JEO 391 - Introduction to Soil Mechanics

Course Objectives

1. To teach the basic principles of soil mechanics.
2. To evaluate and classify the soils by physical and mechanical properties.
3. To learn engineering behavior of soils and perform the calculations.

Course Description

Earth's crust, occurrence the soil formation, physical properties and classification of soils, water in soils, water flow in soils, soil permeability, soil tension and its distribution, compression and consolidation of soils, the stress-strain behavior of soils and shear strength, bearing capacity and slope stability in soils, field and laboratory tests on soils.