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Soil Mechanics and Properties of Construction Materials

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    To give Arch. students an idea about construction materials and geotechnical engineering
  • Course Goals
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    An Introduction of the soil characteristics, the engineering needs for soil improvement for foundation purpose, deep and shallow compaction and the equipment used, soil parameters, preloading, soil reinforcement and reinforcing materials and its physical and mechanical properties, utilization methods, advantages and limitations. In addition to, an introduction to engineering materials. The internal structure of material: atomic structure, atomic arrangement, microstructure, and macrostructure. Metals: Structure, Types, Properties, and applications. Material properties: physical, chemical, corrosion, electrical, thermal, and optical properties. Relationship between material properties and its internal structure., Also, basic properties of non-metal materials. Building stones, Bricks, Tiles, Timber, Isolation materials for moisture and heat, glass, Ceramics, Polymers and advanced composite materials, Mineral binders, Aggregates, Admixtures, Concrete.
  • Arabic Description

    An Introduction of the soil characteristics, the engineering needs for soil improvement for foundation purpose, deep and shallow compaction and the equipment used, soil parameters, preloading, soil reinforcement and reinforcing materials and its physical and mechanical properties, utilization methods, advantages and limitations. In addition to, an introduction to engineering materials. The internal structure of material: atomic structure, atomic arrangement, microstructure, and macrostructure. Metals: Structure, Types, Properties, and applications. Material properties: physical, chemical, corrosion, electrical, thermal, and optical properties. Relationship between material properties and its internal structure., Also, basic properties of non-metal materials. Building stones, Bricks, Tiles, Timber, Isolation materials for moisture and heat, glass, Ceramics, Polymers and advanced composite materials, Mineral binders, Aggregates, Admixtures, Concrete.
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (10) + tr.Student Activities (40 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 0% ) + tr.Oral/Practical (10) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 1, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    75
  • Equivalent ECTS
    3
  • - Holtz Robert, D. William, D. Kovacs, and Thomas C. Sheahan. An introduction to geotechnical engineering. Vol. 733. Englewood Cliffs NJ Prentice Hall 2012.