CIVE 3475 Geotechnical Engineering and Applications
As Scheduled Exploration, sampling, and in-situ measurements; laboratory testing; review of fundamental properties of soil and rock; flow through porous media; the effective stress principle and computation of in-situ stress distributions; shear strength of soils and one-dimensional consolidation settlement; introduction to slope stability. Emphasis in laboratory on ASTM and AASHTO testing standards.
Prerequisite
Minimum grade of 'C' in
MECE 3321 or CIVE 3321.
Offered
As scheduled