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Soil Mechanics (2)

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims

Requirements

CES265

Description

  • English Description

    The principles and methods of performing laboratory and field soil compaction. Steady stage seepage through isotropic soil media. Methods of design and analysis of soil slopes. Lateral earth pressures. Stability of retaining walls. Loads, bearing capacity and settlement. Subsurface exploration (planning, boreholes, open and test pits, soil sampling, rock coring, visual inspection, SPT, CPT, vane shear test, plate load test, field permeability test, geophysical test methods, exploration report).
  • Arabic Description

    The principles and methods of performing laboratory and field soil compaction. Steady stage seepage through isotropic soil media. Methods of design and analysis of soil slopes. Lateral earth pressures. Stability of retaining walls. Loads, bearing capacity and settlement. Subsurface exploration (planning, boreholes, open and test pits, soil sampling, rock coring, visual inspection, SPT, CPT, vane shear test, plate load test, field permeability test, geophysical test methods, exploration report).
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Major Assessment (25 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 30% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + tr.Oral/Practical (10) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 3, Lab Hours: 0
  • 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.