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Soil Mechanics (1)

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is to provide students with the needed knowledge and skills regarding the following requirements. i. Recognize types of rock, soil origin, soil formation and physical properties of soil. ii. Interpret the basics of soil water and soil permeability. iii. Outline different methods used in the computation for stress distribution within soil mass. iv. Identify the principle of soil compressibility and estimation of the excepted settlement of structures. v. Illustrate the principles of soil shear strength, shear parameters and their importance in Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Requirements

CES161

Description

  • English Description

    Introduction to geotechnical engineering. Index properties of soil. Weight-volume relationships. Soil structures. Moisture-density relationships. Hydraulic soil properties and permeability. Principle of total and effective stresses. Stress distribution due to external loads. Outline of theory of consolidation. Shear strength of soil.
  • Arabic Description

    Introduction to geotechnical engineering. Index properties of soil. Weight-volume relationships. Soil structures. Moisture-density relationships. Hydraulic soil properties and permeability. Principle of total and effective stresses. Stress distribution due to external loads. Outline of theory of consolidation. Shear strength of soil.
  • قسم
    الهندسة الإنشائية
  • الساعات المعتمدة
    3
  • الدرجات
    الإجمالي ( 100 ) = نصف العام (20) + tr.Major Assessment (25 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 0% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + tr.Oral/Practical (10) + درجة الامتحان (40)
  • الساعات
    ساعات المحاضرة: 2, ساعات التعليم: 2, ساعات المعمل: 1
  • Required SWL
    100
  • Equivalent ECTS
    4
  • - Das B. M. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering 5th Ed. PWS Publishing Co. 2014.
  • - Das B.M. Principles of Foundation Engineering 7th Ed. PWS Publishing Co. 2015.
  • - Egyptian Code of Practice for Soil Mechanics design and Construction of Foundations. Housing and Building Research Centre Cairo 2017.
  • - Holtz Robert D. William D. Kovacs and Thomas C. Sheahan. An introduction to geotechnical engineering. Vol. 733. Englewood Cliffs NJ Prentice Hall 2012.