This subject is a compulsory subject for civil engineering students. The content of this subject will give a student basic understanding and exposure towards practical in Geotechnical Engineering. It will cover on basic soil properties which, consists of soil composition, soil classification and soil compaction. Besides that, it will also discuss on vertical stresses in soil due to overburden and external loading, water in soil and soil shear strength. The topic that will cover is important to civil engineers where most of problems occur at site will involve with geotechnical and soil mechanics. At the end of this subject, students will able to apply the knowledge on basic soil properties, soil classification and compaction properties, water in soil and shear strength parameters in the planning, analysis, design and supervision of related  geotechnical works.

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1. intro & soil composition (WEEK 1&2)

1. (a)intro & soil composition (WEEK 1&2)

2. soil classification (WEEK 3)

3. soil classifications (WEEK 4)

4. Soil Compaction -LABORATORY (WEEK 5)

5.SOIL COMPACTION-FIELD COMPACTION

6.SOIL MODIFICATION

7. water in soil – part 1(WEEK 8)

8. SOIL STRESS-(WEEK 9)

9. seepage (WEEK 10)

10. theory of shear strength (WEEK 11)

11. strength (lab testing-WEEK12)

 

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SOIL COMPOSITION-SUMMARY

Soil Classification-SUMMARY

SOIL COMPACTION-SUMMARY

Water In Soil-SUMMARY

Shear Strength-SUMMARY

 

 

 

This subject is one of the core subjects offered by Department of Geotechnics and Transportation, for Master (Thought Course) programme, which will provide:  the knowledge on the application and principles of soil mechanics. It considers the following topics: soil and clay mineralogy, strength behaviour 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.

 

Click here for COURSE outline: Course MKAJ 1013 2018

 

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1.STRESS STRAIN IN SOIL-WEEK 1

2.theory of shear strength-WEEK 2

3.lab test & stress anlysis_WEEK 3

4.stress paths & CSSM – WEEK 4 & 5

 

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1. Stress Paths and Strength Tests

2.Critical State Soil Mechanics

3.Determination of Critical State Parameters in sandy soils-simple procedure

 

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