About Soil Mechanics I
Introductions: definitions, soil formations, common soil types. Simple soil properties and soil classifications: weight - volume relationships, grain size distribution, soil consistency. Engineering soil classifications. Soil water and seepage: soil water, permeability, flow nets, seepage, pressures and forces in soil water. Compressibility and consolidation of soils: general measurement of compressibility, consolidation of soils Stress distribution in soils and settlement analysis: stress distribution under own weight of soils and different loading conditions, elastic and consolidation settlement