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Week Topics
1 Introduction
2 Index Properties of Soils and Soil Classification
3 Soil Structure and Composition
4 Soil Compaction and Stabilization of Soils
Lab 1: Moisture content, Sieve analysis Hydrometer analysis, Atterberg Limits
5 Hydrostatic Water Pressures and Stresses in Soils
6 Hydrostatic Water Pressures and Stresses in Soils
7 Water Flow in Soils
8 Stress Distributions and Compressibility of Soils
9 Consolidation Settlement of Fine-Grained Soils
10 Time Rate of Consolidation
11 Shear Strength of Soils
12 Shear Strength of Soils
Lab 2: Oedometer Test Unconfined Compression Test and Direct Shear Test
13 Lateral Earth Pressures
14 Lateral Earth Pressures |