SOIL MECHANICS DEMONSTRATIONS

By O. LATAE

CONTENTS EXPLODING SOILS (EXTREME SLAKING) RICE IS NICE (AN EXERCISE IN PILE CAPACITY) BREAK THAT BLOCK (THE POWER OF BENTONITE) A RETAINING WALL MADE OF PAPER SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY WITH EFFECTIVE STRESS MAGIC BEAKER (SAND DE? ES GRAVITY) EFFECTIVE POTATO CHIPS FOAM BALLS IN A PIPE (SOIL ARCHING) GEOTECHNICAL RORSCHACH TEST (WATER FLOWS AROUND A DRAIN, INSTEAD OF INTO THE DRAIN) HAIRY SOIL SAND CYLINDER HOISTING WATER THAT WON’T GO THROUGH A SIEVE (AND WATER THAT DOES) DILATION IN SOMEONE’S HAND (SILTY SOIL IDENTI? CATION) PIPING UNDER A SHEETPILE DAM JAR OF ROCKS (SOIL VOID RATIO, POROSITY, UNIT WEIGHT, AND WATER CONTENT OF SOILS) LIQUEFACTION BY UPWARD GRADIENT BLOW IT OUT (CRITICAL HYDRAULIC GRADIENT) AND FLOWLINES RELATIVE DENSITY OF SOIL IN A GRADUATED CYLINDER SOIL FILTER DEMONSTRATION USING MARBLES SAND IN A JAR (STRONG AS YOU ARE) SHEAR AND COMPRESSION WAVES SOIL BRIDGE IN A TUBE CAPILLARITY AND COTTON BALLS (BONUS: NONWOVEN GEOTEXTILE STRENGTH DEMONSTRATION) STICK-SLIP BEHAVIOR TILT ME UP SCOTTY (INTERFACE FRICTION) SOILS RELAXING (THE ANGLE OF REPOSE) FALLING HEAD OVER HEELS FOR PERMEABILITY (THE PERMEABILITY OF OOBLECK) BULKING OF SOILS (AKA: LESS SOIL FOR YOUR MONEY) GEOTEXTILE PUNCTURE TEST SOIL DILATION AND COMPACTION USING PING PONG BALLS CAMPUS GEOLOGY TOUR SETTLEMENT RATES OF SOILS IN JARS BEARING CAPACITY (BIGGER IS BETTER) RETAINING WALL IN A BOX ROCKFALL SIMULATOR LAB BIBLIOGRAPHY