Advanced Soil Mechanics (II)
- Effective stress
- Soil Mineralogy
- Structure and Fabric of Soils
- Effects of water on soils: capillarity; shrinkage
- Effects of water on soils: swelling; frost heaving
- Dispersive Sois; Slaking
- Seepage in Soils: Hydraulic conductivity (k); Intrinsic permeability (k0); Infuencing factors on k
- Effects of discontinuities on k
- Flow laws and relationships
- Filteration theory and application of slurry
- Filter cake and protective film formation; slurry loss and film formation; slurry characteristics
- Deformation characteristics of soils
- Pore water pressure parameters; comparison with real cases
- Drained behavior
- Shear strength of soils
- Stress path; review on critical soil mechanics