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Soil Mechanics

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Course topics:

  • Introduction; Origin of soils; Basic Relationships; Properties of Soil Aggregate, Soil Structure; Soil Classification.
  • Soil Compaction; Laboratory compaction; Factors affecting soil compaction; Field compaction.
  • Soil-water Statics; Concept of Effective Stress
  • Flow through soils; Quick Sand condition; Permeability and methods for its determination; Flownets
  • Stresses in soil from surface loads; Boussinesq theory; Newmark’s chart
  • Consolidation of soils; Settlement of compressible soil layers; Sand drains.
  • Shear strength; Mohr circle of stress; Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; Estimation of shear strength parameters; Stress paths.
  • Earth Pressure theories- Retaining walls; Anchored bulkheads
  • Stability of slopes; Infinite/Finite Slope Stability Analysis.
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