May 05, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

C E 549 - Retaining Structure and Slope Stability


(3 units)

Prerequisite: Open to Civil Engineering MS and Engineering MS students only.
Theory of earth pressures, retaining structures, design of retaining walls, sheet piles, mechanically stabilized earth, soil nails, anchored and braced excavation. Theory of slope stability, including shear strength, design charts, limit equilibrium analysis, seepage analysis, staged construction, and rapid drawdown.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-Problems 3 hours).