Course Objectives - To introduce the student to Geotechnical Engineering terminology - To familiarize the student with the use of soil mechanics
- To provide the student with a firm foundation for the continuation to more theoretical and applied aspects in foundation engineering, dam engineering, soil dynamics, and earthquake engineering.
Course Syllabus- 03-02-21 Course syllabus [PDF]
- Textbook chapters [PDF]
Lectures- Lec 01: Introduction [PDF] [Lecture video]
- Lec 02: Phase Relation (1) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 03: Phase Relation (2) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 04: Soil Texture and Grain Size Distribution [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 05: Plasticity and Atterberg Limits [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 06: Soil Classification [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 07: Clay Minerals and Soil Structures (1) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 08: Clay Minerals and Soil Structures (2) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 09: Compaction (1) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 10: Compaction (2) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 11: Field Compaction [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 12: Hydrostatic Water in Soils (1) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 13: Hydrostatic Water in Soils (2) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 14: Capillary Rise and Capillary Pressure [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 15: Water Flows in Soils [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 16: Seepage Forces [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 17: 2D Seepage (1) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 18_1: 2D Seepage (2) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 18_2: 2D Seepage (3) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 18: Example [PDF]
- Lec 19: 2D Settlement (1) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 20: 2D Settlement (2) [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 21: Consolidation [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 22: Rate of Consolidation [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 23: Stress Distribution [PDF]
- Lec 24: Mohr Circle [PDF] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 25: Mohr-Coulomb Strength Criteria [PDF] [Lecture Video 1] [Lecture Video 2]
- Lec 26-1: Triaxial shear strength test [PDF1] [PDF2] [Lecture Video]
- Lec 26-2: Triaxial shear strength test [Lecture Video]
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