1. Topic Areas

(1) Soil deformation;

For soil deformation, one can choose to study bulking nodulous K.

The parameter I have chosen, is Bulk modulus K. my aim is to give an outline of the bulk modulus and what it represents. Also to do some analysis and comparison.

I want to do the introduction and the literature review. 6 pages would be enough for this assignment.

2. Contents of the Report

It is suggested that a research report contain the following contents.

Title Page - A title page should include your name, student ID, e-mail address, subject, date and title of the research.

Executive Summary - This is a brief summary of your work. Describe the topic, research method, and the results.

The following six parts should be covered in the report. Some suggestions on information/work for every part are given for your reference.

(1) Introduction - What is your topic? Why is it important/useful for engineering practice? What are you going to achieve in your research? How are you going to perform your research?

(2) Literature review - Through the review, you will have a good understanding/knowledge of your research topic. Some important works on the topic and the conclusions/results of these works should be included. Experimental data and theories/equations useful for your research should be reviewed briefly. Definitions of all parameters used in the report should be introduced.

(3) Your own work on the topic - Experimental data and theones/equations that you are going to use in your research should be introduced in details. Perform your analyses/computations/comparisons based on the knowledge/methods/equations you have learnt on the topic. For an example, you may study some experimental data, work out the values of parameters that are meaningful in engineering practice, or solve/investigate practical problems.

The results/conclusions based on your work.

(4) Discussions on potential applications of the research result - Based on the result of your work, demonstrate how this result/knowledge be used to solve some problems in geotechnical engineering. Give a couple of examples and analyse, or explain the applications in details. The detailed solution/computation may not be needed.

Assignment Files -

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xz5ruik4yc29149/Assignment%20Files%20-%20Research%20Report.rar?dl=0