ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF SOILS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2022 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the physicochemical characteristics of soils and their importance to the engineering behavior of soils Audience: Graduate 2. Define the factors which control the hydraulic and mechanical behavior of soils Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate how engineering classification of soils capture fundamental responses Audience: Graduate 4. Run and interpret laboratory tests used to characterize how physical and chemical properties of particles affect the behavior of soil masses, including hydraulic properties and the stiffness and shear strength properties Audience: Graduate 5. Explain models that describe the behavior and properties of soils Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the physicochemical characteristics of soils and their importance to the engineering behavior of soils Audience: Graduate 2. Define the factors which control the hydraulic and mechanical behavior of soils Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate how engineering classification of soils capture fundamental responses Audience: Graduate 4. Run and interpret laboratory tests used to characterize how physical and chemical properties of particles affect the behavior of soil masses, including hydraulic properties and the stiffness and shear strength properties Audience: Graduate 5. Explain models that describe the behavior and properties of soils Audience: Graduate