CIVE-334
Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering

Soil composition, structure and phase relationships; soil classification. Principles of effective stress; loading induced subsurface stresses; load history; deformation and failure of soils. Elastic and limit analysis with applications to design for bearing capacity, settlement, retaining walls and slope stability. Steady state seepage. Coreq: CIVE 3100. Prereq: EMEC 3250.