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Soils

Catalog #10607160

Introduces the basic principles of soil mechanics and their application in engineering practice. Topics include soil composition and texture, subsurface investigation, classification, moisture-density relationships, permeability and seepage, consolidation, settlement, shear strength, lateral earth pressures, fundamentals of retaining structures, shallow and deep foundations, slope stability and erosion loss calculations. Prerequisites: 10-806-154, 10-607-149. Corequisite: 10-801-197.

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 10607149 Aggregates and Concrete, 10806154 General Physics; Corequisite: 10801197 Technical Reporting

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