Class notes of Geotechnical Engineering course I used to teach at UET Lahore. Feel free to download the slide show. Anyone looking to modify these files and use them for their own teaching purposes can contact me directly to get hold of editable version.

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Geotechnical Engineering–II [CE-321]
BSc Civil Engineering – 5th Semester
by
Dr. Muhammad Irfan
Assistant Professor
Civil Engg. Dept. – UET Lahore
Email: mirfan1@msn.com
Lecture Handouts: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/geotech-ii_2015session
Lecture # 22
24-Nov-2017

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Practice Problem #1

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Practice Problem #1

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Practice Problem #2
The basement wall of a house 5m high retains a silty sand
material with soil parameters as follows;
c = 0; f = 30°; gb = 18 kN/m3
a. If at rest conditions exists, what will be the total earth
pressure per meter length of the wall?
b. If the water table behind the wall rises to top of the wall.
Determine the change in horizontal pressure that will
occur due to the rise in water table. gsat = 20 kN/m3.

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CONCLUDED
REFERENCE MATERIAL
Principles of Geotechnical Engineering – (7th Edition)
Braja M. Das
Chapter #13
Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations (7th Edition)
David F. McCarthy
Chapter #17
Geotechnical Engineering – Principles and Practices – (2nd Edition)
Coduto, Yueng, and Kitch
Chapter #17