Week by Week CVEN 3698
EXAM 1: Monday March 18
EXAM 2: During exam week
JANUARY
January 14: Welcome, Introduction, What to expect.
January 16: Soils and Rocks
Download and read Lecture Notes 1 pdf file before class
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January 18 Slides (Engineering and Geology).
Watch the following Lake Peigneur video
Be ready to discuss this case study on January 18.
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January 23: Engineering and Geology. Case Study: Vaiont Dam
Watch the following video clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_inRwdeQr0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COeNRToYqU
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January 25: Engineering and Geology
Read paper entitled "Dam Failure" by J.T. Christian and G.B. Baecher
HW Assignment: Watch the following videos on dam failure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlKZ8Ubx2rg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_61-wGFlcc (Malpasset Dam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BilO_Bv7pW0 (St. Francis Dam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEdM6Ys6spA (Teton Dam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeNM8cm6J8 (Baldwin Hills Dam)
Be ready to discuss these case studies in class on January 25
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January 27: Topographic Maps
Reading: http://www.ghosttowns.com/topotmaps.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_map
http://serc.carleton.edu/mathyouneed/slope/index.html
HW Assignment:
1. Vaiont Dam (Exercise 1 in Lecture Notes 1).
Click here to download the article needed for this assignment.
2. Print and bring a copy of the HW assignment due on February 4.
FEBRUARY
February 1: Engineering and Geology
Watch the video about the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Be ready to discuss in class on February 1 the reasons for the failure.
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February 4: Bulk Properties of Rocks and Soils
HW Assignment: Topographic map HW assignment due.
February 6: Bulk Properties of Rocks and Soils
February 8: Bulk Properties of Rocks and Soils
February 11: Earth and Its Population. Geology and the Environment.
Download Earth Notes and bring them to class.
February 13: Earth and Its Population. Geology and the Environment.
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February 15: Earth and Its Population. Geology and the Environment.
Watch the following video clips:
http://www.worldometers.info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIUCTbi_XZs
HW Assignment: Bulk properties of rocks and soils HW assignment due.
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February 18: Earth and Its Population
HW Assignment: Take the FootPrint quiz from the Global Footprint Network
What is your footprint? How are you planning to reduce it?
Turn in footprint quiz results.
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February 20: Stresses in Rocks and Soils
February 22: Stresses in Rocks and Soils
February 25: Geologic Hazards
Watch the following videos:
http://www.1906eqconf.org/Video_Files/06Quake700.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA
Watch the "When the Bay Area Quakes" video
HW assignment at the end of Earth Notes Due
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February 27: Geologic Hazards
Watch the following video clips:
La Conchita Landslide
http://mefeedia.com/entry/3158814/
HW Assignment: Case studies are selected
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MARCH
March 1: Kansai International Airport Case Study; Geologic Hazards
Watch the video on your own and answer questions (due on March 6)
March 4: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
Download and read lecture notes Minerals 1
HW Assignment: Stresses in Rocks and Soils HW Assignment Due
HW Assignment: Watch the "When the Bay Area Quakes" video.
March 6: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
Download lecture notes Minerals 2
Watch a video on basic mineral identification
HW Assignment: Answers to Kansai Video Questions due
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March 8: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
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March 11:Minerals and their Engineering Properties
HW Assignment: Geologic Hazards HW Assignment Due
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March 13: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
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March 15:Minerals and their Engineering Properties
HW Assignment: HW assignment in Minerals1 notes due.
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March 18: EXAM 1.
March 20: Strike and Dip of Planes.
March 22: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
Reading: Asbestos Fact Sheet; Alkali-Aggregate Reaction
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Spring Break (March 25-29)
APRIL
April 1: Minerals and their Engineering Properties
Reading: Earth Materials and Public Health ; Radon Risks
April 3: Strike and Dip of Planes (Part 2)
HW Assignment: HW assignment Minerals 2 due.
April 5: Rock Slope Engineering
April 8: Rock Slope Engineering
Reading: http://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/colorado-geology/timescale/
April 10: Rock Slope Engineering
Reading: http://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/colorado-geology/igneous-rocks/
HW Assignment: Strike and Dip HW Assignmentdue.
April 12: Strike and Dip of Planes (3)
April 15: Geology of Igneous Rocks
Reading: http://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/colorado-geology/igneous-rocks/
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April 17: Geology of Igneous Rocks
Reading: Role of aggregates in concrete; Aggregates for concrete
Effect of aggregate properties on concrete
April 19: Engineering Properties of Igneous Rocks
HW Assignment: Rock Slope Engineering HW Assignment Due
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April 22: Engineering Properties of Igneous Rocks
HW Assignment: Map exercise distributed in class on April 12.
April 24: Geology of Sedimentary Rocks
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April 26: Folds and Faults
Term Projects Due (Written reports only)
April 29: Strike and Dip of Planes (4). Three-point problem
May 1: Geology and Engineering of Metamorphic Rocks
Topic: Geophysical Methods and Site Exploration
Topic: Geophysical Methods and Site Exploration
HW Assignment: Sedimentary Rocks HW Assignment Due