CIVENG 3B03

Geotechnical Engineering II

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · C01

Readings

Geotechnical Engineering: Principles And Practices Ed: 2
Coduto · 2 · Suggested
ISBN 9780132368681

Winter 2025 · C01

Introduction to soil mechanics and foundation engineering; Review of basic soil properties.
Stresses in soil; Mohr-circle
Failure and shear strength of soil; Failure criterion; Laboratory tests for shear strength parameters
Concept of stress path and invariants; Field tests and empirical relations for shear strengths
Bearing capacity of soils for shallow foundations
Settlement of shallow foundations
Introduction to earth pressure – Rankin Theory, Coulomb theory
Excavation Hazards and safety (OHSA. of Ontario and lecture notes), Introduction to Canadian Building Code and Foundation Manuals
Retaining structures – design considerations and selection (CFEM ch.26 and lecture notes)
Slope stability analysis - I
Slope stability analysis - II
Review

Budhu, M. 2010. Soil Mechanics and Foundations, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons.
Required
J. Knappett and R.F. Craig, 2012, Craig’s Soil Mechanics (9th Edition), CRC Press
Recommended / optional
Canadian Geotechnical Society, 2006, Canadian Foundation Engineering Manual (CFEM). 4th Ed.
Recommended / optional

Winter 2025

Sources