Online Virtual Soil Lab II

Project Title

Online Virtual Soil Lab II

Project Leader

Prof Yu-Hsing Wang

School / Dept

SENG/ CIVL

Project Duration

Aug 2013 – Jul 2014

Project Description

Build on the previous project “Online Virtual Soil Lab”, one new component is introduced in this project.  Students will have a chance to learn printing techniques of the new 3D printing technology as well as its applications in geotechnical engineering. In addition, this online Virtual Soil Lab II may resolve a problematic issue which arises from the onset of the new 4-year undergraduate curriculum. Those important but yet to be removed course materials (esp. lab sessions) after the same course is transferred from the 3-year to 4-year curriculum, can be incorporated in the online VSL II for students to learn through a self-learning mode.

Project Outcome

The Online Virtual Soil Lab was enriched with the following contents:

1. Laboratory Tests to Quantify Shear Strength: students are able to learn and understand how to do these soil tests.
2. Particulate-scale Soil Behavior: students are able to see and then understand the stress distribution in soils and the particle motion in response to shearing based on the experiments. Also, students are able to understand the new technology, 3D printing techniques.
3. Classroom of Clayey Soils: students are able to understand different types of clay minerals and their engineering behavior.
4. To Know Landslides: students are able to understand the underlying mechanisms of landslide initiations.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Final Report

Adaptation

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