Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
• Understand the multiphase nature of soil, its physical properties and its classification principles,
• Understand the principle of effective stress, derive geostatic stresses, as well as stresses and strains
within soil mass due to external loads,
• Estimate pore water pressure, permeability, flow rates and seepage forces during seepage,
• Understand the theory of one dimensional consolidation of soil and estimate its time-dependent pore water
pressure, effective stress and deformation during consolidation,
• Estimate the compressibility parameters of soil, as well as the immediate and consolidation settlements of
structures in coarse and fine soils,
• Understand the basic aspects of theory of soil strength under undrained and fully drained conditions and the
risk of soil failure,
• Select the appropriate strength parameters to be used in the design
Course Content (Syllabus)
Soil composition, soil phases and and soil classification. Stresses and deformations in soil. Effective stress concept. Stresses due to external loads. Seepage. Consolidation. Settlement. Shear strength of soils. Ground investigation.
Keywords
SOIL MECHANICS, SOIL, WATER, EFFECTIVE STRESS, CONSOLIDATION, SETLLEMENT, SHEAR STRENGTH, GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION
Additional bibliography for study
Knappett J.A. and Craig R.F. (2012), Craig’s Soil Mechanics, Spon Press
Lambe T. W. and Whitman R.V. (1979), Soil Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons
Holtz R. D. and Kovacs W.D. (1981), An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice Hall
Τσότσος Στ. (1991), Εδαφομηχανική: Θεωρία-Μέθοδοι-Εφαρμογές, Εκδόσεις Β. Βερβερίδης & Π. Πολυχρονίδης