Geotechnical Foundations: Settlement and Consolidation

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Covers the Modified Cam Clay Model, stress paths, pore pressure, settlements, and applications in geotechnical problems.

Explores soil mechanics, oedometer testing, and soil deformation principles, including Young's modulus and overconsolidation effects.

Explores the design and stability of various types of retaining walls in geotechnical engineering.

Explores soil deformation, construction interruptions, settlement assessment, and overconsolidation in soil mechanics and underground flows.

Covers the organization and types of mechanical tests in soil mechanics, including laboratory and in situ tests.

Explores the properties of solid, liquid, and gaseous phases in soil, including water behavior and key concepts like capillarity and surface tension.

Introduces basic concepts of geomechanics, stress paths, effective stress, and shear strength analysis through laboratory testing.

Introduces states of stress, effective stress principles, consolidation equations, and compressibility of fluids and solids.

Explores geotechnical engineering projects, case studies, and factors influencing project outcomes.

Covers the basics of soil hydraulics, including hydraulic origins of failure and the concept of hydraulic fox.