Geology and Soil Mechanics
- Provider
Swayam
- Cost
Free Online Course
- Session
Finished
- Language
English
- Effort
3-4 hours a week
- Duration
40 weeks long
Overview
The course prepares the student to be able to make effective learning of basic soil mechanics. The course should have the pre-requisite of mechanics of solids/strength of materials course.
Syllabus
Week 1 - Description of soil, engineering geology of soils and their formation, clay mineralogy
Week 2 - Index properties of soil
Week 3 - Classification of soils
Week 4 - Soil compaction
Week 5 - Permeability in soil
Week 6 - Seepage in soil and flow net construction
Week 7 - Seepage in soil and flow net construction
Week 8 - In-situ stresses and criteria for filter design
Week 9 - Effective stress principle and soil-water systems: capillarity
Week 10 - Fundamental of consolidation
Week 11 - Fundamental of consolidation
Week 12 - Shear strength of soil
Week 13 - Shear strength of soil
Week 14 - Shear strength of soil
Week 15 - Stress in soil
Week 16 - Earth pressure theories