Advanced Soil Mechanics

4 credits

Flow of fluids through soils, soil consolidation and consolidation equation, normal and overconsolidation, settlement and rebound, rate of settlement, analytical and numerical solution of consolidation equation. Mitigation of settlement problems. Stresses in soils, yield and failure, failure criteria, shear strength of soils, laboratory and field strength tests, shear strength of different soils under drained and undrained conditions. Prerequisite: CEE 367 or equivalent introductory geotechnical engineering course Offered: A.