Syllabus
Soil description and classification. Particle size, water content, specific volume, porosity. Index and classification testing.
Basics of mechanics. Stress and strain. Normal and shear stress, Mohr's circle. Plane strain, axial symmetry. Strength. Stiffness. Stress paths.
Water in soils. Pore pressure. Effective stress. Partial saturation, capillary water, suction. In-situ stress in soil layer. Drainage. Drained and undrained loading.
Swelling and collapse. Frost heave.
Seepage and permeability. Flow nets.
Soil compressibility. Laboratory testing.
Prefailure behaviour of soils.
Critical states.
Soil strength. Drained and undrained strength. Strength testing.
Annotation
Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics.
Essentials of analysis of stresses and strains. Basics of geomaterial behaviour. Classification and description of soils. Water in soils, principle of effective stresses. Laboratory testing of soils. Compression and swelling. Strength. Consolidation.