Soil Mechanics (CE2323)

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Basic Soil Mechanics, Whitlow R., Latest Edition

Geotechnical Engineering, Donald P. Coduto

1. Have the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering to understand the measurement techniques and equipment used in soil mechanics and foundation engineering.

2. To enable students to understand theory and practice of soil mechanics.

3. To enable students to solve soil related problems.

4. To develop skills to use modern soil mechanics equipments.

CLO:1            Gain the ability to identify the natural processes occurring on surface of earth.

CLO:2            Gain a basic understanding of fundamentals of soil behavior and soil classification systems.

CLO:3            Gain the ability to solve a range of soil related problems, especially those involving water flow and soil settlement.

CLO:4            Gain the ability to use modern soil mechanics equipment and soil investigation procedures.

• Applications of soil mechanics in engineering practice
• Types of soils and their properties
• Formation of soils

• Weight-volume relationships
• Plasticity of soil
• Structure of soil

• Important classification of soil
• Grain size distribution by sieve analysis
• Hydrometric analysis
• Atterberg’s limits
• Classification systems

• Darcy’s law
• Factors affecting permeability
• Laboratory and field determination of permeability

• Introduction to equipotential lines
• Introduction to flow nets
• Estimation of seepage quantity and gradients

• Geostatic stresses
• Total stresses and pore pressure
• Columb’s law
• Shear strength of cohesive and non-cohesive soils
• Laboratory and field tests for determination of shear strength

• Mechanism, moisture density relationship
• Compaction standards
• Factors affecting compaction
• Field control and measurement of in-situ density
• Field compaction equipment
• Relative density