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9/6/2024

Introduction to Civil Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

TYPICAL GEOTECHNICAL PROJECT

Geo-Laboratory Design Office


~ for testing soil properties ~ for design & analysis

construction site

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SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
- for transferring building loads to underlying ground
- mostly for firm soils or light loads

firm ground

bed rock 4

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SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

DEEP FOUNDATIONS
- for transferring building loads to underlying ground
- mostly for weak soils or heavy loads

P
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weak soil

bed rock 6

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DEEP FOUNDATIONS

Driven timber piles, Pacific Highway


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RETAINING WALLS
- for retaining soils from spreading laterally

retaining
wall

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EARTH DAMS
- for impounding water

reservoir
clay
core shell

soil

CONCRETE DAMS

reservoir
concrete dam

soil

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CONCRETE DAMS

Three Gorges Dam, Hong Kong


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GEOFABRICS

Used for reinforcement,


separation, filtration and
drainage in roads, retaining
walls, embankments…

Geofabrics used on Pacific Highway

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SHEET PILES
Sheets of interlocking steel or timber driven into
the ground, forming a continuous sheet

warehouse

ship

sheet pile

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SHEET PILES
- resist lateral earth pressures
- used in excavations, waterfront structures, ..

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SHEET PILES
- used in temporary works

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COFFERDAM
- sheet pile walls enclosing an area, to
prevent water seeping in

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SHORING
propping and supporting the exposed walls to
resist lateral earth pressures

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TUNNELING

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SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Impact Roller to Compact the Ground

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SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Sheepsfoot Roller to Compact Clay Soils

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SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Smooth-wheeled Roller

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SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Large weights dropped from 25


m, compacting the ground.

Craters formed in compaction


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SOIL TESTING

Cone Penetration Test Truck – Lavarach Barracks, Townsville

SOIL TESTING

Vane Shear Test


Standard Penetration Test

MORE FIELD TESTS

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SOIL TESTING

Triaxial Test on Soil Sample in Laboratory


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