Dept. of Civil Engineering course

This course aims to provide extensive insight and depth to students’ understanding of the theoretical background involved in the design of geotechnical systems in order to facilitate critical thinking in geotechnical analyses. It covers advanced concepts and theories in soil mechanics fundamental to geotechnical engineering such as; shear strength of soils; stress-strain behaviour; drained and undrained shear strength; stress paths; critical state soil mechanics, failure criteria; constitutive models soil deformation analysis; stress distribution in soil; settlement of soil; and consolidation theory.