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        Core Information
	







                Course
                
			CEE 323 Soil Mechanics

			Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits

			Spring Semester, ODU Campus 

            
            Co-requisite:  CEE 335 (Soils and Hydraulics Lab) 
				
	

                Session
                Spring Session #1
	
	

                Instructor
                
			
			Isao Ishibashi, Professor, CEE, 
			
			KH 134
	

                Phone
                (757) 683-4641
	

                Fax
                (757) 683-5354
	

                e-mail
                <iishibas@odu.edu> 
		
	

                Office Hours
                
		1:30 PM - 3:00PM, Tuesdays and Thursdays & appointments
		
	


			













        Course Description
	




 
 




This course deals with soil as an engineering material. It includes the
description and classification of soil, the analysis of stress in soil,
and soil behavior under conditions of major engineering significance
that include the characteristics of water flow through soil,
consolidation settlement and shear strength. It also covers the
development and application of earth pressure theory. The primary goal
of the course is to develop analytical skills in dealing with soil as a
medium of water flow, a medium for structural support, and a primary
earth structure material.
















        Textbook and References
	




 
 
                  



        
Required Textbook:
	


	
Principles of Geotechnical Engineering,
 		5th edition,
		B. M. Das, Brooks/Cole, 2002, ISBN: 053438742X 
		

        
References:
        
None










	












        Grading Policy
	



 
 



The final grade will be based on the following percentages:










        
                
        
                test 1, 2, 3
(75 minutes each)		
        
                homework
        
                surprise quizzes in class
        
                Final examination
        
                Total

		



        option 1 (*)
        75 %
        20 %
        5 %
        
        100





        option 2 (*)
        50 %
        20 %
        5 %
        30 %
        105(5 % bonus for taking final)










* You have to declare your choice of grading option after test #3,
but before the final examination.