Soil Mechanics

Description

Seepage - Effective stress - Vertical stresses - Consolidation and settlement - Shear strength - Slope stability - Lateral earth pressure - Compaction - Bearing capacity. Experimental determination of soil properties - Grain size distribution - Atterberg limits -Density and Compaction ? Permeability - Shear strength ? Consolidation - Bearing Capacity - In situ Testing and Sampling. Soil report writing.

Program

B.Sc. Construction and Building Engineering

Objectives

• The course objective is introducing the student to the fundamentals of soil mechanics as a basis for the design, analysis and construction of retaining structures and foundations.