MKAJ 1013 – ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS

This subject is one of the core subjects offered by the Department of Geotechnics and Transportation for Master (Thought Course) program, which will provide: the knowledge on the application and principles of soil mechanics. It considers the following topics: soil and clay mineralogy, strength behavior of cohesionless and cohesive soils. Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion, peak stresses, effective stress ratio, residual stress and critical state soil mechanics. Principles of the laboratory measurement. Consolidation theory and pore pressure parameters. Difference between 1-D and 3-D Consolidation theory. Field Settlement. Soil-water characteristic curve for unsaturated soils and its applications.