Syllabi Home   go directly to Course Timeline Core Information Course CEE 730/830 Soil Dynamics Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits Fall 2003 Semester, ODU Campus Session Fall Session #1 Instructor Isao Ishibashi, Professor, CEE, KH 134 Phone (757) 683-4641 Fax (757) 683-5354 e-mail <iishibas@odu.edu> Course Description     Study of soil behavior under dynamic loadings. Laboratory & field techniques for determining dynamic soil properties & liquefaction potential. Design examples. Textbook and References     Required Textbook: Kenji Ishihara, "Soil Behaviour in Earthquake Geotechnics", Oxford Science Publications, 1996. References: Provided during class Grading Policy     The final grade will be based on the following percentages: homeworks midterm examination final exam term paper with presentation Total 10 % 30 % 40 % 20 % 100 % Tentative Course Outline   CEE 730/830 Soil Dynamics Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits ODU Campus Fall Session Today is   Topics Approx. Week [1] Introduction Organization of class, scope of course, soil dynamics problems 0.5 [2] Fundamentals of Vibrations Single degree of freedom system, earthquake vibrations 2.5 [3] Dynamic Stress-Strain Relations of Soils Non-linear viscous model, non-viscous model, equivalent linear model 2.5 [4] Field Determination of Dynamic Soil Properties Reflection and refraction methods, wave measurements 1 MIDTERM EXAMINATION 1 [5] Lab. Determination of Dynamic Soil Properties 1 [6] Dynamic Soil Strength 1 [7] Liquefaction of Saturated Soils Mechanism, evaluation techniques, preventive techniques 3 [8] Compressibility of Soil under Dynamic Loadings 1 [9] Student Term Paper Presentation 1 FINAL EXAMINATION Total 15