CE364Undergraduate
Soil Mechanics
Printed in the catalogue as SOIL MECHANICS
Course content
Index properties and classification of soils. Pore pressures, effective stress, permeability, flow of water through soils. Compressibility and consolidation. Shear strength. Lateral earth pressure. Stability of slopes. Principles of foundation design; analysis of settlements, bearing capacity of foundations.
Where it sits in a curriculum
Programs whose published curriculum lists this course, and the term it falls in. Your own curriculum is the one that counts.
- Geological EngineeringYear 3, Spring semester
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