Civil / PE Exam

Geotechnical Materials and Analysis Course Syllabus

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1. Materials

  • Origin of soils, soil identification and classification
  • Compaction, permeability, pore water pressure and effective stress
  • Compressibility and consolidation, shear strength, stress paths, and critical states
  • Frost action and associated laboratory tests

2. Analysis

  • Elastic stress distribution, settlements, times of settlements
  • Introductory analysis of lateral earth pressures, bearing capacity, and slopes
  • Seepage; well flow and confined 2-D flow problems

3. Textbooks (latest editions recommended)

  • Budhu, M. Soil Mechanics and Foundations
  • Craig, R. F. Craig's Soil Mechanics
  • Das, B.J. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering