CEE-742: ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS

  • Introduction. Why critical state soil mechanics?
  • Shear strength of sands
  • Shear strength of clays
  • Introduction to geomechanics
  • Introduction to elasticity and plasticity
  • Modified Cam Clay model
  • Concepts of advanced constitutive models


CEE-741: SEEPAGE AND SLOPE STABILITY

  • Introduction
  • Shear strenght of soils
  • Seepage and piping
  • Slope stability
  • Embankment deformations
  • Site characterization


CEE-475/675: PRINCIPLES OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS

  • Seismology and earthquakes
  • Ground motions
  • Site effects
  • Soil liquefaction


CEE-442/642: FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

  • Phase relationships
  • Soil classification
  • Soil compaction
  • Soil stresses
  • Fluid flow through soils
  • Soil consolidation
  • Stress distribution
  • Shear strength of soils
  • Concepts of critical state soil mechanics