Online Courses Handbook 2003

302787 (v.1) Geotechnical Engineering 262

Area:	Department of Civil Engineering
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 0.5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	302780 (v.1) Civil Engineering 261 or any previous version
Soil water at rest, soil water at motion, effective stress concepts - Stresses in saturated soils without seepage, stresses in saturated soil with seepage and seepage force. Stresses in a soil mass - normal and shear stresses on a plane, the pole method of finding stresses along a plane, stress caused by a point load. Westergaard's solution for vertical stress caused by a point load. Stress paths. Rheological Models. Routine laboratory index soil tests - water content, Atterberg limits, grain size, unit weight, relative density, specific gravity, shrinkage limit.

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