Geotechnical Materials and Analysis
Fee: $895 / Online / Aug 8 - Oct 17, 2026 / Course Code: CVL-A4-F26D
OVERVIEW
Materials
- Origin of soils
- Soil identification and classification
- Compaction
- Permeability, pore water pressure and effective stress
- Compressibility and consolidation
- Shear strength, stress paths, and critical states
- Frost action
- Associated laboratory tests
Analysis
- Elastic stress distribution, settlements, times of settlements
- Introductory analysis of lateral earth pressures, bearing capacity, and slopes
- Seepage; well flow and confined 2-D flow problems
Suggested Reading Materials
Soil Mechanics, 5th Edition
R.F. Craig. Chapman Hall.
Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, 4th Edition
B.J. Das. PWS-Kent.
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