Syllabus
Soil compaction. Density - moisture content relations, compaction effort. Methods of compaction control. Influence of compaction on mechanical properties of soils.
Stress distribution in soils. Elastic theory. Influence of foundation depth, incompressible layer.
Plasticity theorems for bearing capacity calculations. Lower and upper bounds. Limit equilibrium.
Shallow foundations. Settlement, bearing capacity.
Deep foundations, piles. Bearing capacity, settlements of piles.
Slope stability. Methods of analyses, remediation.
Earth pressures. Retaining structures.
Annotation
Critical state soil mechanics. Essentials of the mechanics of shallow and deep foundations, slopes, earth pressures and retaining structures.
Parameters for practice. Compaction of soils.