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This class presents a detailed study of soil properties with emphasis on interpretation of field and laboratory test data and their use in soft-ground construction engineering.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
388 years, 10 months
Units & Quizzes
14
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
Topics to be covered include: consolidation and secondary compression; basic strength principles; stress-strain strength behavior of clays, emphasizing effects of sample disturbance, anisotropy, and strain rate; strength and compression of granular soils; and engineering properties of compacted soils. Some knowledge of field and laboratory testing is assumed for all students.
Course Currilcum
- Overview and Soil Composition Unlimited
- Clay-Water Forces Unlimited
- Interparticle Forces: Components and Interaction Unlimited
- Strength Generation in Soils Unlimited
- Basic Strength Principles and Stress-Strain-Strength; Behavior of “Simple Clay” Unlimited
- Soil Modeling Unlimited
- Consolidation Behavior of Saturated Soils Unlimited
- 1-D Consolidation: Magnitude of Final Settlement Unlimited
- Problem Soils Unlimited
- Strength-Deformation Behavior of Saturated Clays and Drained/Undrained Stability Unlimited
- A Measurement of Undrained Strength for UU Case Unlimited
- Stress System: Experimental Techniques and Results Unlimited
- Influence of Time on Stress-Strain-Strength Behavior of Clays During Undrained Shear Unlimited
- Staged Construction Unlimited
