Faculty of Engineering and Informatics CSE5009-B- Soil Mechanics - Laboratory practice – Individual Report Assignment Introduction This module runs in Semester 1 and 2. The aim of laboratory exercises is to give you an opportunity to understand the main instruments, apparatuses and their application in the geotechnical material laboratory to obtain skills through specific designed laboratory exercises. The laboratory exercises will support your further learning in Stage 3 and 4. Individual Coursework Report You are required to complete an individual coursework report. This report should be around 2000 words. You are requested to write about the six laboratory practicals, discuss the data collected, plot graphs and include pictures. The following structure should be applied to each individual practical. Practical structure: Part 1: Introduction. Part 2: Brief description of the practical (do not include the practical hand out). In the first semester four practical's will be covered, which include: • Compaction test • Permeability • Seepage tank • Consolidation test In the second semester two practical's will be covered, which include: • Shear box • Triaxial test Part 3: Results and data analysis, include any salient trends in the data. Plot graphs and show data in tables. Part 4: Discussion/Conclusions. Summarise your findings. Part 5: References and appendixes