Course Learning Outcomes
- Classify soils and calculate phase relation parameters
- Calculate and plot effective stress profiles for long and short term response to changes in loading and groundwater conditions
- Solve 1-D and 2-D flow of groundwater problems
- Calculate time and stress dependent consolidation settlement
- Estimate the undrained and drained shear strength of soils under different loading conditions
- Interpret the experimental data in Soil Mechanics Laboratory, report the findings in a systematic and presentable format
- Calculate and plot lateral earth pressures on retaining walls
- Analyze stability of infinite and rotational slopes