Civil Engineering (CIVE)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
CIVE 3208 [0.5 credit]
Geotechnical Mechanics
Soil composition and soil classification. Soil properties, compaction, seepage and permeability. Concepts of pore water pressure, capillary pressure and hydraulic head. Principle of effective stress, stress-deformation and strength characteristics of soils, consolidation, stress distribution with soils, and settlement. Laboratory testing. (Also listed as
ERTH 4107).
Prerequisites:
ERTH 2404 or equivalent and third-year standing in Engineering, or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours alternate weeks.