SOIL MECHANICS

The course aims to provide the general notions of: origin of soil, composition of soil, physical and index properties of the soil, Mechanical characteristics and engineering behaviour of the soil, failure criteria of loaded soil, stress distribution in soil mass due to soil self-weight or structural loads and lateral pressure created by disequilibrium of stress in soil mass. At the end of the module learners will be able to determine the engineering properties of soil via various practical works and laboratory experiments as well.