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Soil Mechanics

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
  • Course Goals
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Requirements

CES161

Description

  • English Description

    Introduction to geotechnical engineering, earth crust, soil and rock, minerals, soil formation, Index properties and classification of soils. Weight-volume relationships. Soil structures. Moisture-density relationships. Permeability. Principle of total and effective stresses. Steady state seepage through isotropic soil media. Stress distribution due to external loads, and analysis of total settlements. Outline of theory of consolidation. Shear strength of soil, soil compaction and site investigation.
  • Arabic Description

    Introduction to geotechnical engineering, earth crust, soil and rock, minerals, soil formation, Index properties and classification of soils. Weight-volume relationships. Soil structures. Moisture-density relationships. Permeability. Principle of total and effective stresses. Steady state seepage through isotropic soil media. Stress distribution due to external loads, and analysis of total settlements. Outline of theory of consolidation. Shear strength of soil, soil compaction and site investigation.
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    4
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (25) + tr.Major Assessment (30 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 5% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 30% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 3, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 1
  • Required SWL
    150
  • Equivalent ECTS
    6
  • - Holtz Robert, D. William, D. Kovacs, and Thomas C. Sheahan. An introduction to geotechnical engineering. Vol. 733. Englewood Cliffs NJ Prentice Hall 2012.