ZMG 507E - Enginering Properties of Soils

Course Objectives

1. Basic principles Soil Mechanics and fundamentals of their usage in engineering problems
2. Engineering properties of soils and the definition of the factors controlling these properties
3. Identifying the situations where soil is a factor in engineering and environmental problems. Developing skills and providing technical proficiency in understanding the usage of necessary parameters and their limits for the solutions these problems.

Course Description

Introduction; Soil Composition & Texture; Soil Classification & Index Properties; Soil Sampling & Disturbance; Compaction & Factors Controlling Compaction; Flow of Water in Soils, Permeability; Consolidation; Theory of Consolidation; Consolidation & Settlement; Stress-Strain Behavior of Soils; Shear Strength of Soils; Evaluation of Site Conditions.