % weight of total mark Laboratory report Deadline: [Deadline] Defaults: 10 page report on the presentation, analysis and interpretation of laboratory results. [fail-pass criteria] [Yes/No?] [special arrangements...] What will be assessed: Abilities to write technical reports, to interpret and synthesize experimental results. What will be assessed: Abilities to communicate orally, to interpret and to utilize experimental results.

75% weight of total mark Grading criteria: Marks: Notes: Services / Help Glossary: Helpline: [http://www.fish.washington.edu/naturemapping/mollusks/glossary.html] [questions about the excursion -> contact teaching assistant] [questions about exams -> FAQ]

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