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Soil Mechanics - CVEN2201
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

An introductory course to fundamentals of soil mechanics. Topics include: description of soil, basic phase relationships, clay mineralogy, confined and unconfined seepage, principle of effective stress, consolidation theory, compaction, stress distribution and settlement, Mohr circle, failure criterion, strength of soils, soil testing, stress-strain behaviour of soils and slope stability.

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