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Course : Geotechnics for Civil Engineering Structure Design

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Course code/credits and contact hours : TKS4107/1.5 + 1.5 (Studio work)
Semester : VII
Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name : Prof. Dr. Ir. Hary Christady Hardiyatmo, M.Eng., DEA.
Bibliography :
  1. Ingles, O.G. and Metcalf, J.B., 1972, Soil Stabilization-Principlesand Studio work, Butterworths, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
  2. Transportation Research Board (TRB), 1987, State of The ArtReport 5-Lime stabilization, Transportation Research Board,National Research Council, Washington
  3. Department of the Army and the Air Forces (1994), SoilStabilization for Pavements, Army TM 5-822-14, Air ForceAFJMAN 32-1019, Washington DC
  4. Holtz, R.D. and Kovacs, W.D., 1981, An Introducing toGeotechnical Engineering, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs,New Jersey
  5. Hardiyatmo, H.C., 2009, Stabilisasi Tanah untuk Jalan Raya,Gadjah Mada University Press., Yogyakarta
  6. Koerner, R.M.,2005, Designing with Geosynthetics, Prentice-Hall,Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
  7. Clayton, C.R.I., Matthews, M.C. dan Simons, N.E., 1995, Site Investigation, Second Edition, Blackwell Science Ltd.
  8. Weltman, A.J. dan Head, J.M., 1983, Site Investigation Manual,CIRIA, London
Spesific course information
Brief description  :

This course contains the soil investigation for building design; interpretation of laboratory and field test results; application of geotechnics in building structure, water structure and pavement problems; application of soil stabilization using additives; application of soil improvement using geosynthetic; application of soil improvement in embankment and excavation; study of field cases.
Prerequisite Courses :
  1. Soil Mechanics I (Semester I)
  2. Soil Mechanics II (Semester II)
  3. Sallow Foundation Engineering (Semester IV)
  4. Deep Foundation Engineering (Semester V)
Required/ elective : Selected Elective
Studio work : Assignment in Geotechnical Structure Design
Laboratory work : N/A
Spesific goals of the course
Spesific outcomes : The students are expected to be able to design civil engineering structure by taking into account geotechnical aspects comprehensively from soil investigation, interpretation of laboratory test results, application of geotechnics in civil engineering structure, problem solving of geotechnical and monitoring issues.
Student outcomes : (c) An ability to design a system, component, or process in order to be able to face the real constraints in economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability

(e) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve civil engineering problems by considering local resources

(k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools for civil engineering practice
Brief list of topics to be covered :
  1. Embankment on soft soil
  2. Low bearing capacity
  3. Excessive decline
  4. Slope stability
  5. Pavement on soft soil
  6. Pavement of CAM systems and nailed slab
  7. Design of landfilling
  8. Interpretation of soil condition data from laboratory test results data
  9. Selection of soil parameters from Triaxial Test, Unconfined Compression Strength Test, Direct Shear Test, Consolidation Test
  10. Embankment degradation
  11. PVD design
  12. Embankment design for roads
  13. PVD and Surcharge Design
  14. Design of instruments for monitoring soil embankment stability decreases
  15. Types of soft soil improvement